Is there a roster of preserved cowl and cab units?

Dan:

I'm guessing  Kalmbach Publishing (parent of TRAINS magazine) might have something available for purchase.  You may want to check their website.

Curt 

Should we start a "roster" of sorts here? I know of quite a few, but keep discovering more. A good start would be with the 27 that showed up in Spencer, NC in 2014. But, we would have to define preserved. Would that mean display items? Operating only? Existing shells? Do B units count?

Another factor would be heritage of the units. I believe the FP9s used by Canadian Pacific were originally CN. The E units used by CN for special trains are originally Burlington.

if we decide, we can all chime in.

CN is slowly storing all of their CN and BC Rail C40-8CM and SD60F cowl units, due to new locomotives being delivered and low traffic levels. Catch them while you can 

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Tim O'Malley posted:

Should we start a "roster" of sorts here? I know of quite a few, but keep discovering more. A good start would be with the 27 that showed up in Spencer, NC in 2014. But, we would have to define preserved. Would that mean display items? Operating only? Existing shells? Do B units count?

Another factor would be heritage of the units. I believe the FP9s used by Canadian Pacific were originally CN. The E units used by CN for special trains are originally Burlington.

if we decide, we can all chime in.

Basically, what I was aiming to do by starting this thread was to create a "bucket list," if you will, of all the cab and cowl units currently in service on a shortline, tourist, class 1, or regional railroad, with the ultimate goal of capturing them on digital video for my Youtube channel and in digital stills. The unfortunate fact of the matter is, as Lucas alluded to earlier, is that commuter railroads, regionals, and class 1s are slowly phasing out their classic cowl units (witness the thinning of NJ Transit's GP40PHs) in favor of newer models. And, as TRAINS magazine suggested somewhat, rail preservation faces and uncertain future 30, 40, 50 years out. 

Basically, I would like to see what there is before it's gone and all we're left with are GEVOs and the like. 

Ask the guy who has been updating the steamlocomotive.info site and you'll find that's a never-ending job to keep that list correct.

And it's a given there are way more cab units than steam locomotives out there...

Trains Magazine had the whole list of how many were made of each type, who had them now and what the dispositions were in the April 2014 issue. Interesting article. 

These units are still bought and sold on several used railroad locomotive sites. Check it out.