Slug Photo Gallery & Roster

Baldwins Converted to Slugs

indicates existing unit on the Roster of Existing Baldwin Diesels

Chicago & North Western

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
BU-17	CGW 38(1074)	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74229	7/1949	- rebuilt as slug by C&NW
BU-18	CGW 39(1075)	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74230	7/1949	- rebuilt as slug by C&NW in 1974, to KCS as #4080(402), to GMTX as #5001

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
80	CGS 36(1st) nee Carbon County 262.1	VO1000	69773	11/1943	- rebuilt as slug by CGS, 1973
81	CGS 37(1st) nee Carbon County 262.2	VO1000	69774	11/1943	- rebuilt as slug by CGS, 1973

Denver & Rio Grande Western

photos by: Jim Aldridge
- collection of David Baer
Salt Lake City, UT. - 11/9/1974

25

VO660
c/n 62502, b/d 7/1941

- built for D&RGW as #68
- rebuilt as slug by D&RGW, 1953
- converted to scale test car, 1972
- retired & scrapped, 1978

data source - UtahRails.net

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
T5	EJ&E 270 nee BLW 336	VO660	62336	5/1940	- rebuilt as slug by EJ&E, 9/1964 - to LGN, 5/1989

Erie Lackawanna

- neither slug assigned a Conrail number, scrapped 1980

B65

DRS6-6-1500
c/n 74714, b/d 4/1950

- built for Erie as #1150
- rebuilt as slug, 1965

photo by: David Hutchinson
Scranton PA - Oct. 1973

B66

DRS4-4-1500
c/n 74293, b/d 12/1949

- built for Erie as #1105
- rebuilt as slug, 1965

photo by: David Hutchinson
Croxton Yard, NJ - June 1976

Jones & Laughlin Steel / ISG - International Steel Group

photo by: Kevin A. Heggi
ISG Indiana Harbor Works - August 2003

S-3

VO1000
c/n 71729 b/d 2/1945

- built for Chicago Short Line as #102
- to Transoceanic Terminal as #102
- to Youngstown Sheet & Tube as 102
- YS&T taken over by Jones & Laughlin Steel then ISG

all rebuilt as slugs by Jones & Laughlin Steel, about 1979

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d
S-1	YS&T 803	S8	75497	3/1952
S-2	YS&T 804	S8	75163	2/1953
S-3	YS&T 102	VO1000	71729	2/1945
S-4	YS&T 702	DS4-4-750	73659	2/1951
S-5	YS&T 703	S8	75430	11/1951

data source: [18] bibliography

Peabody Coal / Minnesota Commercial

photo by: Bill Christopher
St. Paul, MN - Sept 12, 2008

Slug T1

AS16
c/n 75499, b/d 5/1952

- built for the B&O as #901(6201)(2235)
- to Peabody Coal Company as #2235, 1969
- rebuilt as slug for Peabody Coal by Morrison Knudsen,
MK model S4-2B, 7/1978
- to MNNR as T1, nicknamed "Sluggo"
- scrapped 2013 due to a bent frame

Northern Pacific / Burlington Northern

photo by: J. M. Seidl
- collection of Mark Laundry
Proctor, MI - July 23, 1990

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 500

VO1000
c/n 70141, b/d 2/1944

- build for Northern Pacific as #121(406)
- rebuilt as slug ET-3 by NP, 2/1965
- to DMIR as #500 in 1988, retired '91, scrapped '93

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
ET-1	NP 130(652)	VO-660	64246	4/1942	- rebuilt as slug by NP, 7/1959 - to BN
ET-2	NP 128(650)	VO-660	62392	5/1940	- rebuilt as slug by NP, 5/1950 - to BN
ET-3	NP 121(406)	VO-1000	70141	2/1944	- rebuilt as slug by NP, 2/1965 - to BN - to DMIR as #500 '88, retired '91, scrapped '93

ET - Electric Trailer

Patapsco & Back Rivers

photo by Tim McFeely

Patapsco & Back River 15

VO660
c/n 64251, b/d 4/1942

- build for the P&BR as #64
- renumbered 302
- rebuilt as Slug 15

for more P&BR slug photos see Tim McFeely's Photos on rrpicturearchives.net

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
10	P&BR 309	DS4-4-660	73037	11/1946	- rebuilt as slug, 5/1971
11	P&BR 308	DS4-4-660	73036	11/1946	- rebuilt as slug, 5/1972 - to C&BL #11 - to Beth. Energy Mines as #2
11(2nd)	RDG 712	DS4-4-1000(SC)	73786	10/1949	- rebuilt as slug, 1976 - to PB&NE as #11 - to UM&P as #11 , see below
12	P&BR 307	DS4-4-660	73035	10/1946	- rebuilt as slug, 2/1973
13	P&BR 339	DS4-4-1000	73573	03/1948	- rebuilt as slug, 8/1973
14	P&BR 306	DS4-4-660	73034	10/1946	- rebuilt as slug, 5/1974
15	P&BR 64(302)	VO660	64251	04/1942	- Sparrows Point Mill 2012, up for auction by Hilco Industrial
16	P&BR 65(303)(336)	VO660	64252	04/1942	- rebuilt as slug, 5/1974
17	P&BR 343	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74649	12/1949	- rebuilt as slug, ?/1976
18	P&BR 340	DS4-4-1000(SC)	73574	03/1948	-rebuilt as slug, 10/1982 - to C&BL as #12 - to PB&NE as #10
19	P&BR 359 nee RDG 27	DS4-4-1000(NA)	72842	05/1947	- Sparrows Point Mill 2012, up for auction by Hilco Industrial

roster info from Richard Adams

photo by Unknown

Upper Merion & Plymouth 11

DS4-4-1000(SC)
c/n 73786, b/d 10/1948

- rebuilt from Reading 712

Seaboard Coast Line

photo by: Kermit Geary

3000

VO1000

- built from ex. L&N VO1000,
see table below

photo credit: Dan Dover
- collection of Mark Laundry
Hamlet NC - Dec. 31, 1972
end of roll shot

3001

VO1000

- built from ex. L&N VO1000
see table below

photo by: Tom Golden
- collection of Sam Beck
headed for Chrome Crankshaft
- Dolton, IL, 1/8/1983

Blackhawk Films slide
(Fred Byerly collection)
- collection of Mark Laundry
Hamlet NC - Feb. 20, 1972

3002

VO1000

- built from ex. L&N VO1000
see table below

photo by: Chuck Brewster
Hamlet, NC - June 1978

photo by: Kermit Geary

photo by: Mike Woodruff
Tampa, FL - January 1975

3004

DS4-4-1000(SC)
c/n 74774, b/d 4/1950

- built for CNJ as #1072

photo by: Kermit Geary

3006

S12
c/n 75060, b/d 6/1951

- built for CNJ as #1058

photo by: Mike Woodruff
Tampa, FL - January 1975

photo by: Tom Golden
- collection of Sam Beck
headed for Chrome Crankshaft
- Dolton, IL, 1/8/1983

photo by: David Baer
LTE shops in McDonald, OH
1/10/1998

ex. 3010

S12
c/n 75763, b/d 1/1953

- built as SAL 1480
- became SCL 221
- rebuilt as slug #3010 by Railway Supply Co. Inc, 1974
- to Crandic (Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, CIC) as #98
- last seen at LTE (Larry's Truck Electric, LTEX), 2008

SCL Slug Roster

Slug S1,S2 & S3, renumberd 3000, 3001 & 3002, were rebuilt as slugs by
Custom Services in 1970-71 from ex. L&N VO1000s
- not sure which L&N units became which slug

built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
L&N 2202(2102)	VO1000	67740	8/1943
L&N 2203(2103)	VO1000	67741	8/1943
L&N 2209(2109)	VO1000	70854	5/1944	2209 had straight frame gussets and no battery box gussets so maybe not slug 3002

Rebuilt by RSCI, Railway Supply Co. Inc

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
3003	CNJ 1054	S12	75026	6/1951	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1971
3004	CNJ 1072	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74774	4/1950	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1972
3005	PC 8001 nee PRR 9051	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74101	3/1949	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1972
3006	CNJ 1058	S12	75060	6/1951	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1972
3007	EL 614	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74619	7/1949	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1973
3008	EL 612 or 616	DS4-4-1000(SC)	?	?	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1973
3009	SCL 205 nee SAL 1464	S12	75144	1/1952	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1974
3010	SCL 221 nee SAL 1480	S12	75763	1/1953	- rebuilt as slug by RSCI, 1974 - to CIC as #98 - last seen at LTE

data source: [18] bibliography

Southern

photo by Gib Allbach
- collection of Chuck Zeiler
Asheville, NC - August 31, 1984

9833

S12
c/n 75606, b/d 7/1952

- built as Southern #2293
- last seen on the Sequatchie Valley Railroad in 2010

photo by Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
S. Pittsburg, TN - March 17, 2001

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
2478(918)	SOU 2292	S12	75605	7/1952	- rebuilt as slug by Southern, 2/1968
6023(930)	SOU 2295	S12	75608	7/1952	- rebuilt as slug by Southern, 7/1966
6024(931)	SOU 2296	S12	75609	7/1952	- rebuilt as slug by Southern, 6/1966
6026(933)(9833)	SOU 2293	S12	75606	7/1952	- rebuilt as slug by Southern, 9/1967 - to NS

data source: [18] bibliography

United States Sugar Co.

photo - USSC 100 www.rrpicturearchives.net

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
100	SCL 54 nee SAL 1442	DS4-4-1000(SC)	74797	8/1950

data source - Don's Rail Photos

Western Maryland

photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry

WM 139-T

- built as a slug by WM using a surplus S12 frame, 3/1955

photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry

slug	built from	model	c/n	b/d	notes
139-T	new frame from BLH	?	*	?	- built as slug by WM, 3/1955

* the c/n has been listed as 76018 which was a cancelled order for an S12 from Monongahela to be #427
data source: [18] bibliography

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