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| Whitcomb History by John Stewart |
"The Whitcomb Locomotive Works were located at Rochelle, IL. Originaly known as the George D. Whitcomb
Co. which produced mining equipment including gas and electric locomotives after the turn of the century.In 1931
the company became bankrupt and was purchased by the Baldwin Locomotive Works from 1931which operated the
company as the Whitcomb Locomotive Works until 1940. Baldwin completly took over the company in 1940 and
was operated as a division of Baldwin. In Febuary of 1952 locomotive production was shifted from Rochelle to the
Eddystone Works."
"Note about model numbers. The first two numbers is the weight, the next two letters stand for engine/drive combination (DM = Diesel Mechanical, DE = Diesel Electric)" - per Donald R. Hensley, Jr.
![]() IMC-Agrico FL 35DE44 #52, Bartow, FL 1989, bn60741 1947 Donald R. Hensley, Jr |
![]() IMC-Agrico FL 35DE44 #52, Bartow, FL 1989, bn60741 1947 Donald R. Hensley, Jr |
![]() Buffalo & Southern RR Whit 35DE43 #29 , Hamburg NY 2014, nee Lone Star Cement, Buffalo Slag29 blt1947,cn60731 JIM HERINGER |
![]() Buffalo Southern Whit 35DE43 #29, Hamburg NY 1986, nee Lone Star Cement, Buffalo Slag29 blt1947, cn60731 Bob LaMay collection |
![]() Birmingham Rail & Loco Whit 35DE43 , Birmingham AL |
![]() GATX Whit 35DE43 #4-200, Middlesex, NJ 1967, nee Southern Papaerbord, to Hudson Iron & Metal, cn61091 blt 1950 |
![]() Addlestone International Whit 35DE43 #1, Georgetown SC 1985, nee Southern Paperboard1, ex Contienetal Can1, rblt by Republic Loco, blt 1949 cn61090 © Mac Connery-GS |
![]() Central of Georgia RR Whit 35DE46 #X-102 , 1976, to Southern Wood Preserving, to Tea Grove Plantation, cn61087 blt 1951 Ernest S. Evans Jr |
![]() Cast Armor Plant 35DM14a 35T #DPC-5G-3ASF, nee Am Steel Foundry-IL, to Allegheny Asphalt Hazelwood PA, LeRoi "RXIS" 190hp, bn 40238 1942 Howard Wise |
![]() Empire District Electric Whit 35DM27 X40-1, Asbury MO 1995, blt 1952 cn40741 |
![]() Empire District Electric Whit 35DM27 #X-40-1, Asbury, MO 1995, blt 1952 cn40741 |
![]() Ennis-Paikin Steel Whit 35DM27 40T, Hamilton ONT 1982, blt 1951 cn40708, ex Pittsburgh Metallurgical, nee Standard Slag 37 Gordon Strathdee % R.L.Kennedy |
![]() Dravco Whit 35DM27 hydraulic 40T #SW24, Pittsburgh PA 1991, blt 1952 cn40742 Steve Timko |
![]() Standard Slag Whit 35DM27 # LM-8 , Youngstown, OH 1971, (cn40707 blt 1951?) David Hamley |
![]() Standard Slag BLH-Whit 35DM27 40T #34 , , Lordstown, OH 1966, nee34 Weiton WV, cn40705 blt1951 Steve Timko |
![]() Moctezuma Brewery Whit 35DE43 #3, Orizaba Mexico 1974, blt 1946 cn60683, ex #1 2nd John C. Benson |
![]() US Steel Witcomb 35DE43 #3501 [76], Buffalo NY 1976, nee Michigan Limestone & Chemical #3501, blt 1948 cn60813 |
![]() U.S. Steel Whit 35DE46 #GE19 , Morrisville PA 1973, cn61274 blt 1954 |
![]() Clark Equip Whit 35DE #100 , nee Eastern Sugar #107 25DE19, Puerto Rico , rblt 1950's ex Austin-Western, to Amana. to Scoular Grain, to Allison-Kelsey Agri Elevator IA, cn60017 blt1940 |
![]() Austin Western Whit 35DE #1 , , Eola, IL 1966, nee Eastern Sugar #107 25DE19, Puerto Rico, rblt 1950's, to Clark Eqip100. to Amana, to Scoular Grain, to Allison-Kelsey Agri Elevator IA, cn60017 blt1940 Phil Soyring |
![]() Edaville "Cranberry Belt" Whit 35DE , Carver, MA |
![]() Thousand Islands Whit 40GE #500, Gananoque ON 1988, blt 1930 cn50006 | INFO Doug Kroll |
![]() USN Whit 40DE17 #4, blt 1941 cn60073, nee 65-00172, to Anderson Bros, to Martin Crowley UK |
![]() US Gypsum Whit 40DE17 #40 , Plaster City CA, nee USN#3 Hawaii, (cn60072 blt 1941) |
![]() SF Whitcomb 44DE18 #451, nee ATSF400, blt 1941 cn 60056 John Stephen Foster |
![]() Northern Waterways Pt Auth Whit 44DE18 #100, St Paul MN 1969, nee MILW1703, ex MILW993, blt 1941 cn60090 ©Dennis Schmidt |
![]() Fort Worth Sand & Gravel Whit 44DE18 #10, Fort Worth TX 1972, blt 1941, cn60107. nee Iowa Ordnance USA 7510 Don Ross |
![]() Marquette Cement Whit DE44 . Cowan, TN 1982, nee USA7951, exx Cowan Stone #795, ex Ideal Cement, blt 1943 Jonathan Guy |
![]() C.St.P.M. & O. 44DE18a 'Omaha' 44T #10, (2) Cat D-17000 190hp, blt 1943 cn60284 Howard Wise |
![]() Whitcomb 44T #25 LS Melin |
![]() Kentucky Central RR Whit 44DE18 #44, Calumet, MI 1969, nee MILW #1703/994, exx Keneewaw Central #44, ex Peabody Coal #44, blt 1941 cn60091 Joe Hughes |
![]() Conner Steel Whit 44DE18 #403 , Birmingham AL, nee CNW403, blt 1941 cn60085 |
![]() MILW 44DE18 44T #996, Tacoma WA 1961, nee MILW 1705, bn60094 1941 Don Ross |
![]() MILW Whit 44DE18 #994 , Pewaukee WI 1965 ex1703, to Kennewaw Central #44, to Peabody Coal#44, cn60091 lblt 1941 |
![]() MILW Whitcomb 44DE18 #1705, Savana IL 1951, to Ortner Car, to Midland Ross, Nat. Steel Castings , bn 60093, blt1941 Don Ross |
![]() MILW Whit 44DE18 #1707 , Freeport IL 1956, cn60095 blt1941 |
![]() Weyerhauser Whit 44T , NRM 2012 , nee Milwaukee Bob Welke |
![]() Mobile River Saw Mill Whit 44DE18 , Mt Vernon AL 1978, nee SLSF#3, cn60209 blt 1943 Paul Wilshaw |
![]() RI Whit 44DE5 #367, Morris IL 1964, blt 1940 cn60023 Don Ross |
![]() RI Whitcomb 44DE5 #368, blt 1940 cn60024 Jeff Prince |
![]() RI Whit 44DE5 44T #369 , blt 1940 cn60025 Paul McGrane |
![]() RI Whit 44DE5 #370 , blt 1940 cn 60026 |
![]() RI Whitcomb 44DE5 #371 , blt 1940 cn60027 Jerry Appleman |
![]() Purdue University Whit 44DE8 , West Lafayette, IN 1967, nee MILW1699 to D Joseph Co, blt 1940 cn60037 |
![]() CNW Whit 44DE18a #108 , cn60508 blt 1945 |
![]() CNW Whit 44DE18 #403 , Clinton IA 1960, cn 60085 blt 1941 rrstore |
![]() CNW Whit 44DE18 #404 , Omaha NB 1959 |
![]() CNW Whitcomb 44DE18 #405, Rapid City, SD 1956, blt 1943 cn60218 Otto Perry |
![]() CNW Whit 44DE18a #410 , DeKalb, IL 1958 cn60510 blt 1945 |
![]() Chicago Gravel Whitcomb 44DE18 #509,, Elgin IL 1964 , nee Iowa Ordanance #4-44, ex USA7307, to Port of Indiana1776, to Hoosier Valley RR 27, blt 1941 cn60105 |
![]() Port of Indiana Whitcomb 44DE18 #1776, Portage IN 1987, nee Iowa Ordanance #4-44, ex USA7307, ex Chicago Gravel 509, to Hoosier Valley RR 27, blt 1941 cn60105 ©Charles Trapani Jr.-GS |
![]() Hoosier Valley Railway Museum Whit 44DE18 #27, North Judson, IN 2006, nee Iowa Ordanance #4-44, exxx USA7307, exx Chicago Gravel 509, ex Port of Indiana1776, blt 1941 cn60105 Marc Malnekoff |
![]() Mass Central 44DE18 #401 , Goodwin RR, Meridith, NH 1981, ex CNW401, blt 1941 cn60079 Tom Hildreth |
![]() Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks R.R. Whitcomb 44DE22 #8, Brier Hill OH, blt 1941 cn60034, nee CNW demo, exx USA7224, , ex Marquette Cement, to Mass Central#401 Tim Darnell |
![]() ATSF Whit 44DE18 #450 , blt 1941 |
![]() Whit 44DE18 , Galena Mining Museum, Galena, KS 2011, nee Kansas Ord #3, exxx USA7044,exxSpencer Chem, ex Gulf Oil, blt 1942 cn60157 M.J. Scanlon |
![]() MILW Whit 44DE18 #1709 , |
![]() MP Whit 44DE22 #807 , blt 1941 cn60082 |
![]() Dominion Bridge 44DE22 #N15, 2003 Lachine, PQ, nee MP806, to ADF Heavy Ind, blt 1941 cn60081 Gurobuturotta |
![]() Peabody Coal Whit 44DE22 #805, blt 1941, cn60080 as Missouri Pacific 805 David R Busse-DR |
![]() USA Whit 44DE22 #106, Green Bay, WI 2004, nee St Louis Ordnance #2, exxxUSAV1209, exx Geogia Pacific Paper, ex National RR Museum Geen Bay, to Lake Wales, FL (display) blt1941 cn60120 Joe Hughes |
![]() Ann Arbor#1 Whit 44DE22 #1 , Owosso MI 1947, to Dundee Cement#951910, to Toledo Lake Erie Western#1, blt 1941 cn60035 |
![]() Toledo Lake Erie Western Whit 44DE22 #1, Waterville OH 1988, nee AA1, ex Dundee Cement 951910, cn60035 blt 1941 |
![]() Goodpasture Grain Whit 44DE , Houston, TX 1972 |
![]() Hyman Michaels Whit DE44 #200 , Maroa IL |
![]() Pittsburg, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Whit 45DE28a #5,, McKees Rocks PA 1972 , nee USN65-00170, Bayonne NJ, blt 1942 cn60165 |
![]() Babcock Wilcox Whit 45DE27a 50T , Canton, OH 1970, nee USN#5(65-00477) , ex EW Bliss, to Lunz Iron, cn60111, blt 1942 Bob LaMay collection |
![]() Howard Terminal Railway Whit 45DE26b #8, Oakland CA 1958, nee UAS7504 HI, to Port of Oakland, to Scramento RR Museum, blt 1943 cn60330 Robert Lehmuth |
![]() CSRM Whit 45DE26b , Scramento RR Museum, nee UAS7504 HI, exx Howard Term#8, ex Port of Oakland#8, blt 1943 cn60330 |
![]() Chicago Gravel Whit (45DE26b) #503 , Rockdale IL 1972 |
![]() Marianna and Blountstown Whitcomb 45DE-27b #44, Blountstown FL, nee Gen Steel Castings 2 IL,ex Naval Air St Pensacola FL, to Kaiser Ag Chem 44 GA, blt 1942 cn60198 George Elwood |
![]() Hawaiian Railway Whit 45DE27b #423, Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii 2006, blt 1944 cn60628, nee USN 65-00423 Robert Pisani |
![]() Southern Wood Piedmont Whit 45DE27b #1995 , Wilmington, NC 1974, nee Naval Air St #1995 [65-00270], to New Hope VAlley RR Bonsal NC, cn60299 blt1943 Bob LaMay collection |
![]() New Hope Valley RR Whit 45DE27b #70 , Bonsal, NC 2008, nee USN#65-0267, ex NRHS#70, cn60297 blt 1943 Patrick Treadaway |
![]() W.R. Grace Co. 45DE72b , Wilmington, NC nee Navel Air St#65-00161. cn60327 1944 Mac Connery-D.R. Hensley |
![]() Southeastern Shipbuilding 45DE27b , (2) Cummins HBI-600, 150hp, 1942 cn60203/4? Howard Wise |
![]() Manistique Papers Whit 45DE27 #16 , Manistique, MI 1999, nee Union Carbide16, cn60103 blt 1941 Bob LaMay collection |
![]() Univ Atlas Cement Whit 45DE27b #5, Independence KL 1973, nee SW Shipbuilding, Savanah GA, to Lehigh Portland Cement, to Heartland Cement blt 1942 cn60204 |
![]() Warrenton RR Whitcomb 45DE-27b #5, nee SE Shipbuilding GA, to Trego Stone VA, blt 1942 cn60203 Warren Calloway |
![]() Behlen Mfg Whit 45DE27b , nee USN65-00135, to Midwest Central IA, blt 1944 cn60396 Glen Beans |
![]() Midwest Central Whit 45DE27b , Mount Pleasant, IA 1987, nee USN65-00135, ex Behlen Mfg, blt 1944 cn60396 John Schumann |
![]() Trego Stone Whitcomb 45DE-27b #5, Skippers VA, ex Warrenton 5, cn60203 1942 Mac Connery-D.R. Hensley |
![]() Cargil Terminal Whit 45DE27b #4, Portland, OR 1970, nee USN, blt 1944 cn60398, to Schnitzer Steel 1566 Sheldon Perry |
![]() Schnitzer Steel Whit 45DE27b #4, Portland, OR 1980, nee USN, ex Cargil Terminal #4, blt 1944 cn60398, to Schnitzer Steel 1566 Keith Ardinger |
![]() United States Pipe & Foundry Whit 45DE27b #29, Birmingham AL 1970, blt 1942, cn60229, nee Oak Ordnance Plant 104, exx USA 1213, ex Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron Co 28 Bill Volkmer-Don Ross |
![]() Oregon Washington Plywood Whit 45DE27b , Garibaldi OR 1972, nee USN65-00153, exx Tillamook County Naval Airport Commission #2, ex Port of Tillamook Bay RR 2 , to Evans Railcar EP-10, to Itel Railcar EP-10, to Gunderson Railcar#1, blt 1945 cn60651 Don Ross |
![]() Kaufman Grain Whit 45DE27b, Rossville IL 1998 , nee Oak Ordnamce 103. exxx USA1212, exx Cargil IN, ex CS Grain IL, blt 1942 cn60228 |
![]() Am Brake shoe Whit 45DE27b #754, Mahwah N.J. 1977, blt 1943 cn60329 Albert Kwolek |
![]() Stewart Grain Elevator. Whit 45DE27b , Stewart, IN Zachary Walters |
![]() Taylor-Piedmont Timber Whit 45DE27b #7 , Wilmington, NC 1971 Tom Sink |
![]() Jacob B. Goldberg Scrap Whit 45DE27b , Sharon, PA 1966 Steve Timko |
![]() Pacific Cement & Aggregates Whit 45DE27 #5113 , Felton, CA 1974 Robert Lehmuth |
![]() Pt Stanley Term CLC/Whitcomb 50DE58a 45T 'Donald' #L2, blt 1950 cn2634 ex CS&G 2001, 103 Brian D. Switzer |
![]() Koppel Bulk Terminal Whit 45DE27b , Long Beach, CA 1975, nee USN 65-00316, to AGREX, to PSRMA, blt 1945 cn60649 | Steven Vincent |
![]() AGREX Whitcomb 45DE27b , nee USN 65-00316, ex Koppel Bulk Term CA, blt 1945 cn60649 | INFO SDRM |
![]() Nelson Aggregates Whit 45DE27b #3-6910 , Toronto ONT 1987 |
![]() P B Service Whit 45DE27b #25 , Birmingham AL 1978 |
![]() Guyon Pipe Whit 45DE27b , Harrison NJ 1972, neeUSN. ex ISA Ammumotopm tp Wolfeboro67 to Brummer Car67 Renova PA, cn60325 blt 1943 |
![]() Abilene & Smoky Valley Whit 45DE27b , Abilene, KS 2009 , nee Oak Ordnance106, exxx Ideal Cement CO, exx Powhatan Mining OH, ex NA Coal OH, cn60231 blt 1943 Alex Vaughn |
![]() USN Whit 45DE27b 50T #65-00252, , NAS Corpus Christi TX 1976, cn60326 blt1944 Todd Minsk |
![]() Wagner Quarries, Plant #4, Whit 45DE27b , , Sandusky OH 1977, nee Oak Ord Depot #102, ex USA7359 OH, cn60227 blt1942 Steve Timko |
![]() Washburn Wire Whit 45DE27b #2 , Phillipsdale RI 1974 |
![]() North American Coal Whit 45DE27b , Powhatan Point, OH 1971, cn60226 blt1942 Steve Timko |
![]() Oahu Railway Whit 45DE27b #302 , Ewa, HI 2018, nee USN 65-00302, cn60403 blt 1944 Richard Gibson |
![]() Newport Ind Whit 45DE27b , Pensacola FL 1962, nee General Steel Castings#1, exx USN #65-00449. ex Reichold Chem 449, cn60197 blt 1942 |
![]() Anbel Whit 45D27b #300 , Sayre PA 1982 Ray Lackemeyer |
![]() Burlington River Term(ADM/Gromark) 45TDE28 , nee USN65-00167, ex Bettendorf IA, exx JL Case 802 IA, to Famington & Western IA, blt 1941 cn60099 ©Kameron Miller |
![]() Wolfeboro Whit 45DE #67 , Wolfboro NH 1984 |
![]() Canton RR Whit 45GE7 #1998, Canton IL 2003, nee Barber Asphalt, ex United Electric Coal, blt 1935 cn 50010 Jim Sands |
![]() Canton RR Whit 45GE7 #1998, Canton IL 2003, nee Barber Asphalt, ex United Electric Coal, blt 1935 cn 50010 Jim Sands |
![]() Louisiana Pacific Whit 45DE , Ketchikan, AK |
![]() Limestone Quarries CLC Whitcomb 45T #4 , Unthoff ONT 1969, cn2637 blt 1950 David More |
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