Don's Rail Photos

Nebraska Short Lines and Industrial Railroads

BioFuel Energy

Brandon Rail

There is a special page on this railroad.

DeBruce Grain Co.

This company has a special page. 

Farmland Services Cooperative

1, CF7, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1951, #13707, as  Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe  242L, Class 200, an F7A.  It was rebuilt at Cleburne in January 1974 as 2536, Class 2417, and sold as  Tennken RR 2536.  It was sold as  Nashville & Eastern RR  2536 and was again sold as  Rail Link  536.  It was sold to DTE Transportation Services Ltd as 536 and resold as FSC 1.

Fremont & Elkhorn Valley RR

1702 was built by Baldwin in 1942, #64641, as U. S. Army 1702.  It was purchased by Warren & Saline River RR in 1946 and was sold to Reader RR as 1702 in 1964.  It was then sold to F&EVRR as 1702 and then to Great Smoky Mountains RR as 1702.

1219, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1962, #27149. as Chicago & North Western 319.  It was renumbered 1219 in 1971 and retired on December 28, 1987.  It was then sold to F&EV as 1219.

Frontier Cooperative Co.

Kochs Agri Service

Maywood Co-op Association

7515, GP9u, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1957, #24242, as Pennsylvania RR 7210, Class EFS-17m.  It was reclassified as Class ERS-17 in 1966 and became Penn Central 7210, Class ERS-17, in 1968.  It became Consolidated Railroad Corp 7210, Class GP-9, in April 1976 and was rebuilt at Paducah as 7515, Class GP-10, in 1978.  It was sold as MCA 7515.

Nebkota Ry.

49, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1952, #14430, as Denver & Rio Grande Western 5105, Class DE B-B 60.  It was sold to Chicago Rock Island & Pacific as 4203 in November 1972 and rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen on January 10, 1975, as 4488. It was renumbered 4474 on January 12, 1977, and went to Precision National in April 1980.  It was sold to Chicago & North Western in February 1981 and entered service June 1, 1981, as 4149. It was later sold as Nebkota 49.

614, SD9, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1956, #21315, as Southern Pacific 5490, Class DF-124.  It was renumbered 3963, Class EF61804, and rebuilt as 4353, Class EF618-1, in 1988.  It was sold as Montana Rail Link 607 in 1996 and transferred as I&M Rail Link 607 in April 1997.  It was renumbered 614 in November 1999 and sold as Iowa Chicago & Eastern 614 in August 2003.  It was sold as Nebkota 614 in December 2005.

Nebraska Central RR

 This is a Rio Grande Pacific line. 

1, GP38, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1969, #35168, as Gulf Mobile & Ohio 705. It became Illinois Central 9524 and sold to NPPD as 1 in January 1991.

Nebraska-Kansas RR

Omaha Lincoln & Beatrice Ry.

There is a special page on this trolley line which became a freight short line.

Omaha Public Power District

1, S6, was built by Alco in May 1955, #80923, as Southern Pacific 1033, Class DS-9.  It was renumbered 1200, Class AS409-1, in 1966 and sold to Chrome Crankshaft Co in February 1976.  It was sold to OPPD as 1 in July 1976.

13 was scrapped in 1950,

Sidney & Lowe RR

8, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1953, #18050, as Chesapeake & Ohio 5876, Class MRSE-15.  It was reclassified as Class GP-7 in 1964 and retired in 1984.  It was rebuilt and sold as S&L 8.

243, RS1, was built by Alco in May 1943, #70817, as Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 743, Class S-62/  It was sold to Hyman-Michaels Co in March 1968 and resold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co in 1968.  It was sold ac Chattahoochee Valley Ry 743 in 1968 and sold as Birmingham Southern Ry 743 on September 3, 1973.  It was renumbered 243 in October 1973 and resold as South Hopkins Coal Co 243 "Jiggs".  It was then sold to George R Silcott Co and resold as S&L 243.  It was sold to Oklahoma Railway Museum in 1989 and restored as Rock Island 743.

South Omaha Terminal Ry.

This switching road became part of Brandon Rail.

1, S1, was built by Alco.

5, S1, was built by Alco in October, 1947, #75358, and was later sold to Nekoosa Paper Co as 14. It is now preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.

  Southwestern Electric Power Co