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Dispositions of NS U23B Locomotives

Dispositions of Former Norfolk Southern U23B Locomotives


Norfolk Southern's U23B fleet was numbered from 3900 to 3969, a total of 70 locomotives. These 2300-horsepower diesel-electric units were manufactured by General Electric and have all been retired by NS, most going on to other railroads, continuing in revenue service.

Number New Owner Notes
3900 Disposition Unknown
3901 Nashville & Eastern Railroad Has Been Chop-Nosed
3902 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3903 Wrecked at Taber, VA; retired 3/94
3904 Coahuila & Durango
3905 Coahuila & Durango
3906 Coahuila & Durango
3907 Georgia Central Railway Motor has bad crankshaft, used for parts
3908 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3909 Georgia Central Railway
3910 Georgia Central Railway
3911 Georgia Central Railway
3912 Georgia Central Railway
3913 Coahuila & Durango
3914 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3915 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3916 Coahuila & Durango
3917 Georgia Central Railway
3918 Coahuila & Durango
3919 Georgia Central Railway
3920 NRE
3921 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3922 Coahuila & Durango
3923 Coahuila & Durango
3924 Disposition Unknown
3925 Coahuila & Durango
3926 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3927 Nashville & Eastern Railroad Has Been Chop-Nosed
3928 Georgia Central Railway
3929 Disposition Unknown
3930 Disposition Unknown
3931 Coahuila & Durango
3932 FCCM (Ferrocaril Chiapas-Mayab)
3933 Georgia Central Railway
3934 Coahuila & Durango
3935 Martin-Marietta At Camak, Georgia Quarry
With DJJX Reporting Marks
3936 Coahuila & Durango
3937 Martin-Marietta Macon, Georgia Quarry
3938 Georgia Central Railway
3939 Coahuila & Durango
3940 Wrecked at Oostanaula, GA; retired 9/81
3941 Coahuila & Durango
3942 Coahuila & Durango
3943 NRE
3944 Quebec Central #JMG1 Overhauled by NYS&W Utica Shops
3945 Disposition Unknown
3946 Georgia Central Railway
3947 Georgia Central Railway
3948 Coahuila & Durango Reported Wrecked and Stripped
3949 Coahuila & Durango
3950 Georgia Central Railway
3951 Disposition Unknown
3952 Coahuila & Durango
3953 Coahuila & Durango
3954 Nashville & Eastern Railroad Has Been Chop-Nosed
3955 Coahuila & Durango
3956 Georgia Central Railway
3957 Georgia Central Railway
3958 Coahuila & Durango
3959 Georgia Central Railway
3960 Coahuila & Durango
3961 Coahuila & Durango
3962 Coahuila & Durango
3963 Disposition Unknown
3964 Coahuila & Durango
3965 Georgia Central Railway
3966 Coahuila & Durango
3967 Wrecked at Centerville, AL; retired 6/79
3968 Georgia Central Railway
3969 Coahuila & Durango

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Last updated April 27, 2003.