Like so many other roads, the Santa Fe bought one prewar DL109. The only railroad to buy more than one was the New Haven. Some roads, including the Santa Fe also got one of the B Unit DL110s. There are those who feel this is one of the finest looking locomotives due to the long swept back nose. There might have been more built if World War II hadn't changed the locomotive market. EMD was granted the right by the government to build road units. Alco got the switchers.

50L, Class 50, Alco, May, 1941, #69339. It was scrapped, along with the B unit, on October 4, 1960.

After the war, road locomotive construction was resumed. The first passenger units were only 1750 HP as compared with the 2000 HP of the DL109 and DL110. I don't have pictures of the 51 which was rebuilt with General Motors power.

Then came the 2000 HP PA's.

51L, Class 51, Alco, October 1946, #75000. It was rebuilt by Electro-Motive in 1955 and traded in to Electro-Motive in 1968.

53L, Class 52, Alco, April 1947, #75315. It was traded in to Electro-Motive in 1968.

55L, Class 52, Alco, June 1947, 75339. It was traded in to Electro-Motive in March 1969.

58L, Class 52, Alco, August 1947, #74690. It was traded in to Electro-Motive in March 1969.

59L, Class 52, Alco, October, 1948, #76535. It later became Delaware & Hudson 16, Class P-20, in December 1967. It was later sold to the National of Mexico as 16.

64L, Class 52, Alco, November, 1946, #75005. It was 52B until May, 1949, when it became 64L. It was traded in to Electro-Motive in March, 1969.

66L, Class 52, Alco, May, 1947, #75318. It was 54B until May, 1949, when it became 66L. It was sold to the Delaware & Hudson as 19, Class P-20, in December, 1967. Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt it in February, 1975. Later it became National of Mexico 19.

75L, Class 52, Alco, October, 1968, #76536. It was 59B until May, 1949, when it became 75L. It was traded in to Electro-Motive in March, 1969.

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