Surviving 1st Gen Diesel Locomotives in California, USA

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List of 1st Gen Diesel Locomotives in California, USA

No.ModelRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
1460 (2220)VO-1000AT&SF Western America Railroad Museum, Barstow, CA
display
Baldwin, 06/1943
101DS-4-4-1000Oakland Terminal Niles Canyon Railway, Brightside, CA
display
Baldwin, 07/1948
918AF7AWP Niles Canyon Railway, Brightside, CA
operational
EMD, 01/1950
1 (1601)AS-616Oregon & Northwestern (Baldwin) Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
operational
Baldwin, 08/1953
2103F40PH-3CCoaster Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
operational
MPI, 10/1994
3873GP9SP Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
operational
EMD, 1959
1369H-20-44UP Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
operational
Fairbanks-Morse, 1947
2098 (103)RS-2AT&SF (Kennecott Copper) Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
operational
Alco, 11/1949
4004 (7304)RS-32Simplot (SP) Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
display
Alco, 04/1962
6920 (2)SH-2300-2ARCO (Atlantic Richfield) Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA
display
Baldwin, 09/1954
101 (4083A)F7AFillmore & Western (C&NW) Fillmore & Western Railway, Fillmore, CA
stored
EMD, 10/1949Purchased by Sierra Northern in 2021 after the Fillmore & Western ceased operations.
100 (4068A)F7AFillmore & Western (C&NW) Fillmore & Western Railway, Fillmore, CA
stored
EMD, 03/1949Purchased by Sierra Northern in 2021 after the Fillmore & Western ceased operations.
102 (724A)F7ACarrizo Gorge (B&LE) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
EMD, 06/1952
100 (723A)F7ACarrizo Gorge (B&LE) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
EMD, 06/1952
101 (723B)F7BTranscisco Texan (B&LE) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
EMD, 02/1953
669 (3108)GP40UP (Penn Central) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
EMD, 08/1968
3878GP9Carrizo Gorge (SP) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
EMD, 1959
4324GP9Carrizo Gorge (C&NW) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
EMD, 1955
1465 (45)S-4Carrizo Gorge (SP) Carrizo Gorge Railway, Jacumba Hot Springs, CA
stored
Alco, 02/1947
1544 (201)Pacific Electric Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA
display
North Shore, 1902Named Electra.
140Travel Town (US Navy) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA
restoration
EMC, 1941Named Charley Atkins.
56 (33)RS-12California Western (McCloud River) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA
display
Baldwin, 04/1955
73 (6790)FPA-4Napa Valley (CNR) Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CA
operational
MLW, 04/1959
72 (6787)FPA-4Napa Valley (CNR) Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CA
operational
MLW, 04/1959
71 (6775)FPA-4Napa Valley (CNR) Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CA
stored
MLW, 02/1959Withdrawn from service in 2023.
70 (6760)FPA-4Napa Valley (CNR) Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CA
operational
MLW, 10/1958
62 (5854)RS-11Napa Valley (SP) Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, CA
operational
Alco, 04/1959
942E8AUP Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
operational
EMD, 03/1953Purchased in 1997. Restored to operation in 2012.
2105F40PH-3CCoaster Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
operational
MPI, 11/1994
4009 (7309)RS-32Fillmore & Western (SP) Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
operational
Alco, 04/1962From the Fillmore & Western Railway, Fillmore, CA.
1975 (8018)RSD-1Orange Empire (US Army) Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
operational
Alco, 11/1942
1956 (601)RSD-1Orange Empire (Tennessee Coal & Iron) Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
operational
Alco, 04/1941US Army 8009.
2958 (7008)RSD-12Metropolitan Stevedore (SP) Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
display
Alco, 02/1961
2954 (7004)RSD-12Metropolitan Stevedore (SP) Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
display
Alco, 02/1961
1550SW-12SP Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, CA
display
Baldwin
6915DDA40XUP Rail Giants Train Museum, Pomona, CA
display
EMD
3 (5274)AS-616Oregon & Northwestern (SP) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
Baldwin, 05/1952
4 (5253)AS-616Oregon & Northwestern (SP) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
Baldwin, 03/1952
6946DDA40XUP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
EMD, 09/1971
51DS-4-4-660Seattle & North Coast Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
Baldwin, 11/1946
921DF7AWP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
out of service
EMD, 01/1950
917DF7AWP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
out of service
EMD, 01/1950
925C (9039)F7BWP (CNR) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
EMD, 1951 Displayed as WP 925-C but was never actually owned by the WP.
8221 (8300)F7BSP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
EMD, 02/1943
925CF9BuWP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
out of service
EMD, 1951
805AFP7AWP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
out of service
EMD, 01/1950
2001GP20WP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
EMD, 11/1959
712GP7Sacramento Northern (WP) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
EMD, 04/1953
2873GP9SP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
operational
EMD, 12/1956 From a scrap yard in Richmond, CA.
1857H-12-44US Army Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
operational
Fairbanks-Morse, 01/1953
908 (104)RS-2Kennecott Copper Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
Alco, 11/1949
3RS-3Kennecott Copper (American Smelting & Refining) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CAscrappedAlco, 11/1950
2RS-3Kennecott Copper (American Smelting & Refining) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
Alco, 11/1950
4S-1Quincy Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
operational
Alco, 04/1942
563S-1WP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
operational
Alco, 05/1951
501 (906)SW1WP (Sacramento Northern) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
EMD, 08/1939
1503SW1500WP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
operational
EMD, 05/1973
1100TR6ASierra Pacific (Quincy) Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
operational
EMD, 11/1950
5208DRS-6-6-1500SP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
display
Baldwin, 05/1949
6051E9ASP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
operational
EMD, 12/1954 Restored in the early 1980s to its original 1955 Daylight appearance. Displayed at the 1981 Railfair at the California State Railroad Museum.
347B (35A)F3BAT&SF California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
operational
EMD, 1949
281F40PHRAmtrak California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
operational
EMD, 04/1978
913 (920A)F7AWP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
operational
EMD, 01/1950Returned to operation in 2011.
6402F7ASP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
display
EMD, 08/1952Cut open to show inside.
2394RS-1AT&SF California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
stored
Alco, 08/1950
9820 (820)RSD-15AT&SF California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
stored
Alco, 09/1959
402 (502)SW1Sacramento Northern (WP) California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA
operational
EMD, 12/1939 Returned to operational condition in February 2024.
6380F7ASP Golden Gate Railroad Museum, Schellville, CA
stored
EMD, 07/1952From the Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA.
6378F7ASP Golden Gate Railroad Museum, Schellville, CA
stored
EMD, 07/1952From the Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA.
718AF7AB&LE Golden Gate Railroad Museum, Schellville, CA
stored
EMD, 06/1952
716BF7BB&LE Golden Gate Railroad Museum, Schellville, CA
stored
EMD, 06/1952
80 (207)RS-1Central California Traction (Spokane International) Sage Spur, Willits Redwood Co., Willits, CA
stored
Alco, 12/1949Moved from downtown Willits yard between 2013 and 2017.

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