List of formerly preserved diesel locomotives

Louisville and Indiana Railroad SW1200 9321 being scrapped — Louisville and Indiana No. 9321 being scrapped by Gershow Recycling in 2020.

This is a list of diesel locomotives that were initially preserved, but wound up being scrapped or sold off during their time in preservation for many reasons such as being in poor condition, mechanical problems, being rendered surplus to requirements by their owners, and many other reasons.

Most of the locomotives on this list were owned by either a railroad museum, railroad historical society, or tourist railroad in some capacity, or were put on static display in a public location. Others were considered for preservation, or attempts were made to preserve them, attempts which ultimately did not follow through.

List[]

Japan[]

Unit	Model	Build date	Manufacturer	Operator(s)	Scrapped/Sold	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation
DD11 8	JNR Class DD11	1957	Kisha Seizō	Japanese National Railways	2008	Facility closure
DD13 381	JNR Class DD13	October 1967	Kisha Seizō	Japanese National Railways	1998	Facility closure
Kashima Railway DD901	JNR Class DD42	1955	Nippon Sharyo	Japanese National Railways Jōsō Tsukuba Railway Kantō Railway Kashima Railway	February 2007
DD51 849	JNR Class DD51	August 1972	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japanese National Railways	2000s
DD51 865	JNR Class DD51	March 1973	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japanese National Railways	Unknown
DD51 872	JNR Class DD51	July 1973	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japanese National Railways	Unknown
DD51 1037	JNR Class DD51	May 1973	Hitachi	Japanese National Railways	Unknown
DE11 2	JNR Class DE11			Japanese National Railways
DE11 10	JNR Class DE11			Japanese National Railways

United Kingdom[]

Photograph	Unit	Model	Build date	Manufacturer	Operator(s)	Scrapped/Sold	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation	Notes	Refs.
	'Union Pacific 805'	ALCO S-1		American Locomotive Works	Nene Valley Railway	2022	Poor condition, lack of spare parts, unconventional locomotive for the UK	One of five ALCO S-1s sold to the UK, had been cosmetically restored as a Union Pacific locomotive (while UP did own ALCO S-1s, this particular unit never worked for the UP)
Frameless	British Rail Class 01/5 No. 01505	British Rail Class 01/5	1984	Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.	British Rail Crewe Heritage Centre	April 26, 2013			^[1]
	British Rail Class 04 No. D2267	British Rail Class 04	January 1958		British Rail North Norfolk Railway Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenam.	April 2003
Frameless	British Rail Class 08 No. 08350	British Rail Class 08	-	-	British Rail Crewe Heritage Centre	September 19, 2008		British Rail D3420. Scrapped at Ron Hull, Rotherham on September 19, 2008.
	British Rail Class 08 No. 08388	British Rail Class 08	-	-	British Rail	October 2010		British Rail D3503
	British Rail Class 08 No. 08481	British Rail Class 08	-	-	British Rail Vale of Glamorgan Railway	May 6, 2011		British Rail D3596
	British Rail Class 08 No. 08514	British Rail Class 08	1958	Darlington Works	British Rail Vale of Glamorgan Railway	December 10, 2011		British Rail D3676	^[2]
	British Rail Class 08 No. 08628	British Rail Class 08	-	-	British Rail	May 19, 2016		British Rail D3795
Frameless	British Rail Class 08 No. 08750	British Rail Class 08	-	-	British Rail	December 18, 2018		British Rail D3918
Frameless	British Rail Class 10 No. D3476	British Rail Class 10	-	-	British Rail Colne Valley Railway	-
	British Rail No. Class 11 12049 (Formerly No. 12082)	British Rail Class 11	-	-	British Rail Watercress Line	July 26, 2010	Fire damage	Scrapped on July 26, 2010, due to a fire damaging the locomotive.
Frameless	British Rail Class 12 No. 12098	British Rail Class 12	1952	BR's Derby Works	British Rail	-			^[3]
	British Rail Class 20 No. 20035	British Rail Class 20	-	-	British Rail Colne Valley Railway	2016		British Rail D8035, CFD #2001
	British Rail Class 20 No. 20177	British Rail Class 20	1966	English Electric’s Vulcan Foundry	British Rail	2017		British Rail D8177. Scrapped in 2017, but its cab was spared and taken to The Cab Yard.	^[4]
	British Rail Class 20 No. 20206	British Rail Class 20	-	-	British Rail	-
	British Rail Class 31 No. 31275	British Rail Class 31 (Class 31/1)	1961	Brush Traction	British Rail	-		British Rail D5805	^[5]
	British Rail Class 42 No. 42818	British Rail Class 42	November 1, 1972	BR's Swindon Works	British Rail	1985	Deteriorated beyond repair	British Rail D818 "Glory"
	British Rail Class 45 No. 45015	British Rail Class 45	November 24, 1960	BR's Derby Works	British Rail	November 2021	Poor condition from being overgrown and infested with asbestos, algae and lichen	British Rail D14	^[6]
	British Rail Class 47 No. 47524	British Rail Class 47	1966	BR's Crewe Works	British Rail	August 27, 2019		British Rail D1107	^[7]
-	British Rail Class 50 No. 50040	British Rail Class 50		English Electric	British Rail		Deteriorated quite badly; most of the major components had been stripped out; couldn't find a solid home anywhere	British Rail 50040 "Leviathan"

United States of America[]

Photograph	Unit	Model	Build date	Manufacturer	Operator(s)	Former Nos.	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation	Scrapped/Sold	Notes	Refs.
Frameless	Buffalo and Pittsburgh No. 463	EMD SD45	June 1967	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Helm Financial Corporation Illinois Midland Railroad Portland and Western Railroad Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad	SP: 8928 7498 HATX: 924 IMRR: 463 PNWR: 3602 BPRR: 463	-	September 2012	-	^[8]
	Burlington Northern No. 5017	GE C30-7	October 1979	General Electric	Burlington Northern Railroad Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway	BN #5017 MMA #5017	Failed auction acquisition that was blocked by local police after the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster; poor mechanical condition due to poor maintenance	2020	-	-
Frameless	Burlington Northern No. 6627	EMD F45	April 1971	Electro-Motive Division	Burlington Northern Daylight Locomotives and Machine Works Transisco Tours Wisconsin Central Montana Rail Link	BN 6627 DLMX 743 MCHX 1001 WSOR 1001 MRL 391	Sold to Transisco Tours, and later to Wisconsin Central and Montana Rail Link. Scrapped by the 2010s	2010s	-	-
	California Western No. 55	Baldwin RS-12	1955	Baldwin Locomotive Works	McCloud River Railroad California Western Railroad	MRR #32 CWR #55	-	1995	-	-
	Canadian National No. 6767	MLW FPA4	January 1959	Montreal Locomotive Works	Canadian National VIA Rail Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad	CN 6767 VIA 6767 CVSR 6767	Gutted of mechanical parts by 2015, cab roof cut off in 2022 for use in ATSF 59L.	2022	-	-
Frameless	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway No. 6661	EMD GP9	1956	Electro-Motive Division	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway Stone Mountain Railroad	C&O #6661	-	2011	-	-
	Chicago & Northwestern No. 1219	EMD SW1200		Electro-Motive Division	Chicago & Northwestern Fremont & Elk Valley	Chicago & Northwestern 1219 Fremont & Elk Valley 1219	Vandalized, copper wiring stripped out and stolen, was too expensive to move due to still having friction bearings	September 2022
Frameless	Coe Rail No. 416	EMD F7A	October 1949	Electro-Motive Division	Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Coe Rail	C&NW #4077A	-	2012	-	-
Frameless	Conrail No. 8564	EMD SW1	August 1950	Electro-Motive Division	Pennsylvania Railroad Conrail Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc Tyburn Railroad Company LTSX	PRR 9404 CR 8564 STSX 8564 TYBR 8564 LTSX 8564	Poor mechanical condition, gutted of mechanical parts from a cancelled rebuild	March 2013	Parts used for the restorations of B&O #8408, PRR #9206, & LV 112	^[9]
	Conway Scenic No. 1757	EMD GP9	November 1956	Electro-Motive Division	New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation Conrail	NHN #1757 Conrail #7065	Used as parts source for B&M #4268	March 2022	-	-
	Dakota Southern No. 522	EMD SD7	October 1953	Electro-Motive Division	Milwaukee Road Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Dakota Southern Railway	MILW: 2222 522 W&S 522	-	post-2021	-	-
-	Delray Connecting Road No. 66	ALCO S-1		American Locomotive Works	Delray Connecting Road	Delray Connecting Road No. 66	Poor condition	2006	-
-	Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range 316	EMD SD18/SD-M	1960	Electro-Motive Division	Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range Canadian National	Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range 316	Sold in 2019, traded for an ex-Northern Pacific GP9; was never operable when it was at the museum	Not scrapped, but sold	Started life as an SD18, and later rebuilt into an "SD-M"
Frameless	Gettysburg Railroad No. 70	ALCO RS-36	1962	American Locomotive Company	Nickel Plate Road Norfolk and Western Railway Gettysburg Railroad	NKP #870 N&W #2870	-	2004	-	-
	Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 711	EMD GP9	January 1954	Electro-Motive Division	Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Great Smoky Mountains Railroad MrBeast	C&NW #711	Sold to MrBeast and used in staged train wreck	2022	Left abandoned in a field after the staged train wrecks.	-
	Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 777	EMD GP9	September 1954	Electro-Motive Division	Chicago and North Western Transportation Company Great Smoky Mountains Railroad MrBeast	C&NW #777	Withdrawn 2020 and used for parts; Sold to MrBeast and destroyed in staged train wreck	2022	Repainted in Illinois Southern paint scheme in early 1990s	-
	Louisville and Indiana No. 9321	EMD SW1200	1957	Electro-Motive Division	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Erie Lackawanna Railway Conrail Louisville and Indiana Railroad	DL&W #562 EL #457 Conrail #9321	Poor condition, mechanical issues, vandalized with graffiti.	January 28, 2020	-	-
	Mansbach Metal No. 861	EMD SW8	December 1964	Electro-Motive Division	Armco Steel Corporation Mansbach Metal Company	Armco Steel #1213 Mansbach Metal #861	Poor condition	2010	-	^[10]^[11]
-	Milwaukee Road 38A	EMD E9A		Electro-Motive Division	Milwaukee Road National Railroad Museum (Green Bay, Wisconsin)	MILW 38A	Had deteriorated so badly that it was structurally unstable and couldn't be moved; prime mover and other major components had been stripped out	Early 2010s	-	-
	Milwaukee Road No. 1613	EMD SW1	March 1940	Electro-Motive Division	Milwaukee Road Indiana Transportation Museum	MILW #867	-	July 4, 2018	-	-
	Minneapolis & St. Louis No. 700	EMD GP9	-	Electro-Motive Division	Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad (dressed) Great Northern Railroad (originally built) Burlington Northern	GN 727 BN 1800 BNSF 1606 M&StL 700	Heavily damaged by flood, later scrapped due to scandal	2008	-	-
	Montana Rail Link No. 323	EMD SD45	November 1969	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Montana Rail Link	SP #9114 SP #7550 MRL #323	-	May 26, 2014	-	^[12]
	New York Central No. 2510	GE U25B	May 1964	General Electric	New York Central Penn Central Conrail	-	Poor condition from being abandoned in the woods for years; gutted of usable parts	2023	-	-
	New York Central No. 8254	ALCO RS-3	June 1951	American Locomotive Company	New York Central Penn Central Conrail	-	Poor condition from being abandoned in the woods for years; gutted of usable parts and damaged by arson fires	2023	-	-
-	Nickel Plate Road No. 910	EMD GP35		Electro-Motive Division	Nickel Plate Road Norfolk & Western Norfolk Southern Springfield Transportation/"Guilford" Pan Am Railways	Nickel Plate Road 910 Norfolk & Western 2910 Norfolk Southern 2910	Destroyed as part of a firefighter training exercise; preservation groups tried to step in and save it, but could not raise the money in time	2010s	The last diesel locomotive purchased by the Nickel Plate Road, and their only GP35.
Frameless	Oregon Pacific No. 801	EMD SW8	August 1951	Electro-Motive Division	Great Northern Railway Burlington Northern Railroad Oregon Pacific Railroad	GN 99 BN 99 OPR 801	Destroyed in 2020 Oregon wildfire	2020-2024	Set to be either rebuilt to a slug or used as parts source for sister locomotive 803	^[13]
	Peavey Grain Co. No. 1279	EMD SW1	June 1939	Electro-Motive Division	Peavey Grain Co. Lake Superior Railroad Museum	-	-	-	-	-
-	Penn Central No. 4206	EMD E7A	August 1947	Electro-Motive Division	Pennsylvania Railroad Penn Central	Penn Central 4206	Presumed to be in poor physical condition, and ITM probably assumed more would be saved	1972	-
	Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5706	EMD E8A	September 1952	Electro-Motive Division	Pennsylvania Railroad Penn Central Amtrak Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad	PRR #4276 PRR #5706 Amtrak #495 Amtrak 284 RBM&N #5706	Was sitting in the parking lot of a strip mall; strip mall decided to remove it as it needed a new parking lot	2021	-	-
	Seaboard Coast Line No. 7087	GE C30-7	November 1981	General Electric	Seaboard Coast Line CSX Transportation New Hope Railroad	SBD #7087 CSX #7087 NHRR #7087	Withdrawn in 2018-2019; broken turbocharger and was decided funds would go to purchasing a new locomotive instead of repairing it	2021	-	^[14]
	Southern Pacific No. 4450 "Huff"	EMD SD9	April 1954	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Golden Gate Railroad Museum	SP #5363 SP #3822	Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.	August 2013	-	^[15]
	Southern Pacific No. 5239	Baldwin AS-616	September 1950	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Oregon and Northwestern Railroad	-	-	November 2009	O&NW #2	^[16]
	Southern Pacific No. 1303	EMD NW2R	June 1949	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Galveston Railroad Museum	-	Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008	2012	Arrived in 1984	-
-	Southern Pacific No. 8385	EMD SD40T-2	June 1979	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Union Pacific	Southern Pacific 8385 Union Pacific 2921	Sold to GMTX/traded for an ex-M&StL GP9; 2921 was too big for what the Boone & Scenic Valley needed; has since been freshly overhauled at GMTX and still existed as of 2022	-	Sometime around 2009, the B&SV asked the Union Pacific for an SD40-2, and presumably wanted a C&NW SD40-2 like the Illinois Railway Museum. UP refurbished the unit at North Little Rock and it had lots of new parts on it when it was donated
	Spokane Portland & Seattle No. 866	ALCO FA/Power Pack	June 1950 (original) 1970s (rebuild)	ALCO	Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Burlington Northern Railroad Long Island Railroad Daylight Locomotives and Machine Works (DLMX)	SP&S #866 BN #4120 LIRR #613 DLMX #866	Became landlocked on a spur that BNSF wanted to abandon and remove; BNSF gave the ORHC a very short window to move it and they were unable to raise the funds to move it in time. It had been thoroughly gutted by this time.	February 2024	Cab salvaged for future display	^[17]
	Texas Limited No. 100	EMD F7A	July 1952	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Texas Limited Galveston Railroad Museum	SP #6379	Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008	June 2011	Parts salvaged for restoration of RPCX 315 and 316	-
	Texas Limited No. 200	EMD F7A	October 1950	Electro-Motive Division	Southern Pacific Transportation Company Texas Limited Galveston Railroad Museum	SP #6309	Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008	June 2011	Parts salvaged for restoration of RPCX 315 and 316
-	Union Pacific No. 849	EMD GP30		Electro-Motive Division	Union Pacific	Union Pacific 849	Current fate unknown;	????	-
	Union Pacific No. 954	EMD E9A	1955	Electro-Motive Division	Union Pacific	Union Pacific 954		1980	Had been set aside for business train use in the 70s
	Union Pacific No. 960	EMD E9A	1955	Electro-Motive Division	Union Pacific	Union Pacific 960		1980	Had been set aside for business train use in the 70s
-	Wasbash No. 547	EMD GP35	April 1964	Electro-Motive Division	Wabash Norfolk & Western	Wasbash 547 Norfolk & Western 2918	Sold to WAMX	2011	The last locomotive purchased by the Wasbash; a cosmetic restoration back to it's Wabash appearance was started but never finished; 547 was last documented as WAMX 3533 as of 2013-2014.
	Western Pacific No. 506	ALCO S-1	April 1942	American Locomotive Company	Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad Western Pacific Railroad Museum	-	-	-	-	^[9]
	White Pass & Yukon Route No. 100	GE Class 90	May 1966	General Electric	White Pass and Yukon Route	WP&Y 100	Withdrawn 2013 for cancelled overhaul; parted out	2015	-
Frameless	White Pass & Yukon Route No. 102	MLW DL-535E	1969-1971	Montreal Locomotive Works	White Pass and Yukon Route	WP&Y 102	Destroyed in roundhouse fire	1992	-	-
Frameless	White Pass & Yukon Route No. 105	MLW DL-535E	1969-1971	Montreal Locomotive Works	White Pass and Yukon Route	WP&Y 105	Destroyed in roundhouse fire	1992	-	-
-	Youngstown Tube & Steel No. 607	BLW VO660	-	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Youngstown Tube & Steel	Youngstown Tube & Steel 607	Unknown	1980s?	-

Wales[]

Photograph	Unit	Model	Build date	Manufacturer	Operator(s)	Scrapped/Sold	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation	Notes	Refs.
Frameless	Tyke	4wDM	1941	Hunslet Engine Company	Ffestiniog Railway	1985	TBD	TBD	TBD

Canada[]

Unit	Model	Build date	Manufacturer	Operator(s)	Scrapped/Sold	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation	Notes	Refs.
Canadian Pacific 4723	M636	1970	Montreal Locomotive Works	Canadian Pacific	September 25, 2017	Had been vandalized and deteriorated	-	-
Canadian Pacific 8554	FM H-16-44	July 1955	Fairbanks-Morse	Canadian Pacific	December 2023	Issues getting the unit transported off the property it was stored at	Last surviving H-16-44 in Canada; was set aside for preservation since the 1970s	-
Waterloo Central Railway 1518	GE 95-ton	1956	General Electric	Waterloo Central Railway	-	-	-	-

Videos[]

SCRAPPING A OLD LOCOMOTIVE SW1200 RECYCLING

Scrapping an EMD SW1200 Locomotive Timelapse

References[]

[:0-1] ttp://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=16

[2] ttp://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=322

[3] ttp://uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=415

[4] 20177 – The Cab Yard (traincabs.co.uk)

[5] ttp://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=150

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120321213135/http://www.45015.org.uk/45015Bkgd.htm

[7] ttp://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=296

[8] ttp://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3349113

[:1-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jGSkaGqn0M

[10] Mansbach 861 | Mansbach Metals switch locomotive 861 heads t… | Flickr

[11] SCRAPPING A OLD LOCOMOTIVE SW1200 RECYCLING - YouTube

[12] ttp://www.rrpicturearchives.net/LocoPicture.aspx?id=9012

[13] ttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/707064022234693664/1241541346603438190/image0.jpg?ex=66fd363b&is=66fbe4bb&hm=33fc5f8e285dc5f26544cc5277411e6dbca862c632c19b32270b65c6e6cb2ab2&

[14] ttp://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=165746

[15] ttp://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/3800.html

[16] ttp://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/onw.html

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