List of Peninsula Commute locomotives
Many locomotives from numerous rail companies have served along the Peninsula Commute rail line between San Francisco and San Jose since 1863. Agencies and companies that have managed service include Southern Pacific, San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, Caltrain, Caltrans, Amtrak and TransitAmerica Services.
Current [Caltrans] and [Caltrain] Fleet (1980-Current)
Number/name | Model/Class | Wheel arrangement | Builder | Year | Disposition and Location | Photograph |
900 San Francisco | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
901 San Jose | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
902 San Mateo | F40PH-2 | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
903 Santa Clara | F40PH-2 | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | 1985 Caltrans livery |
904 Palo Alto | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
905 Sunnyvale | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
906 Burlingame | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
907 Mountain View | F40PH-2 | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | 1985 Caltrans livery |
908 Redwood City | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
909 Menlo Park | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
910 Millbrae | F40PH-2 | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
911 San Carlos | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
912 San Bruno | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
913 Belmont | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
914 Atherton | F40PH-2 | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
915 South San Francisco | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
916 California | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | Original 1985 Caltrans livery Current JPBX scheme |
917 Gilroy | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1985 | In revenue service | |
918 County of San Mateo | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1987 | In revenue service | |
919 County of Santa Clara | F40PH-2-CAT | B-B | EMD | 1987 | In revenue service | |
920 Morgan Hill | F40PH-2C | B-B | Boise | 1985 | In revenue service | |
921 San Martin | F40PH-2C | B-B | Boise | 1998 | In revenue service | |
922 Tamien | F40PH-2C | B-B | Boise | 1998 | In revenue service | |
923 | MPI MP36PH-3C | B-B | MPI | 2003 | In revenue service | |
924 | MPI MP36PH-3C | B-B | MPI | 2003 | In revenue service | |
925 Jackie Speier | MPI MP36PH-3C | B-B | MPI | 2003 | In revenue service | |
926 | MPI MP36PH-3C | B-B | MPI | 2003 | In revenue service | |
927 | MPI MP36PH-3C | B-B | MPI | 2003 | In revenue service | |
928 | MPI MP36PH-3C | B-B | MPI | 2003 | In revenue service |
[Southern Pacific] Locomotives (1870–1980)
Steam fleet (1870–1954)
Diesel-electric fleet (1954–1985)
Number/name | Model/Class | Wheel arrangement | Builder | Year | Disposition and Location | Photograph |
Amtrak 700 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/07 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from passenger service under an ICC order to return offline freight cars. A total of 15 Amtrak P30CH locomotives were leased. | |
Amtrak 702 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 703 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 704 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 705 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 706 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 707 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 709 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 711 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/08 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 712 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/09 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 716 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/09 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 718 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/09 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Amtrak 720 | GE P30CH | C-C | GE Transportation Systems | 1975/11 | Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service. | |
Southern Pacific 3020 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/12 | Purchased as 4800; renumbered to 3020. Retired and sold 1974. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3021 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/12 | Purchased as 4801; renumbered to 3021. Retired 1974 and sold 1975. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3022 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Purchased as 4802; renumbered to 3022. Retired and sold 1975. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3023 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Purchased as 4803; renumbered to 3023. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3024 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3025 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/12 | Purchased as 4805; renumbered to 3025. Stripped 1975 and scrapped 1978. | |
Southern Pacific 3026 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3027 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3028 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Purchased as 4808; renumbered to 3028. Engine failed 1974 and scrapped 1975. | |
Southern Pacific 3029 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/12 | Purchased as 4809; renumbered to 3029. Retired and scrapped 1974. | |
Southern Pacific 3030 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/12 | Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3031 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/11 | Purchased as 4811; renumbered to 3031. Retired and scrapped 1975. | |
Southern Pacific 3032 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1953/11 | Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3033 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Purchased as 4813; renumbered to 3033. Retired 1975. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3034 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks Morse | 1954 | Purchased as 4814; renumbered to 3034. Retired 1975. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3035 | FM H-24-66 | C-C | Fairbanks-Morse | 1954/02 | Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3186 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/06 | Built as 5603; renumbered to 3003 and 3186. Retired in 1995. Sold to Western Rail Inc., Washington state and rebuilt with low nose as WRIX 3186. Sold to Kalama Export and remains in service. | |
Southern Pacific 3187 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/05 | Carried numbers 5894 and 3000 before renumbering to 3187. Retired in July 1994. Scrapped | 1982 "Rainbow" scheme |
Southern Pacific 3188 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/05 | Built as 5600, renumbered to 3008 then 3188. Scrapped | |
Southern Pacific 3189 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/06 | Built as 5623; renumbered to 3005 and 3189. Retired in 1991 and sold for scrap in 1992. Repainted in "Black Widow" and preserved as Southern Pacific 5623 at the Niles Canyon Railway. | |
Southern Pacific 3190 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1955/04 | Built as 5625; renumbered to 3007 then 3190. Served with North Coast Railroad as NCRR 3190. Unknown | |
Southern Pacific 3191 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/05 | Number 5893 was renumbered to 3422, then 3010 and 3191. Retired in 1993. Briefly owned by Feather River Rail Society before becoming Connecticut Central 53 in 1994. Preserved as B&O 6641. In Service | |
Southern Pacific 3192 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/06 | Built as 5602, renumbered to 3009 and 3192. Retired in 1993; rebuilt with low nose and sold to Ottawa Valley Rail Link as RLK 4202. Unknown | |
Southern Pacific 3193 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/06 | Carried number 5601 before renumbering to 3002 and 3193. Retired in 1993. Scrapped 2001. | |
Southern Pacific 3194 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/05 | Built as TNO 281; renumbered to SP 5895, then 3001 and 3194. Retired 1998. Preserved by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum. Operational. | |
Southern Pacific 3195 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1955/06 | Built as 5624; renumbered to 3006 and 3195. Unknown | |
Southern Pacific 3196 | EMD GP9 | B-B | EMD | 1954/05 | Built as 5622; renumbered to 3004 and 3196. Retired in 1990. Unknown | |
Southern Pacific 3197 | EMD GP40P-2 | B-B | EMD | 1974/11 | Renumbered to SP 7600 in 1986; retired in 2002. In service with the Indiana Harbor Belt as IHB 4010, Rebuilt as GP40-2 | 1976 Bicentennial scheme |
Southern Pacific 3198 | EMD GP40P-2 | B-B | EMD | 1974/11 | Renumbered to SP 7601 in 1986. In Service with Union Pacific as UP 1373, Rebuilt as GP40-2 | |
Southern Pacific 3199 | EMD GP40P-2 | B-B | EMD | 1974/11 | Renumbered to SP 7601. In Service with Union Pacific as UP 1375, Rebuilt as GP40-2 | |
Southern Pacific 3200 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/05 | Damaged by fire in 1989; retired 1990. Scrapped 1992. | |
Southern Pacific 3201 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/05 | Retired in 1990; scrapped 1996. | |
Southern Pacific 3202 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/05 | Retired in 1989; scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3203 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/06 | Retired 1990; sold 1992. Scrapped; was the last survivor of SP's SDP45s | |
Southern Pacific 3204 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/06 | Retired 1990; sold 1991. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3205 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/06 | Retired 1986; sold 1988. Scrapped. | |
Southern Pacific 3206 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/06 | Retired 1989; sold 1989; scrapped 1996. | |
Southern Pacific 3207 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/07 | Retired and sold 1989; scrapped 1996. | "Kodachrome" freight service |
Southern Pacific 3208 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/07 | Retired 1986; scrapped 1988. | |
Southern Pacific 3209 | EMD SDP45 | C-C | EMD | 1967/07 | Retired 1989; sold and scrapped 1990. | |
Southern Pacific 4450 Huff | EMD SD9 | C-C | EMD | 1954/04 | Built as SP 5339. Scrapped in Portola, CA. | |
Southern Pacific 4451 Puff | EMD SD9 | C-C | EMD | 1954/04 | Built as SP 5363. At Schellville, CA in derelict condition |
[San Francisco and San Jose Railroad] Locomotives (1863-1870)
Number/name | Model/Class | Wheel arrangement | Builder | Year | Disposition and Location |
1 San Francisco | 4-4-0 | Norris Locomotive Works | 1862 | To Southern Pacific #2, #1109. Unknown. | |
2 San Jose | 4-4-0 | Norris Locomotive Works | 1862 | To SF&NP as Little Josie. To Northwestern Pacific Railroad #1. Retired in 1921. | |
3 T. Dame | 4-4-0 | Norris Locomotive Works | 1862 | To Southern Pacific #3, #1110. Unknown. | |
4 A.H. Houston | 4-4-0 | Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works | 11/1863 | To Southern Pacific #4. Unknown. | |
5 Chas. McLaughlin | 4-4-0 | Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works | 11/1863 | To Southern Pacific #5. Unknown. | |
6 California | 4-4-0 | H. J. Booth at Union Iron Works | 7/1865 | To Southern Pacific #6, #1303. Rebuilt 1873. Scrapped in 1911. | |
7 Atlantic | 4-4-0 | H.J. Booth at Union Iron Works | 7/1865 | To Southern Pacific #7, #1231, scrapped in 1895. | |
8 Union | 0-4-0 | H.J. Booth at Union Iron Works | 6/1865 | To Southern Pacific #8, #1002. Unknown. | |
9 Donahue | 4-4-0 | Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works | 4/1870 | To Southern Pacific #9. Unknown. | |
10 Newhall | 4-4-0 | Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works | 4/1870 | To Southern Pacific #10. Unknown. | |
11 Menlo Park | 4-4-0 | Mason Machine Works | 4/16/1870 | To Southern Pacific #11. Unknown. | |
12 Racer | 4-4-0 | McK/A | 7/1868 | Ex-C.P. #97. To Southern Pacific #12. Unknown. | |
13 Shoshone | 4-4-0 | Norris Locomotive Works | 6/1867 | Ex-C.P. #36. To Southern Pacific #13. Unknown. | |
14 Red Eagle | 4-4-0 | Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works | 7/1868 | Ex-C.P. #117. To Southern Pacific #14. Unknown. | |
15 Black Deer | 4-4-0 | McK/A | 10/1867 | Ex-C.P. #55. To Southern Pacific #15. Unknown. | |
16 Reindeer | 4-4-0 | Schenectady Locomotive Works | 11/1868 | Ex-C.P. #147. To Southern Pacific #1151. Unknown. | |
17 Mohave | 4-4-0 | Norris Locomotive Works | 7/1860 | Ex-C.P. #93. To Southern Pacific #17. Unknown. | |
18 Peeler | 4-4-0 | Rhode Island Locomotive Works | 11/1868 | Ex-C.P. #135. To Southern Pacific #18. Unknown. | |
19 Raven | 4-4-0 | Schenectady Locomotive Works | 10/1868 | Ex-C.P. #142. To Southern Pacific #19. Unknown. | |
20 | 4-4-0 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 6/1872 | Ex-W. Wisc. #20. To Southern Pacific #20. Unknown. |