The SW14's turned up on a lot of shortlines and industrials. Several years ago, I remember seeing some in transit at Blue Island lettered for Ventura County Ry. and Cedar Rapids & Iowa City.
Canadian National heavily rebuilt five SW14's a decade or so ago and retained them, reclassified as SW7RM's. And last count that I saw, 2 or 3 unrebuilt stragglers were left as well.
Considering their rebuilding, I imagine both models have had a healthy survival rate with numerous members surviving on regionals and shortlines.
If you can find a source listing their disposition from Amtrak, you could account for about 2/3's of Santa Fe's fleet right there. Morristown & Erie has two former Amtrak examples on their roster, for example.
does anyone know how many of ATSF SSB1200's and IC SW1400's are still in use and by how many shortlines? Would be nice if walthers came out with RTR models of them.
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