1958 Diesels

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,

I've got a new layout being worked up. It's set in 1958.

I'm hoping that someone can steer me in the right direction to find out just what diesels were in production by that year. Since I'm doing a freelance layout, I can pretty much pick and choose what I want, but I need to know what to choose from.

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Bill

[jeffrey-wimberly]

EMD F series
EMD E series
EMD SW7
EMD NW2
Alco Erie built's
EMD GP7
EMD GP9 ? Maybe
Baldwin S12
Baldwin VO660
Alco HH1000
Alco S2
Alco RS1

Those are the ones I know of right off hand.

[SSW9389]

Only one F9A for L&N and that was a rebuild was built in 1958 by EMD. Over in Canada GMD built some 10 FP9As and 7 F9Bs for Canadian National. This year 1958 was near the very end of F unit production. The market had gone over to the road switcher. Diesel data from A. J. Kristopans EMD Serial number page. [;)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffrey-wimberly

EMD F series for sure.

[Adelie]

Bill, I model 1958. Here is a site that I find helpful:
http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRdieselchrono.html

The major road switchers in production in 1958 were Alco RS11s, RSD12s,RSD15,s EMD SD9s and GP9s. I think SD24s came into production during the second half of that year. E9s were still being churned out by EMD, but production of F units had ended.

I run RS11s, RSD12s, SD9s, FA/B2s, E8s, RS1s, 2s and 4/5s as freight locos. In passenger service I'm using PA/B1s (could use the E8s). For regular switchers, I'm using VO1000s and SW1200s. If you are in HO, Alco S-x switchers are available, and would have also been plentiful. Alco RS3s would have also been prevalent, but my fictional empire opted C trucks and the RSD5s instead.

[Anonymous]

:) A couple of F7's and PA/PB sets are at the top of my list!

Mostly, what I need to find out about are freight & road diesels. I know the GP9 was in production, but what else was there?

Bill

[joeyegarner]

got this from yahoo search;

EMD GP9 Power type Diesel Build date January 1954 – August 1963 Total production 4,092 (and 165 B units)

An EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. Power was provided by an EMD 567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1800 horsepower (1.3 MW). The GP18 replaced the GP9 in EMD's catalog.

An EMD GP7 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1949 and May 1954. Power was provided by an EMD 567B 16-cylinder engine which generated 1500 horsepower


This should get you started, glad to help

[SSW9389]

1958 was a very lean year for EMD. It was a recession year. Locomotive types produced at EMD for 1958 were SW600, SW900M, SW900, SW1200, GP9, SD9, 1 E9AM, and the SD24 demonstor #5579.

GMD built the previously mentioned FP9A and F9B, the GP9, SW900, SW1200, GMD-1 and the NF210.

Thanks again to A J Kristopans EMD Serial Number page.

[SSW9389]

Fairbanks-Morse was building some H12-44 switchers for Nickel Plate, I don't know what else they were building at this time as they were very nearly out of the US market .

[SSW9389]

SD24 production started in May 1959 for Burlington and Santa Fe.

[SSW9389]

The last Baldwins were built in 1956 so any Baldwin model would do.

[Anonymous]

Remember Bill, just because some diesels weren't produced anymore in 1958, you can still have them. A good roster would be some F units, GP7's and 9s, PAs or Es for passengers, FAs to supplement the Fs, misc. EMD, Alco and Baldwin switchers, and maybe even a few steamers.

[SSW9389]

ALCO's catalog offered the S-4 for sale from stock. The last 40 S-4s were built by 1956 and the last one was not sold until 1961. The S-4 was replaced in the ALCO catalog by the 1000 horsepower T-6 in 1958. ALCO also offered the 900 horsepower S-6. The RS-1 was offered but none sold in 1958. Other road switchers in the ALCO catalog in 1958 were the RS-11, RSD-12, and RSD-15.

MLW in Canada had a similar line up to ALCO and had introduced the FPA-4 and FPB-4 for Canadian National starting in 1958.

[SSW9389]

GE built the first Big Blow Turbine in 1958 for UP.

[Anonymous]

I am modeling the Santa Fe 1960s, I found this site quite helpful.

http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/locos.html

[SSW9389]

1958 was also a year in which both ALCO and EMD were offering to repower other manufacturer's locomotives with new power plants.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Got my notes out now. I've collected these over the yaers. They come in handy once in a while.

Yr
Introd-Bldr--Type--------------------------------------------------# blt
1924 Alco Boxcab 60 ton------------------------------------------26
1925 Alco Boxcab 100 ton-----------------------------------------7
1928 GE Boxcab road switcher 60 ton-------------------------2
1928 GE Boxcab road switcher 100 ton-----------------------11
1930 GE Boxcab road switcher----------------------------------45
1931 Alco Road switcher 57 ton----------------------------------7
1931 Alco road switcher HH600---------------------------------78
1931 GE Road switcher 60 ton-----------------------------------7
1933 GE Road switcher--------------------------------------------7
1936 GE Road switcher Y-----------------------------------------10
1936 EMD Road switcher SC------------------------------------42
1936 EMD Road switcher SW------------------------------------77
1937 Alco Road switcher HH900-------------------------------21
1937 EMD Road switcher NC------------------------------------5
1937 EMD Passenger EA------------------------------------------6
1937 EMD Passenger EB-----------------------------------------6
1937 EMD Passenger E1A----------------------------------------8
1937 EMD Passenger E1B---------------------------------------3
1937 EMD Road switcher NW------------------------------------ 8
1937 EMD Road switcher NW1---------------------------------27
1938 EMD Passenger E4A---------------------------------------14
1938 EMD Passenger E4B---------------------------------------5
1939 Alco Road switcher HH660-------------------------------43
1939 Alco Road switcher HH1000-----------------------------34
1939 Baldwin Road switcher VO660-------------------------142
1939 Baldwin Road switcher VO1000-----------------------548
1939 EMD Road switcher SW1-------------------------------- 661
1939 FM Railcars Southern railcars---------------------------6
1939 EMD Road switchers NW2------------------------------1143
1939 EMD FT-A ------------------------------------------------------555
1939 EMD FT-B------------------------------------------------------541
1939 EMD Passenger E6A-----------------------------------------92
1940 Alco Passenger DL109-------------------------------------74
1940 GE Road switcher 44 ton---------------------------------348
1940 EMD Passenger E5-A---------------------------------------11
1940 Alco Road switcher S1-------------------------------------540
1940 Alco Road switcher S2------------------------------------1502
1941 Alco lt road switcher RS-1--------------------------------417
1942 Alco lt road switcher RSD-1-------------------------------150
1944 FM Road switcher H-10-44--------------------------------197
1945 Baldwin Centipede DR-12-8-1500/2-------------------54
1945 Baldwin A1A Sharks DR-6-4-20-------------------------29
1945 FM Road freight/passenger (Erie) A---------------------83
1945 FM Road freight/passenger (Erie) B---------------------28
1945 EMD Passenger E7-A--------------------------------------428
1945 EMD Passenger E7-B---------------------------------------82
1945 EMD F3-A ---------------------------------------------------1111
1945 EMD F3-B---------------------------------------------------696
1946 Alco FA-1-----------------------------------------------------433
1946 Alco FB-1------- ---------------------------------------------249
1946 Baldwin Road switcher DS-4-4-6----------------------139
1946 Baldwin Road switcher DS-4-4-10--------------------502
1946 Baldwin Road switcher DS-6-4-15---------------------29
1946 Baldwin Transfer DT-6-6-20----------------------------46
1946 GE Road switcher 70 ton---------------------------------238
1946 EMD F2-A ------------------------------------------------------74
1946 Alco Passenger PA-1--------------------------------------170
1946 Alco Passenger PB-1---------------------------------------40
1946 Alco Road switcher RS-2--------------------------------383
1946 Alco Road switcher RSC-2---------------------------------70
1947 FM Road switcher H-15-44-------------------------------30
1947 FM Road switcher H-20-44--------------------------------96
1949 EMD FP-7----------------- ------------------------------376
1949 EMD Passenger E8A----------------------------------------421
1949 EMD Road switcher SW7--------------------------------493
1949 EMD Road switcher GP7--------------------------------2724
1950 FM Road switcher H-12-44--------------------------------335
1950 FM Road switcher H-16-44---------------------------------357
1950 Alco Road switcher S3--------------------------------------292
1950 Alco Road switcher RS3----------------------------------1370
1950 Alco Passenger PA-2-----------------------------------------28
1950 Alco Road switcher S4---------------------------------------797
1950 EMD Road switcher SW8----------------------------------371
1950 Alco FPA-2---- -------------------------------------------395
1951 Baldwin Road switcher S12--------------------------------451
1951 EMD Road switcher SW9----------------------------------815
1952 Alco Passenger PA-3-----------------------------------------49
1954 EMD Road switcher SW900---------------------------------357
1954 EMD Road switcher SW1200---------------------------1024
1954 EMD Road switcher GP9----------------------------------4092
1954 EMD Road switcher SD9-----------------------------------471
1954 EMD F9-A-------------------------------------------------------87
1954 EMD F9-B------------------------------------------------------154
1955 EMD Road switcher GP20---------------------------------66
1956 Alco Road switcher RS-11--------------------------------426
1958 EMD Road switcher SD24--------------------------------179

[espeefoamer]

FM Train Masters.

[dinwitty]

looking at the lists and I wondered in the early years why so few diesels from the major manufacturers, I realize they were into pure Electric loco building as well.
The steam era was going strong then yet still.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The steam era would have probably ended earlier than it did if it hadn't been for two major events. The stock market crash of '29 and World War II.

[Nieuweboer]

Bill,

Try to find a copy of "the Diesel Spotters Guide" published by Kalmbach.
You'll find in it everything you'll ever want to know about production dates
and numbers sold of every diesel built in the US. There's a second spotters guide that was publshed later with updated information.

[BRAKIE]

Here is a nice site for production information.
http://www.hazegray.org/rail/product.htm

I don't think you would find many box cabs or early Alco switchers such as the HH600-1000 still operating in 1958..There was still some steam left in 1958 on most roads but,their days was numbered.