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PorterH.K. Porter was an old line manufacturer of small steam since 1866. They started building gas locomotives in 1911, and diesels in 1940. The "Joshua Rhodes" was built in a tiny three-story wooden shop with an annual capacity of 15 to 25 locomotives. In 1943, the H. K. Porter Company, Inc. occupied four large modern industrial plants at Pittsburgh and Blairsville, Pennsylvania, Newark, and New Brunswick, New Jersey. From a single type of steam locomotive the Porter line has grown to include every type of locomotive used in industrial switching. They built a total of 287 internal combustion locomotives prior to selling their designs to Davenport in 1950.

Most of these photos are from 1943 Porter Diesel and Gas Locos by George Elwood

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Canadian Railway Museum Porter GE12 'Sans Pariel' #9
, St-Constant / Delson, Quebec 2004, nee Remington Arms, ex AA Merrilles, exx Joseph Trans#9, blt 1928 cn7120
Pierre Lacombe

Robinson Clay Products Porter GM14 #11
, blt 1928 cn7096

Airco Alloys Porter 15T?
, Niagrara Falls, NY 1975
Doug Kroll

Heppenstal Porter GM16T #1
, Pittsburg PA, blt 1942 cn7451, to Turner Seymour, to Charter Oak Cont
Robert E. Rathke

Linde Air Products Porter GM20 18T
, blt 1943 cn7381?, nee Linde Air 1223?
Robert E. Rathke

Ferrocarrilera Transcontinental Porter 20T gas


Porter 20T
gas mech 145hp eng
Robert E. Rathke

Porter 20T
diesel-hydraulic 150hp eng
Robert E. Rathke

Louisiana Ind Porter 22.5T Boxcab
, , Price, LA 1981, nee United Fruit 1, ex Celotex 3 LA, blt 1929 cn 7146
Michael M. Palmieri

SDA Porter 25T #8187
, San Diego RR Museum Campo, CA 2002, blt 1948 cn8157
Mike

Porter 30T 36"gauge


Timken Roller Bearing Porter GE35 #3939
, blt 1929 cn7119, to AE Staley, to Sol Tick

USN Porter GM35 #4
, blt1941 cn7343? [65-00231], to Bryan Rock & Sand
Robert E. Rathke

Porter 35T
diesel-elec 200hp eng
Robert E. Rathke

CBQ Porter 44T #8902
, Newark IL 1962, cn50007 1930
Don Ross

Porter 44T 300hp


Porter 44T Steeple cab


Viginia Central Porter 44T #3

Arnold Morscher

White River Porter DE44 #4
, blt 1942 cn7335, to National Castings
Robert E. Rathke

Northern IL Coal Co Porter GE45 #12
, blt 1928 cn7103, to Peabody Coal

Navy Porter DE45T #76
, Charelston NRHS, SC. blt 1949 cn8231, ex USN 65-11162
©Mat Conrad

Historic Harmar Bridge Co, OH, Porter DE45T I #1
, nee USN65-004466, ex Union Carbide, exx Elkem Metals, blt 1941 cn7314
Bill Waller

Historic Harmar Bridge Co, OH, Porter DE45T I #1
, nee USN65-004466, ex Union Carbide, exx Elkem Metals, blt 1941 cn7314
Bill Waller

Porter 45T
, Mt Jewett PA 1987©Greg Dickson

Mobil Minning & Minerals Porter DE45T #2
, Mulberry Phospate Museum FL 1994, blt 1942 cn7399, VA Chemical, exx USATC 7060, nee USA#1
Arnold Morscher

Columbia Silicates Porter DE45
, South Congaree, S.C. 1970, blt 1943 cn7565 nee USN65-00187, to Penn Glass Sand, to SC Museum, Winnsboro SC
Ken Houghton

USN Porter 45T #1
diesel-elec 2-150hp eng
Robert E. Rathke

USN Porter 45T
diesel-elec 2-150hp eng
Robert E. Rathke

Vulcan Materials Porter DE45T
, McKees Rocks PA 1979, blt 1941 cn7316?, Ex Pitt, Alleg & McKees Rocks #16, nee USN65-00164?
Warren Calloway

Progress Rail Services Porter 45T(I) #7349
, Newport RI 2005
Paul McGrane

Vulcan Materials Co Porter 45T??
, South Joliet IL1972
Ken Houghton

PA Trolley Porter 45DE #311
, Washington, PA 2005, blt 1942 cn7384, nee USN4 [65-00024], exx PA Transformer, ex McGraw-Edison
Wade H. Massie
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