List of preserved EMD GP30 locomotives

This is a summary, listing every EMD GP30 locomotive in preservation.

GP30 (EMD-built) PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences27114Reading 5513March 1962 Reading Company (RDG) Conrail (CR) Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad (BMR) -On static display at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania27140Denver and Rio Grande Western 3006April 1962Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) -On static display at the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado27222Denver and Rio Grande Western 3011May 1962 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) OmniTRAX (OMLX)December 1994On static display at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, ColoradoUsed as the lead unit in the film Runaway!28043Denver and Rio Grande Western 3014January 1963 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR) Klarr Locomotive Industries LLC -Stored Operational at the Utah Transit Authority's Frontrunner ShopsOwned by the Promontory Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society27355Norfolk and Western 522June 1962 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) Railroad Passenger Car and Numbering Bureau (RPCX) Cycle Systems, Inc. (CSIX) August 20, 1991Operational, Owned by the Roanoke Chapter National Railroad Historical Society in Roanoke, VirginiaFirst and sole surviving GP30 built for the Norfolk and Western.27369Norfolk and Western 536June 1962 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) 1991-1993Static display in derelict condition on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.Used in staged train wreck during filming of The Fugitive.27553Union Pacific 844August 1962Union Pacific Railroad (UP) January 30, 1989Operational at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada27753Louisville and Nashville 1030May 1963 Louisville and Nashville Railroad (LN) Seaboard System (SBD) CSX Transportation (CSXT) Waldens Ridge Railroad (WRRX) -Operational at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee27894Nickel Plate Road 900November 1962 Nickel Plate Road (NKP) Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)March 7, 1991On static display at the Mad River and Nickel Plate Museum in Bellevue, Ohio27895Nickel Plate Road 901 Nickel Plate Road (NKP) Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) -Operational at the Lebanon Mason and Monroe Railroad in Lebanon, Ohio27896Nickel Plate Road 902 Nickel Plate Road (NKP) Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Great Miami Short Line Railroad (GMRY) -Operational at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway in Lebanon, Ohio28053SPTX 3024February 1963 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) Progress Rail National Railway Equipment Company (NREX) Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR) Lambert Rail Equipment Leasing (LREX)May 27, 1995Stored at the Midland Railway Historical Association (MRHA) in Baldwin City, Kansas28141Conrail 2233April 1963 Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Penn Central (PC) Conrail (CR)1984On static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PennsylvaniaPreviously repainted in PRR livery when owned by a private owner affiliated with West Shore Railroad Corp.28157Western Maryland Scenic 501May 1963 April 11, 1991Operational at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland28158New Hope and Ivyland 2198Operational at the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania28178Cotton Belt 5006February 1963St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)March 28, 1985Stored at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, ArkansasExtra Twenty-two Hundred South. Issue 90. 1990. Dover Printing. p. 1428335Wisconsin Central 715May 1963 Soo Line (SOO) Wisconsin Central (WC) -On static display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin28342Soo Line 700March 1963Soo Line (SOO) -Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota28564Southern 2594October 1963 Southern Railway (SOU) Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) -Operational at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TennesseeOn loan from the Southeastern Railway Museum.28571Southern 2601 1991Operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina

Rebuilt GP30 (EMD-built) PhotographWorks no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelRebuilderRebuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences27640Baltimore and Ohio 6923November 1962GP30M Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Chessie System (B&O/C&O/WM) CSX Transportation (CSX) Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet (NKCR) Raritan Central Railway (RCRY)1990s (CSX)Operational at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway in Lebanon, OhioCurrently painted in a semiquincentennial livery, to be restored to B&O "Sunburst" livery27672Chessie 6955 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Chessie System (B&O/C&O/WM) CSX Transportation (CSX) Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) WATCO Rail Services (WAMX) National Railway Equipment Company (NREX) -Under restoration at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway in Lebanon, Ohio27690Branson Scenic 99January 1963 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Chessie System (B&O/C&O/WM) CSX Transportation (CSX) -Operational at the Branson Scenic Railway in Branson, Missouri28092Great Smoky Mountains 2467May 1963GP30u Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF)August 1983 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) Larry's Truck and Electric (LTEX) -Operational at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) at Bryson City, North Carolina28499Horizon Rail 3002September 1963GP30mChesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O)1964 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) Chessie System (C&O) CSX Transportation (CSX) Ohio Central Railroad (OHCR) Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC) Scoular Bishop Grain Company (SCOX) Horizon Rail (HLRX) Dieselmotive Company, Inc. (BUGX) -Stored at the Midland Railway Historical Association (MRHA) in Baldwin City, Kansas

GP30 (GMD-built) Works no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferencesA2006Canadian Pacific 5000March 1963 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum (CRRM) Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum Foundation (CRRMF) Alberta Railway Museum (ARM) June 1998Declared surplus to the Alberta Railway Museum (ARM)'s collection, stored in Edmonton, Alberta

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