Steam Locomotives

The following steam locomotive images are from the collection of Howard Ameling, Harold Vollrath and the Rochester Chapter, NRHS. 
Image scans are © Railroad.net. Distribution without express written permission is prohibited.
 
 

2-6-0 # 7
Schenectady, NY; April, 1905
Alco Schenectady # 30988, Built 4,1905
Harold Vollrath Collection 
 
 

2-6-0 # 12
Retsof, NY; June 29, 1937
H.K Porter # 5775, Built 1/1916
John Woodbury Photo 
 
 

2-6-0 # 12 w/ bobber caboose # 7
Retsof, NY; June 29, 1937
H.K Porter # 5775, Built 1/1916
John Woodbury Photo 
 
 
 

2-6-0 # 17
Retsof, NY;
H.K Porter # 6619, Built 2/1920 
Harold Vollrath Collection
 
 

2-6-0 # 12
Retsof, NY; July 20, 1939
H.K Porter # 5775, Built 1/1916
John Brinckmann Photo
 
 

2-6-0 # 18
Retsof, NY; March, 1950
H.K Porter # 6762, Built 12/1922
Harold Vollrath Collection
 
 

2-6-0 # 16
Retsof, NY; May, 1947
H.K Porter # 6455, Built 2/1920
Harold Vollrath Collection 
 
 

2-6-0 # 17
Retsof, NY; June 20, 1939
H.K Porter # 6619, Built 2/1920
Howard Ameling Collection
 
 

2-6-0 # 19 w/ caboose # 8
Retsof, NY; July 12, 1938
H.K Porter # 6796, Built 1/1923
John Woodbury Photo 

Diesel Locomotives
 
 
 

80 ton GE Locomotives

The Genesee and Wyoming rostered three 80 ton General Electric center-cab locomotives.
They were numbered 20, 21 and 22. They were the first diesels on the G&W.
All three were built new for the G&W.
Number 20 (numbured consecutively after the the last steamer, #19) arrived in 1944.
Numbers 21 and 22 arrived in 1945.

The survivor status of all three is currently unknown.

 Number 21 at Retsof, NY. April, 1965.Photo courtesy of Howard Ameling.
 
 

Undated photo of Number 2?. Appears to be pulling LA&L coaches. Location unknown.

Genesee & Wyoming Alco S4 Diesels

# 35 at Engine House, Retsof, NY. 1980's
 
 

# 36 at Retsof, NY. 1980's
 

Old Alco's never die.........
Ex Genesee & Wyoming numbers 35 and 36 wait at Wallington Jct on the Ontario Midland near Sodus, NY.
John Stewart Photos. October, 1998

Genesee & Wyoming Alco RS1 Diesels

25 - 40
30 - 41- 1976
42
43
44

Only 42 and 44 are known to survive, 25 is confirmed scrapped,
and the disposition of 30 and 43 is still unknown.
 

# 25 at Retsof, NY.
 
 

#'s 30 and 42 at Retsof, NY.
 
 

#42 at Retsof, NY.
 

Bicentennial Locomotives

Like many American Railroads, the Genesee and Wyoming painted two of its locomotives
red, white and blue to commerate the US Bicentennial in 1976.

Alco S4 number 36 was repainted and renumbered 1776.
Alco RS1 number 30 was repainted and renumbered 1976.

Genesee & Wyoming EMD MP15DC Diesels

During the first 35 years of the diesel era, 1944-1980, the G&W operated
with only 10 locomotives, the three GE 80-tonners, and the Alco RS1's and S4's
The first  locomotives built new for the G&W since 1959 arrived in 1980 in the
form of two EMD MP15DC road switchers. These two locomotives are significant
in two ways..they were the first EMD's on the roster, and they are the first ever units
to wear the current "G&W Family" Orange & Black paintscheme, that can be
found today on G&W shortline locomotives all over the world.
The 2 units are still on the active R&S roster in 2007, and still work their
original routes in Western New York.

Photo evidence shows the units were repainted sometime between 1997 and 2004.
with a slight modification to the scheme, black stripes and logo were lowered,
and road number on the cab slightly larger.
 
 
 

# 45 and # 46 with Finger Lakes # 1701 at Retsof, NY. February, 1996.
 

# 46 at Brooks Ave, Rochester, NY. April, 1997.
 

# 46 at Goodman St. yard, Rochester, NY. May 30, 2007 - Scot Lawrence.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EMD SW1500 # 47

The Genesee and Wyoming had one EMD SW1500 locomotive. It was built in December, 1969
for the Houston Belt & Terminal Company. It was acquired in May of 1985. Builders number 35296.
It operated as G&W #47 from 1985-1996.
In 1996 it went west to Oregon to become Willamette & Pacific 1551 (another G&W shortline.)
In 2000 the W&P was merged into the Portland & Western (another G&W shortline) and the unit
became P&W 1551. Then in 2007 the unit moved back East, and went to work for its Fourth
G&W line, and today operates as York Railway (another G&W shortline) #1551 in Pennsylvania.
 
 

Alco C424m

The Genesee and Wyoming had Alco C424m locomotives on the roster between 1980 and 1992.
The three units were G&W 61, 62 and 63.  They were rebuilt at Hornell in 1980 as D&H 461, 462 and 463.

The D&H got trackage rights in 1976, at the formation of Conrail, to interchange with the G&W via the
former DL&W mainline from North Alexander to Greigsville..this "D&H connection" operated from 1976-1985.
The three units were financed and owned by the G&W in 1980, and were intended for use by the D&H for the
G&W interchange, but the three units saw system-wide use on the D&H between 1980 and 1985 as D&H 461,
462 and 463. The D&H connection ended in 1985 with the creation of the R&S, which could then inerchange
G&W salt trains with the D&H and Conrail at Silver Springs. The former DL&W  tracks were then pulled up north
(RR west) of Greigsville. With the end of this connection in '85, the three units were returned to theG&W and renumbured
to G&W 61, 62 and 63. Unit 61 was wrecked in 1986, and scrapped. 62 and 63 remained on the roster until 1992, 
when they were sold to Minnisota Commercial. Today (2007) 62 and 63 are stored at National RailwayEquipment
in Silvis, Idaho, and have an uncerain fate..they are in danger of being scrapped.

 All three were originally Erie Lackawanna units.
All three wore only D&H blue during their G&W careers.

G&W 61 as D&H 461 - Mechanicville NY 8/7/1982.
 
 

G&W 63
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming EMD GP38 Diesels

Two GP38's joined the G&W roster in 1985. Both units were built for Penn Central in 1970,
then went to Conrail in 1976, and came to the G&W in 1985. Today both units remain on the
active R&S roster and still roam the G&W-R&S rails. #51 was repainted in G&W colors early
in its G&W career, but #50 has inexplicably remained in CR blue to this day! She can still be found
running about the R&S in Conrail blue in 2007!  22 years after she joined the G&W.
 

 # 50 at Brooks Ave, Rochester, NY. January, 1996.
 

# 51 at Brooks Ave, Rochester, NY. January, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming EMD SW1001 Diesels

The last three units to join the G&W roster were three EMD SW1001's.
G&W 1000, 1001 and 1002.
All three are originally Reading units, built in 1973, then Conrail, and coming to the G&W from Conrail.
They have unusual extra-long (length) and short (height) cabs, a custom Reading feature.
Im having trouble locating the exact date they arrived, but it was around the 1997-1999 timeframe.
when the Hampton Corners saltmine near Mount Morris was being built.

1000 & 1001 have been the dedicated Hampton Corners salt mine power since then. leaving the
mine only for maintenance..they are usually visable along route 390 as you drive by the mine.
1002 was most recently spotted in Buffalo working with the SB.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=128944

http://danstrainyard.us/webphotos/gnw/gw1000/gw1000.html
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rolling Stock

Non Revenue Cars
 

G&W inspection coupe!
date unknown.

Genesee & Wyoming Flanger - Snow Plow # 1
Retsof, NY. June 20, 1939
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming Snow Plow # 2
Retsof, NY. March 19, 1965
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 7
Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 7 was purchased from the DL&W in 1935.

Only known photo of caboose #7 in service. 
 
 

Caboose #7 was later used as a yard structure in Retsof:

 
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 8

 Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 8 was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
in their Keyser Valley shops in 1914. Its original number on the DL&W was 619, 
the last caboose in the first series of DT-class cabooses.

In 1930, the caboose was sold to the Genesee & Wyoming, where is served over forty years. It was subsequently
donated to the New York Museum of Transportation. It is currently on display at the museum in Rush, NY.
 

Retsof, NY-1963
 

Retsof, NY-1969
 

Retsof, NY-1971
 

Rush, NY-1999
 
 
 
 
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 10

 Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 10 appears to be former Great Northern. Additional information is desired. 

The fate of Caboose #10 is currently unknown.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 11

Genesee & Wyoming Caboose # 11 was built in May of 1946, by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Sayre, PA.
It was former Lehigh Valley number 95131. For a time, it carried the name "Stub Ellis." Its years of service on
the G&W are currently unknown, and the current status of the caboose is also currently unknown, it has not been
located on the LV surviving cabooses list. anyone know who "Stub Ellis" was? or what happened to this caboose?

same photo as above, but in color.
 

We only have photos of cabooses7, 8,10 and 11..Was there ever a caboose 1-6 or 9?
or did other equipment take those numbers? such as Snowplow #1 and #2?
More photos are welcome and wanted! :)
 
 

MOW #14.
a G&W rail-tractor! Photos taken in Retsof, 1980's

Revenue Cars
 

Three old G&W boxcars sit in the Retsof yard, looks like they havent seen service since
the 1970's! They are used for storage by the railroad. In November 2005 I took a walk over
(with permission) and took a few photos for posterity.
 

Genesee & Wyoming ACF 100 ton
center flow covered hopper

Allentown, PA. December 30, 1979
 
 
 
 
 

The current backbone of the fleet, the AAR type C112 two bay covered salt hopper.
G&W-R&S currently has hundreds of these hoppers in service.
(anyone know how many exactly? might be 600, but im not sure.)

Passenger Cars
 
 

Edward I

DMM Railbus #300.
 

DMM Railbus #300.
 

565 and 304 in Dansville.
 

The Dansville & Mount Morris existed as the DMM between 1891 and 1985.
In 1985, the DMM was taken over by and absorbed into the Genesee & Wyoming.

In 1986 I was a teenage railfan over in Waverly, NY, along Conrail's Southern Tier Main.
One day, I was hanging around the tracks with my camera, as was my custom, when an eastbound Guilford/D&H
train came through trailing two unusual orange switchers! At the time, I had no idea what they were,
but I snapped the pictures anyway! Decades later I learned they were the last two DMM
locomotives which had just left Dansville for the last time, heading east to their new owner, Bay Colony
in Massachusetts. This was the first and last time I ever saw any DMM motive power in person!
 

Freshly painted RSR locomotives! Only a few months into the existance of the R&S.
 

R&S 107
 
 

The former Rochester & Southern 101, now with the B&P.