Locomotives | Cabooses | Passenger Cars | Freight Cars | Other Equipment |
There are no known steam locomotives that survived the scrappers torch. The following is a list of known surviving Diesel-Electric locomotives:
Location | Item(s) | Owner | Notes |
Granite Mt. Quarry (Arkansas) | ex RF&P 1 | ||
Quality Terminal Switching (Texas) | QTS 2 ex RF&P 2 | ||
Quality Terminal Switching (Texas) | QTS 3 ex RF&P 3 | ||
Patapsco & Back River (Maryland) | PBR 5 ex RF&P 5 | Patapsco & Back River | An early re-stencil photo shows slug S-2 with the 5, also stenciled for PBR; #5 Still blue/gray in 2001 |
Patapsco & Back River (Maryland) | PBR 6 ex RF&P 6 | Patapsco & Back River | Still blue/gray as of 2001 |
Bethlehem, Pa | PBNE #7, ex SB #7 nee RF&P 7 | Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England | February 2004 has photo of unit on PBNE property in Bethlehem, PA, still in South Buffalo paint. |
Cal Steel 32-0009 (California) | ex RF&P 8 | ||
Trego, Va | Vulcan 12830, ex SCL 98, exx ACL 44, nee RF&P 54 | Vulcan Materials 12830 | |
Raeford (NC?) | L&S 132, ex South Buffalo 68, exx SH 68, nee RF&P 58 | Laurinburg & Southern 132 |
Alco S-2, built 1946, s/n 74493 Acquired by L&S 1989, reportedly leased to Hoechst Celanses (Wilmington, NC); on roster as of 10/1/97 |
Michigan | MST 62, ex DC 62, exx SH 62, nee RF&P 59 | Mid States Terminal 62 | Last seen in Lambertville, MI on January 9, 2002, still painted as Delray Connecting Railroad #62. It is not on Delray Connecting's roster in 2004. |
Raeford (NC?) | L&S 131, ex South Buffalo 69, exx SH 69, nee RF&P 69 | Laurinburg & Southern 131 |
Alco S-2, built 1948, s/n 76169 Photo Acquired by L&S 1989, reportedly leased to Carolina Power & Light (Skyland Plant, Ashland, NC); |
Hopewell, Va | AFP 202 ex-CSX 1302 nee RF&P 83 | Allied Fibers & Plastics 202 | Allied appears to have been bought by Honeywell. Unsure if these two Sw1200s are still in use there or not. |
Hopewell, Va | AFP 203 ex-CSX 1303 nee RF&P 84 | Allied Fibers & Plastics 203 | |
New Jersey | M&E 20 ex CRL 1500, exx ACWR 1500 exxx CSX 1315 nee RF&P 91 | Morristown & Erie | Repainted Yellow/Red -- 1997 Photo thanks to Jeff Lubchansky. The 91 stayed in its blue/gray until it arrived at the Morristown & Erie -- I personnaly caught it up in Bellefonte and Altoona, PA in the mid-90s. |
Dillwyn, Va | RF&P 101 (GP-7) (Parts from 101-104) | Old Dominion Chapter NRHS |
The 101 (the 2nd diesel 101) was rebuilt in 1984 by the RF&P from the frame of the 104 and using
parts from the other GP7s. It was painted in the as delivered scheme by the shops, and used in
service around Richmond before being donated by the RF&P to the Old Dominion Chapter, NRHS in 1986.
The 101 is currently on lease to the Buckingham Branch Railroad, where it runs excursion service in the summer and is used for freight in other times of the year.
Link is to a Nick Pitsch photo from 1998. |
Hartwell, Georgia | GRWR 136, ex RF&P 136, nee RF&P 116 | Great Walton Railroad (GRWR) |
Still in service (2004) on the Great Walton, which operates the Hartwell Railroad in northern
Georgia. Link is to a Nick Pitsch photo from 1998. |
Active WSOR 3805 | Ex-CSX 6855 nee-RF&P 121 | Wisconsin Southern |
should have been repainted WSOR Colors, reportedly a rebuild to gp38-2 specs with a 40 body.
Thanks to Mike Derrick for this shot in action on the WSOR. The photo appears to confirm the rebuild. The unit was still blue/gray as of his July 2002 shot, but has been repainted into WSOR colors. |
Active CSX 9703? | CSX 9703 Ex-CSX 6856 nee RF&P 122 | CSXT? | Pumpkin Orange |
Last seen as CSX 2337 | CSX 2337 ex-CSX 6857 Nee-RF&P 123 | CSXT? | Reported 6857 retired in March, 1998, and rebuilt by VMV to road slug 2337, but have not run across in some time. I assume it is no longer on the CSX Roster. |
Active UP 2509 | ex-CSX 6858 nee RF&P 124 | Union Pacific | Rebuilt MK March 1997 to GP38M-3 |
Active UP 2515 | Ex-CSX 6859 nee RF&P 125 | Union Pacific | Rebuilt MK April 1997 to GP38M-3 |
Active CSX 9726 | CSX 9726 Ex-CSX 6860 nee RF&P 126 | CSXT | Pumpkin Orange |
Active KCS 4747 | Ex-NREX 6861, ex-CSX 6861 nee RF&P 127 | KCS | Rebuilt to GP40-3 by VMV in June 1994 (rebuild data from KCSHS's roster) |
Active CSX 6393 | CSX 6393 nee RF&P 141 | CSXT | repainted CSX (reportedly whole series, 6393-6399 is still active 2004) |
Active CSX 6394 | CSX 6394 nee RF&P 142 | CSXT | repainted CSX |
Active CSX 6395 | CSX 6395 nee RF&P 143 | CSXT | repainted CSX |
Active CSX 6396 | CSX 6396 nee RF&P 144 | CSXT | repainted CSX |
Active CSX 6397 | CSX 6397 nee RF&P 145 | CSXT | repainted CSX |
Active CSX 6398 | CSX 6398 nee RF&P 146 | CSXT | repainted CSX |
Active CSX 6399 | CSX 6399 nee RF&P 147 | CSXT | repainted CSX |
Roanoke | ex-RF&P 1002 (E8A) | Va. Museum of Transportation | On Display. Blt. 11/49 |
Miami, FL | Ex-RF&P slug "C" (rebuilt from S-2 #71) | Gold Coast Railroad Museum | Thanks to Jeff Lubchansky for a photo on his site of former RF&P slug "C", which was rebuilt from the S-2 #71, at this musuem. |
Location | Item(s) | Owner | Notes |
Hallsboro, Va | RF&P wooden caboose (1904 vintage) (951, ex824?) | Old Dominion Chapter NRHS | Currently being restored |
Chester, Va | RF&P Caboose 918 | Russ Dolbear | Blt 1942 --- Russ Dolbear has saved this caboose, now in Chester, Va |
Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania County | RF&P Caboose 905 | Rappahannock Chapter NRHS | this is the 1973 vintage steel caboose. It is in the process of being restored, with a fresh coat of blue, but many of the windows are in bad shape due to vandals. The chapter has some spare parts from the 903. |
near Bealeton, Va | 911 | private | Located east of Baines Corner Road, just off (and parallel to) US 17, about 5 miles south of the light at VA 28. Caboose end faces the road, and there is a small loop of track between the caboose and the road. The gauge of the loop looks to be somewhere between one and two feet, unsure from a late afternoon pass without stopping. There appears to be some sort of small mine diesel visible before the caboose. The 911 is a 1918 vintage wood/steel frame caboose that was retired in 1970, and appears to still be in red paint, albeit faded. |
Walkersville, MD | RF&P Caboose 923 | Chesapeake Railway Association | this is the 1971 vintage steel caboose. Photo is on Walkersville Southern's website. |
Forest Park/Noblesville, Indiana | as CI 60 (nee RF&P 926) | Indiana Transportation Museum | 10-03: Caboose is in the process of being restored |
Texas | RF&P 932 | John Bookhout | Used as lakeside cottage |
Hartwell, Ga | RF&P 933 | Hartwell Ga. | Photo taken 4/22/98 by Nick Pitsch. Still on the Hartwell in 2004, under cover. This is the 1971 vintage all-steel caboose built by Southern Iron & Equipment. |
Montana | RF&P Caboose #938 | Miracle of America Museum | In process of being restored for a tour across america. Wood caboose, 50s vintage? |
near Ruther Glen | RF&P 940 "long version" | on private property, thanks to Chuck McIntyre for the update! | |
Richmond-Staples Mill Road | Unknown # (short cab) | Located on left side of Staples Mill Road west of Richmond, west of I-295. It is on private property. This is the caboose that was donated by the RF&P to the local PBS station in the 70s for an auction. | |
A CATALOG OF CAPTIVE CABOOSE LOCATIONS CITY STATE CABOOSE # LOCATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perris CA RF&P as PE 1985, wood, cupola, Orange Empire Rwy Museum, 2201 South A Street Strasburg PA RF&P as RF&P, wood, center cupola, Units 3-N & 3-S, Red Caboose Motel, Box 102, 17579 Northumberland CVA RF&P 803 wood, cupola, LOCATION?, near Great Wicomic River Whittier NC RF&P 902 (2?) steel, wide vision, Wood Products Co., B.W. Sharpe, owner, from GSMR, Dillsboro & Franklin?, NC Sealston VA RF&P 903 (2) steel, wide vision, Birchwood Power Plant, wreck damaged, from Fredericksburg, VA Richmond VA RF&P 904 (2) built 4/73, Valentine Riverside Museum (closed), Tredeger Iron Works, with 0-4-0T steam loco Fredericksburg VA RF&P 905 (2) steel, wide vision, built 4/73, Bowman Industrial Park, Rappahannock Chapter, Nat'l Rwy Hist. Soc. Verona VA RF&P 906 (2) as BB 224/Shenandoah Valley Railroad 55, steel, wide vision, 703-568-1800 Rocky Mount NC RF&P 907 (2) as BK 907, steel, wide vision, Nash Co. RR Yard, W.H. Kincheloe, from Spring Hope, NC, 4 SALE Bealeton VA RF&P 911 wood, cupola, Baine's Corner Road, Fauquier County, 5 miles south of town Chester VA RF&P 918 wood, cupola, built 5/42, Russ Dolbear, 5521 Ecoff Road, from Richmond, VA Charlotte NC RF&P 921 steel, cupola, Extravaganza Events & Props, 1600 block Tryon St., with BN 1 bus. car, ex-Dillsboro Walkersville MD RF&P 923 (2) as RF&P CHRX 923, Walkersville Sou., Cheasapeake Ry Assoc., x-Greensboro/MD&Clayton/DE Noblesville IN RF&P 926 ex-Central Indiana RR 60, wood, cupola, build 1942, Indiana Transportation Museum Hallsboro? VA RF&P 931 (2) steel, cupola, Hallsboro Yard, Old Dominion Chapter, National Railway Hist. Soc., GONE TO? Hartwell GA RF&P 933 (2) steel, cupola, Hartwell Railroad, Depot & Jackson Streets, 404-267-0070, poor condition Strasburg PA RF&P 938? Red Caboose Motel, from Maryland? Hallsboro VA RF&P 951 as RF&P 824, wood, cupola, built 1904, Hallsboro Yard, Old Dominion Chapter, NRHS Richmond VA RF&P 955 as RF&P 935, wood, cupola, John B. Cary Museum, Cary Elem. School, 3021 Maplewood Ave.
Cabooses may be moved or scrapped. NEW INFORMATION IS APPRECIATED. Trade for prints/slides of B&O, C&O, RF&P, & WM hacks. S. Roger Kirkpatrick, 109 S. Madison St., Cortez, CO 81321-3733, 970-564-0374, e-mail: caboose9@beyondbb.com
Location | Item(s) | Owner | Notes |
Broad Street Station, Richmond | RF&P ONE | Science Museum of Virginia | Business car of later years. Title transferred 5/98 to museum from state. Tracks reinstalled to some platforms, connected to CSX. Page is SMV's page on Car ONE. |
Broad Street Station, Richmond | RF&P 20 | Science Museum of Virginia | Kitchen/power car for RF&P ONE. Sold 1996 to a private collector by VRS, the museum bought it in 1998. At museum now with ONE. Car originally purchased by RF&P as coach #92 from the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation It was renumbered to 531 in the 30s, air conditioned in the 40s, and retired in 1967. Rebuilt as kitchen-diner-sleeper #201 in 1967 for MW/wrecker service, re-retired in 1982, to be renumbered 20 and paired with ONE. |
Richmond | RF&P Office Car 100 | Was City of Richmond |
Blt 1911 by Pullman. Was car for RF&P's president. This car is still on the site, but deteriorated in condition to the point that the City wants to get it off of their hands. It is in very fragile shape. It will have to be removed by truck We know the caboose got saved, in the hands of Russ Dolbear. |
Dover Park Siding, Jessup, MD | NRHX 002 (Ex- RF&P 171) | Washington DC Chapter, NRHS | NRHX 002: was RF&P 171, lettered REA EXPRESS between doors; later, RF&P 224 |
Parksley, Va | RF&P Baggage #174 | ||
Dover Park Siding, Jessup, MD | NRHX 004 (Ex-RF&P 186) | Washington DC Chapter, NRHS | NRHX 004: was RF&P 186; then later, RF&P 229: Interior markings state: RF&P 186 Length 70' - 7" Width 9' - 2" I believe those are the interior dimensions of the car. This car is lettered 'Railway Express Agency' with a star, between the two doors. |
Dover Park Siding, Jessup, MD | NRHX 003 (Ex-RF&P 225) | Washington DC Chapter, NRHS | NRHX 003: was RF&P 225 MWT (only lettering on exterior); earlier #?? Car appears to have been sandblasted and repainted, no trace of block lettering. We think the MWT must mean something like Maintenance of Way-- do you have any idea about that? |
Old Dominion Railway Museum 102 Hull Street, Richmond, Va | RF&P Express Car 185 | Old Dominion Chapter NRHS | From the ODCNRHS website: "Built by American Car and Foundry in 1937 and originally numbered 185 (one of six, 180-185; lot #1632). Converted and renumbered to Tool Car 230 in 1969. Donated by Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac in March 1984. Renovated for display at Old Dominion Railway Museum and renumbered to 185." |
Hallsboro, Va | RF&P coach #706 | Old Dominion Chapter NRHS | Restored; has been used on Buckingham Branch |
RF&P coach 705 | Yet to be restored. | ||
RF&P coach 704 | Yet to be restored. | ||
RF&P coach 703 | Yet to be restored. | ||
Active VIA | VIA 8140 (nee RF&P 801) | Via Rail Canada | HEP1 |
In storage on VIA | Amt 5422 nee RF&P 803 | Via Rail Canada | |
In storage on VIA | Amt 5423 nee RF&P 804 | Via Rail Canada | |
Active VIA | VIA 8145 (nee RF&P 806) | Via Rail Canada | HEP1 |
Active VIA | VIA 4121 (nee RF&P 851) | Via Rail Canada | HEP2 |
Covington, KY | RF&P Coach 856 | operable | |
Parksley, Va | Pullman "Fairfax River" | ||
Ft. Meyers, FL | Pullman Sleeper "King William" | Seminole Gulf Railway | "Gasparilla" was built by the Pullman Company in 1949 and spent most of it years in service on the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad as "King William," a sleeper with ten roomettes, five on each side with a center isle. Each room had its own door, it's own toilet facilities, its own privacy. The other half of the car had a side isle with six larger staterooms, that could be connected in pairs. A seventeenth bathroom and a small compartment for the car attendant was located at the vestibule end. The car was purchased by the "Autotrain" in 1970, as car number 632, and later by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus from whom Seminole Gulf Railway acquired the car. |
Royal Oak, Michigan | Budd coach | Bluewater Michigan Chapter, NRHS | BMCX 857 was built as a 52 seat coach in 1947 by the Budd Company for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad. It was used primarily in New York-Florida service in such trains as the "Silver Meteor," the "Havana Special" and the "West Coast Champion" until the 1970's, when it was sold to Amtrak (which took over most American intercity passenger train services in 1971). Amtrak rebuilt the car into a 60 seat coach in 1974, and later sold the car to The Bluewater Michigan Chapter in 1984. |
Staunton, Va | Heavyweight coach #513 | Alleghany Central RR | Stored just west of station in Staunton, in AC livery |
Heavyweight coach #514 | |||
Heavyweight coach #524 | |||
Meadow Farm-RF&P Park, Glen Allen, Va | 500 series Heavyweight coach | Henrico County | Repainted to RF&P livery. Shade of Blue is a little light. County has nicely displayed. |
100 series postal car | Repainted to RF&P livery. County has nicely displayed. | ||
Richmond (downtown off Valley Road near old ALCO Loco works) | RF&P Express Car | According to Chuck McIntyre, this Express car resides at the Old Steel Services Plant in Downtown Richmond. It is earlier in vintage than its counterparts owned by the Old Dominion & DC Chapters of NRHS. | |
Location | Item(s) | Owner | Notes |
Wilmington Railroad Museum | RF&P boxcar | Wilmington Railroad Museum | Is one of four featured items from their collection |
Dillwyn | RF&P side-dump car | Buckingham Branch Railroad | In use on BBR. Rappahannock Chapter NRHS has first rights once no longer in use. |
Glen Allen VA | RF&P Boxcar 2335MWM | ? | On display in a park. Is same # that was painted red & silver for the 150th in 1983. |
Rio Vista Junction, CA | RF&P Boxcar 2289 | Western Railway Museum | The 2289 and 2383 are single sheathed wood side 40 foot box cars with steel ends. They appears to be a USRA type car which have had the doors widened to about eight feet. The Museum acquired four wooden box cars from the US Navy's Concord Weapons Storage Depot in 1970. When these cars were acquired the Museum had no idea that they had a history of anything other than US Government service. However, inside each door on the wall of each car was the reporting marks of a railroad. Two of the cars were RF and P 2289 and 2383. |
Rio Vista Junction, CA | RF&P Boxcar 2383 | Western Railway Museum |
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It should be noted that the last turntable from Potomac Yard has survived, and will be installed in the new pit at the Altoona Railroaders' Memorial Museum.
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