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Albany Eastern Railroad

Albany & Eastern Railroad - AERC

Route:
Lebanon - Sweet Home, OR (31.9 miles)
Albany (Page) - Lebanon - Mill City, OR (48.5 miles)
Corvallis - Orchard, OR (5 miles)
Headquarters:
Lebanon, OR
Junctions with other railroads:
BNSF & UP: Albany, OR
Radio frequencies:
161.070
History:
Purchased Sweet Home line from BNSF in May 1998.
Albany - Mill City line transferred from Willamette Valley Railway in 1998/9.
Last train run between Lebanon and Mill City on January 25, 2000.
Line to Mill City re-opened.
Ownership:
Mike and Jolene Root
Purchased by Rick Franklin Corp.
Roster:
Unit Bldr. Model B/N F/N B/D History Acq. Ret. Notes
No# GE 25ton 27501 1944 ex OEHS/Salmon Bay Steel 27501 (Brooks,OR); ex Salmon Bay Steel 27501 (Ballard, WA); ex Northwest Steel Rolling Mills 27501 (Ballard, WA), c.1961; ex Schnitzer Steel; ex ARR 50; ex US Army 7769 2022
SMV 205 Baldwin 2-6-2 57613 1/1924 ex private owner,Independence,OR, 1983; ex display,Santa Barbara,CA, 1950; ex SMV 205; ex SJ&E 205 2021
1750 EMD GP9R 25152 5596-8 3/1959 ex AERC 3859; ex WVR 3859; ex SP 3859; ex SP GP9 3660; nee TNO 456 1999
1807 GE B40-8 45516 8/1987 ex CBRL/AERC 1807; ex AERC 1807; ex UP 1807; ex UP 5616; ex SP B39-8 8007 2015
1841 GE B40-8 45689 7/1988 ex UP 1841; ex UP 5650; ex SSW 8041 2015
1866 EMD SW1200m 18861 4244-2 10/1953 ex AERC 1201; ex PNWR 1201; ex WPRR 1201; ex PS 1866; nee PS SW9 232 2019
2001 EMD GP38-3 35667 5747-3 2/1970 ex UP GP38 1785; ex UP 1984; ex MKT 327; ex ICG 9502; nee IC 9502 2002 2017 to WRIX 2001; to AGPX 2001; to DMVW/AGPX 2001
2002 EMD GP38-3 35676 5747-12 2/1970 ex UP GP38 1792; ex UP 1992; ex MKT 335; ex ICG 9511; nee IC 9511 2002 2017 to WRIX 2002; to AGPX 2002
2501 EMD GP35E 28466 7695-5 1963 ex WVR 2501; ex SP 6303:2; ex SP 6524; nee SP 7412:1 1999
4201 GE B23-7 41911 4/1978 ex RFRX 4201; ex OHCR/RFRX 4201; ex RFRX 4201; ex BNSF 4201; ex MNCW 802; ex MNCR 1904; nee CR 1904 2017 to WRIX; to NIWX 4201; to BJRR/NIWX 4201; to ATFX 4201
RFRX 4202 GE B23-7 41912 4/1978 ex OHCR/RFRX 4202; ex RFRX 4202; ex BNSF 4202; ex MNCW 803; ex MNCR 1905; nee CR 1905 2017 to WRIX; to NIWX 4202; to BJRR/NIWX 4202; to AFTX 4202
5399 EMD SD9R 19940 5365-13 2/1955 ex LLW 5399; ex LLW 4364; ex WVR 4364; ex SP 4364; ex SP SD9 3877; nee SP 5399
5931 GE B40-8 45952 4/1988 ex WRIX/CSX 5931; ex CSX 5931; nee NYSW 4012 2017
5935 GE B20-8 45957 4/1988 ex CBRL/AERC 5935; ex AERC 5935; ex WRIX/CSX 5935; ex CSX 5931; ex CSX B40-8 5931; nee NYSW 4022 2017
5957 GE B20-8 45639 5/1988 ex WRIX/CSX 5957; ex CSX 5957; ex CSX B40-8 5957; nee CR 5075 2017
9252 GE C40-8 45801 11/1988 ex WRIX/UP 9252; nee UP 9252 2017

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Last updated: March 03, 2024