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Plymouth
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines first non-steam locomotive
From the collection of Benjamin L. Berhart (Outer Station Project)
| Unit №
| Builder (model)
| Build month/year
| Serial №
| Details
| Assignment
| Disposition
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| 1
| Plymouth (6 cly. climax, 18 ton Gas-Electric)
| ????
| 2087
| Acquired from the Wildwood & Delaware Bay Short Line RR #1 (W&DBSL) 7/9/34.
| Used in Wildwood, NJ to handle local switching for the fishing industry on the Ottens Harbor Branch.
| Sold to Curriden Oil Co. 1943
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The information in this table was contributed by Dr. Edmond L. Freed.
Photos from Mike A and Bill Lane
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Begining in the 1950's the PRSL purchased a rather modest fleet of its own diesel locomotives to replace its steam engines for passenger and freight services. When additional power was needed for the busy summer tourist season engines were borrowed from the parent corporations (usually the PRR) as was true previously the with steam locomotives. To further supplement its small fleet the PRSL made increasing use of run through power on certain freight trains to large customers that didn't require classification at the PRSL's Pavonia yard.
The first generation of PRSL diesel locomotives were all from the nearby Baldwin Locomotive Works, which was the vendor of choice for the parent PRR in both the steam and early diesel era.
The PRSL's diesel locomotives were almost all painted in what is commonly referred to as Brunswick Green which was so dark it seemed almost black. The paint scheme was borrowed from it's Pennsylvania railroad parent and with the PRR's official name for this color being Dark Green Locomotive Enamel(DGLE).
Lettering on the long hood spelled out Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in gold.
The undercarriage of the locomotives were painted in black referred to as "True Black."
| Photo
| Road №
| PRR Class
| Builder Model
| Horse Power
| Serial №
| Build month/year
| Details
| Type
| Disposition
| Notes
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| 6000
| BS15ms
| DRS-4-4-1500
| 1500
| 74752
| 4/1950
| 8 cyl. B-L-H inline 608-SC turbocharged diesel. 4 W. E. traction motors. Steam generator. 9'10" WB AAR type B trucks. Uniformily narrow underframe. Turbocharger bulge, left side of hood. Fat turbo stack, offset to left side. Hood mounted bell. Dual control stands. MU equipped. Painted DGLE w/ Buff lettering.
| Road Switcher
| Retired 5/70
| ‡
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| 6001
| BS15ms
| DRS-4-4-1500
| 1500
| 74753
| 4/1950
| Same details as #6000
| Road Switcher
| Retired 11/73
| ‡
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| 6002
| BS15ms
| DRS-4-4-1500
| 1500
| 74754
| 4/1950
| Same details as #6000
| Road Switcher
| "Retired 2/25/68, traded-in on #2005"
| ‡
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| 6003
| BS15ms
| DRS-4-4-1500
| 1500
| 74755
| 4/1950
| Same details as #6000
| Road Switcher
| Retired 1/73
| ‡
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| 6004
| BS15ms
| DRS-4-4-1500
| 1500
| 74756
| 4/1950
| Same details as #6000
| Road Switcher
| "Retired 5/3/69, traded-in on #2006"
| ‡
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| 6005
| BS15ms
| DRS-4-4-1500
| 1500
| 74757
| 4/1950
| Same details as #6000
| Road Switcher
| "Retired 5/30/69, traded-in on #2007"
| ‡
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| 6006
| BS8
| DS-4-4-7.50 (S8)
| 800
| 75253
| 5/1951
| 6 cyl. B-L-H 606-NA diesel. Built non-turbocharged. Added later on. W.E. 480 generator & 362-D traction motors. 3 exhaust stacks. Small lit numberboard. Friction-bearing trucks. Red "bug-eye" class lights. No MU.
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6007
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75084
| 3/1953
| 8 cyl. B-L-H 608-A diesel., Elliot H-704 turbocharger. W.E. 471 generator. 4 W.E. model 370-DZ traction motors. WABCO 3-CD compressor.Vapor OK-4625 steam generator. 24 RL air brake. 9'10" WB AAR type B trucks. Uniformily thick underframe. Turbocharger bulge, left side of hood. Fat turbo stack, offset to left side. Lower hood on earlier models. Underbelly fuel tanks. Dual control stands. MU equipped.
| Road Switcher
| Retired 2/68 traded-in on #2000
| ₡
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| 6008
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75805
| 3/53
| Same details as #6007
| Road Switcher
| Retired 2/68
| ₡
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| 6009
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75806
| 3/53
| Same details as #6007
| Road Switcher
| Retired 2/68 traded-in on #2001
| ₡
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| 6010
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75807
| 3/53
| Same details as #6007
| Road Switcher
| Retired 5/69
| ₡
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| 6017
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 75930
| 6/53
| 6 cyl. B-L-H 606-SC diesel. BF-40 Turbocharger. W.E. 480 generator & 4 362-DF or 362-HZ traction motors. WABCO 3-CD compressor. 6-SL air brakes. Single oval stack mounted crosswise. Fabricated frame. Plain bearing trucks. Has larger lighted number boards, six grab irons on forward part of hood. Single chime horn. No side skirts. No MU.
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6018
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 75931
| 6/53
| Same details as #6017
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6019
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 75932
| 6/53
| Same details as #6017
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6020
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 75933
| 6/53
| Same details as #6017
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6021
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 75934
| 7/53
| Same details as #6017
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6022
| BS16m
| AS16
| 1600
| 75979
| 11/53
| 8 cyl. B-L-H 608-A diesel., Elliot H-704 turbocharger. W.E. 471 generator. 4 W.E. model 370-DZ traction motors. WABCO 3-CD compressor. 24 RL air brake. 9'10" WB AAR type B trucks. Uniformily thick underframe. Turbocharger bulge, left side of hood. Fat turbo stack, offset to left side. High hood on later models. No underbelly fuel tanks. Dual control stands. MU equipped. To P-RSL 12/1955
| Road Switcher
| Retired 12/71
| ₤ ♦
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| 6023
| BS16m
| AS16
| 1600
| 75980
| 11/53
| Same details as #6022
| Road Switcher
| Retired 12/71
| ₤ ♦
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| 6024
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75975
| 11/53
| 8 cyl. B-L-H 608-A diesel., Elliot H-704 turbocharger. W.E. 471 generator. 4 W.E. model 370-DZ traction motors. WABCO 3-CD compressor.Vapor OK-4625 steam generator. 24 RL air brake. 9'10" WB AAR type B trucks. Uniformily thick underframe. Turbocharger bulge, left side of hood. Fat turbo stack, offset to left side. High hood on later models. Underbelly fuel tanks. Dual control stands. MU equipped. To P-RSL 2/1956
| Road Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♦ ₭
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| 6025
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75976
| 11/53
| Same details as #6024
| Road Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♦ ₭
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| 6026
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75977
| 11/53
| Same details as #6024
| Road Switcher
| Retired 2/68 traded-in on #2004
| ♦ ₭
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| 6027
| BS16ms
| AS16
| 1600
| 75978
| 11/53
| Same details as #6024
| Road Switcher
| Retired 12/71
| ♦ ₭
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| 6028
| BS12m
| S12
| 1200
| 76126
| 4/56
| 6 cyl. B-L-H 606-SC diesel. BF-40 Turbocharger. W.E. 480-FZ generator & 4 362-DZ traction motors. WABCO 3-CD compressor. 24-RL air brakes. Single rectangular stack mounted crosswise. Fabricated frame. SKF roller bearing trucks. MU equipped. Cab signals. Twin-beam headlights. Small lighted number boards. No side skirts. 3-chime Nathan M3 horn.
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6029
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 76127
| 4/56
| Same details as #6028
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6030
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 76128
| 4/56
| Same details as #6028
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6031
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 76129
| 4/56
| Same details as #6028
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6032
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 76130
| 4/56
| Same details as #6028
| Switcher
| Retired 10/76
| ♥
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| 6033
| BS12
| S12
| 1200
| 76131
| 4/56
| Same details as #6028
| Switcher
| Retired 2/71
| ♥
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Notes
- (♥) were rated for 60 mph.
- (‡) were rated for 65 mph.
- (₡) were rated for 70 mph.
- (₭) were rated for 80 mph.
- (₤) were built for freight service, and rated for 65 mph.
- (♦) were a cancelled order by the Reading Co., The 6 were built in 1953 with dynamic brakes and conventional mu (as opposed to BLW's air-controlled design). In 1956 the P-RSL acquired the units and had the dynamic brakes removed, BLW air-controlled mu installed, only №'s 6024 to 6027 had steam boilers installed.
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The information in this table was contributed by Dr. Edmond L. Freed and Tom Duke
Photos from Bob Vogel,Bill Lane and Mike A
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
By the late 1960's the original Baldwin diesels were begining to suffer reliability problems, which was exacerbated by the fact that Baldwin had gone out of business some 10 years before and could no longer provide spare parts or maintenance. With the new powerplant being constructed at Beesley's Point ready to consume several 90 car coal trains per week the PRSL was in need of more powerful and more reliable locomotives and turned to industry-leader EMD to supply 10 new second generation diesel electric locomotives.
| Photo
| Road №
| PRR Class
| Builder Model
| Horse Power
| Serial №
| Build month/year
| Details
| Disposition
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Camden NJ 8-4-74
| 2000
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 33797
| 12/1967
| V-16 EMD Model 16-645 diesel. Straight air loco brakes. 26-L air brakes. No Dynamic brakes. Dual control stands, 3200 gallon fuel tanks.
| Conrail #7660
North Louisiana & Gulf #46
MDR#46
Iowa Interstate #600
Jan 2007 To Omnitrax, Loveland, CO
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| 2001
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 33798
| 12/1967
| Same details as #2000
| Conrail #7661
Speno Rail Services #201
RSMX #0601
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| 2002
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 33799
| 12/1967
| Same details as #2000
Rebuilt to GP38-3 with Dynamic brakes and
Q-Tron System.
| Conrail #7662
Bangor & Aroostook #90
Bangor & Aroostook #354
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| 2003
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 33800
| 12/1967
| Same details as #2000
Rebuilt to GP38-3 with Dynamic brakes and
Q-Tron System.
| Conrial #7663
Bangor & Aroostook #91
Bangor & Aroostook #362
Midwest Locomotive Leasing and Sales - MWLX 362
SMS(SLRS)2003
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| 2004
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 33801
| 12/1967
| Same details as #2000
Rebuilt to GP38-3 with Dynamic brakes and
Q-Tron System.
| Conrail #7664
Bangor & Aroostook #92
Bangor & Aroostook #355
Webb Asset Mgmt (WAMX) #3826
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| 2005
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 34752
| 3/1969
| Same details as #2000
Rebuilt to GP38-3 with Dynamic brakes and
Q-Tron System.
| Conrail #7665
Bangor & Aroostook #93
Bangor & Aroostook #353
WAMW #353
WAMX #3825
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| 2006
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 34753
| 3/1969
| Same details as #2000
Rebuilt to GP38-3 with Dynamic brakes and
Q-Tron System.
| Conrail #7666
Bangor & Aroostook #94
Bangor & Aroostook #366
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| 2007
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 34754
| 3/1969
| Same details as #2000
| Conrail #7667
Eureka Southern #30
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern #3800
(City of Owatonna)
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| 2008
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 34755
| 3/1969
| Same details as #2000
| Conrail #7668
Eureka Southern #31
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern #3801
(City of Midland)
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| 2009
| EF20a
| GP38
| 2000
| 34756
| 3/1969
| Same details as #2000
| Conrail #7669
Blown engine - scrapped
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Note
- All built with dual control stands, which required the front of the cab to be built out an extra 10" to allow extra room in the cab.
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Photos By Bill Lane PRSLHS
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