Soo Line locomotives

Soo Line 2645 steam locomotive (E-25 4-6-0) at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin

Included in this list of Soo Line locomotives are those of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, as well as those of the Wisconsin Central Railway, which it inherited on its lease in 1909. The M.St.P.&S.Ste.M. finally merged the WC and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway on December 30, 1961 to form the Soo Line Railroad. The Soo Line later acquired the Milwaukee Road and became part of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Note that WC locomotives are shown as after they were re-numbered and reclassified into the Soo Line scheme, with WC locomotives having numbers 2000 higher and classes 20 higher than their M.St.P.&S.Ste.M. counterparts.

Steam | Class A (0-4-0), B (0-6-0), C (4-4-0), D (2-6-0), E (4-6-0), F (2-8-0), G (2-10-0), H (4-6-2), J (2-6-2), K (4-4-2), L (2-8-2), N (4-8-2), O (4-8-4)

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Diesel | ALCO, Baldwin, EMD (Switchers, Cab units, Hood units), Fairbanks-Morse, General Electric

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References

## Steam locomotives

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Soo Line steam locomotives were organized into classes by wheel arrangement.

### Class A: 0-4-0

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Class A was for the 0-4-0 switcher type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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0-4-0 — OO
| A | 0-4-0 | 320 | Rhode Island | 1887 | 1 | 0 | 1919  | Built as an 0-4-6T Forney
| A-20 | 0-4-0 | 2300–2301 | Schenectady | 1883 | 2 | 0 | 1921-1922  |
| A-21 | 0-4-0 | 2302–2307 | Baldwin | 1887 | 6 | 0 | 1923-1930  |

### Class B: 0-6-0

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Class B was for the 0-6-0 switcher type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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0-6-0 — OOO
| B | 0-6-0 | 321 | Rhode Island | 1887 | 1 | 1 | 1925  | Rebuilt as an 0-6-0T, numbered X90 for use as a shop switcher.
Preserved, rebuilt back to tender locomotive
| B | 0-6-0 | 323, 325 | Rhode Island | 1892 | 2 | 0 | 1935  |
| B-1 | 0-6-0 | 326–333 | Alco-Cooke | 1902–1907 | 8 | 0 | 1940-1948  |
| B-2 | 0-6-0 | 334–339 | Alco-Schenectady | 1909–1910 | 6 | 0 | 1920-1947  |
| B-3 | 0-6-0 | 340–343 | Alco-Schenectady | 1912 | 4 | 0 | 1935-1949  |
| B-4 | 0-6-0 | 344–349 | Alco-Schenectady | 1915 | 6 | 1 | 1950  | 346 preserved
| B-4 | 0-6-0 | 350–354 | Alco-Brooks | 1920 | 5 | 1 | 1951  | 353 preserved
| B-20 | 0-6-0 | 2308–2313 | Schenectady | 1886 | 6 | 0 | 1910-1940  |
| B-21 | 0-6-0 | 2314–2316 | Brooks | 1892 | 3 | 0 | 1940-1943  |
| B-22 | 0-6-0 | 2317–2320 | Brooks | 1900 | 4 | 0 | 1940-1945  |
| B-23 | 0-6-0 | 2321–2328 | Brooks & Alco-Brooks | 1899–1909 | 8 | 0 | 1945-1950  |

### Class C: 4-4-0

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Class C was for the 4-4-0 "American" type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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4-4-0 — ooOO — American
| C | 4-4-0 | 300–305 | Baldwin | 1886–1887 | 6 | 0 | 1929-1930  |
| C-1 | 4-4-0 | 315 | New Jersey | 1857 | 1 | 0 | 1897 | Ex DSS&A No. 21, acquired 1892
| C-1 | 4-4-0 | 316 | New Jersey | 1862 | 1 | 0 | 1895 | Ex DSS&A No. 22, acquired 1892
| V | 4-4-0 | 317 | New Jersey | 1855 | 1 | 0 | 1895 | Ex DSS&A No. 20, acquired 1892
| C-3 | 4-4-0 | 1–2 | Rhode Island | 1884 | 2 | 0 | 1919  | ex MSSteM&A
| C-4/C-5 | 4-4-0 | 3–46 | Baldwin | 1886–1887 | 44 | 0 | 1901-1944  |
| C-5-s | 4-4-0 |  | MStP&SSteM (rebuilder) | 1928–1931 (rebuilt) | 9 | 0 | 1910-1919  | C-4/C-5 locomotives modernized
| C-20 | 4-4-0 | 2000–2001 | Schenectady | 1882 | 2 | 0 | 1922  |
| C-21 | 4-4-0 | 2002–2005, 2008–2015 | Schenectady | 1885 | 12 | 0 | 1920-1932  |
| C-22 | 4-4-0 | 2017–2027 | Schenectady | 1886 | 11 | 0 | 1947-1949  |
| C-23 | 4-4-0 | 2028–2039 | Baldwin | 1886–1887 | 12 | 0 | 1950  | Ex WC Nos. 95–106
| C-24 | 4-4-0 | 2040 | Brooks | 1902 (rebuilt) | 1 | 0 | 1916 | Built as WC 4-6-0 No. 207
| C-25 | 4-4-0 | 2041–2042 | Schenectady | 1887 | 2 | 0 | 1939  | Ex MStP&SSteM Nos. 24 and 29

### Class D: 2-6-0

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Class D was for the 2-6-0 "Mogul" type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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2-6-0 — oOOO — Mogul
| D | 2-6-0 | 100–107 | Rhode Island | 1888 | 8 | 0 | 1927  |
| D-1 | 2-6-0 | 200–207 | Brooks | 1888 | 8 | 0 | 1927  | Ex DSS&A
| D-2 | 2-6-0 | 108–172 | Alco-Schenectady | 1903–1917 | 65 | 0 | 1927-1928  |
| D-3 | 2-6-0 | 208 |  |  | 1 | 0 | 1929  | Ex Wisconsin and Northern Railway No. 6
| D-4 | 2-6-0 | 209 |  |  | 1 | 0 | 1930  | Ex Wisconsin and Northern Railway No. 7; exx New York Central Railroad
| D-20 | 2-6-0 | 2100–2120 | Baldwin | 1887 | 21 | 0 | 1931  | Ex WC Nos. 108–128
| Z | 2-6-0 | 322 | Baldwin | 1887 | 1 | 0 | 1932  | Narrow gauge; ex Minneapolis Street Railway No. 13; sold to Wisconsin and Chippewa Railway No. 999

### Class E: 4-6-0

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Class E was for the 4-6-0 type."Ten-Wheeler"

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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4-6-0 — ooOOO
| E | 4-6-0 | 500–504 |  | 1898 | 5 | 0 | 1925  | Renumbered 600–604 in 1906
| E-1 | 4-6-0 | 505–511 | Baldwin | 1902 | 7 | 0 | 1926  | Renumbered 605–611 in 1906
| E-2 | 4-6-0 | 612–613 | Alco-Schenectady | 1913, 1915 | 2 | 0 | 1927  | Ex Wisconsin and Northern Railway Nos. 4 and 5, acquired 1921
| E-20 | 4-6-0 | 2600–2608 | Brooks | 1890 | 10 | 0 | 1928  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 201–210 (207 rebuilt to 4-4-0)
| E-21 | 4-6-0 | 2609–2618 | Brooks | 1891 | 10 | 0 | 1929  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 211–220
| E-22 | 4-6-0 | 2619–2638 | Brooks | 1898–1900 | 17 | 0 | 1930  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 221–226, 231–241
| E-23 | 4-6-0 | 2625–2628 | Brooks | 1898 | 4 | 0 | 1931  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 227–230
| E-24 | 4-6-0 | 2640–2644 | Brooks | 1900 | 5 | 0 | 1932  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 242–246
| E-25 | 4-6-0 | 2645–2654 | Brooks | 1900 | 10 | 1 | 1933  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 247–256; 2645 (ex WC 247) preserved

### Class F: 2-8-0

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Class F was for the 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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2-8-0 — oOOOO — Consolidation
| F-1 | 2-8-0 | 403–405, 407–412 | Schenectady | 1893 | 9 | 0 | 1933  |
| F-2 | 2-8-0 | 406 | Schenectady | 1893 | 1 | 0 | 1934  |
| F-3 | 2-8-0 | 413–416 | Schenectady | 1893 | 4 | 0 | 1935  |
| F-4 | 2-8-0 | 417 | Schenectady | 1893 | 1 | 0 | 1936  |
| F-6 | 2-8-0 | 400–402, 418–427 | Rhode Island | 1893 | 13 | 0 | 1937  |
| F-7 | 2-8-0 | 428–430 | Schenectady | 1900 | 3 | 0 | 1938  |
| F-8 | 2-8-0 | 431–444 | Alco-Schenectady | 1902–1903 | 14 | 1 | 1939  | 440 preserved
| F-9 | 2-8-0 | 445–472 | Alco-Schenectady | 1905–1906 | 28 | 1 | 1940  | 451 preserved
| F-10 | 2-8-0 | 473–474 | Alco-Schenectady | 1909 | 2 | 0 | 1941  |
| F-11 | 2-8-0 | 475–484 | Alco-Schenectady | 1910 | 10 | 0 | 1942  |
| F-12 | 2-8-0 | 485–499 | Alco-Schenectady | 1912–1913 | 15 | 0 | 1943  |
| F-20 | 2-8-0 | 2400–2424 | Alco-Schenectady | 1903–1907 | 25 | 1 | 1944  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway Nos. 160–184; 2412 preserved
| F-21 | 2-8-0 | 2425–2428 | Alco-Schenectady | 1909 | 4 | 1 | 1945  | 2425 preserved
| F-22 | 2-8-0 | 2429–2443 | Alco-Schenectady | 1911 | 15 | 1 | 1946  | 2442 preserved
| F-23 | 2-8-0 | 2444–2450 | Alco-Schenectady | 1914 | 7 | 0 | 1947  |

### Class G: 2-10-0

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Class G was the 2-10-0 type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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2-10-0 — oOOOOO
| G | 2-10-0 | 600 | Baldwin | 1900 | 1 | 1 | 1960  | Built as Vauclain compound; rebuilt as simple and renumbered 950; Preserved

### Class H: 4-6-2

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Soo Line 2719 4-6-2 Pacific H-3 (730), Gladstone, MI

Class H covered the 4-6-2 "Pacific" type.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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4-6-2 — ooOOOo — Pacific
| H | 4-6-2 | 700 | Baldwin | 1904 | 1 | 0 | 1929  | Ex Bismarck, Washburn and Great Falls Railway No. 4
| H-1 | 4-6-2 | 701–722 | Alco-Schenectady | 1904–1907 | 22 | 0 | 1930  |
| H-2 | 4-6-2 | 723–726 | Alco-Schenectady | 1910 | 4 | 0 | 1930-1939  |
| H-3 | 4-6-2 | 727–737 | Alco-Schenectady | 1911–1913 | 11 | 3 | 1939-1947  | 730, 735 and 736 preserved
| H-20 | 4-6-2 | 2700–2703 | Alco-Schenectady | 1909 | 4 | 0 | 1939-1948  |
| H-21 | 4-6-2 | 2704–2713 | Alco-Schenectady | 1911–1913 | 10 | 1 | 1949  | 2713 preserved
| H-22 | 4-6-2 | 2714–2717 | Alco-Schenectady | 1914 | 4 | 1 | 1950  | 2714 preserved
| H-23 | 4-6-2 | 2718–2722 | Alco-Schenectady | 1923 | 6 | 2 | 1951-1955  | 2718 and 2719 preserved

### Class J: 2-6-2

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Class J comprised 2-6-2 "Prairie" locomotives.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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2-6-2 — oOOOo — Prairie
| J | 2-6-2 | 800–809 | Alco-Schenectady | 1907 | 10 | 0 | 1939-1949  |

### Class K: 4-4-2

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Class K comprised 4-4-2 "Atlantic" locomotives.

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arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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4-4-2 — ooOOo — Atlantic
| K-20 | 4-4-2 | 2900–2914 | Alco-Brooks | 1902–1905 | 15 | 0 | 1942-1944  | Ex Wisconsin Central Railway 257–271

### Class L: 2-8-2

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Soo Line 1003

Class L was for 2-8-2 "Mikado" locomotives.

Image | Class | Wheel
arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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2-8-2 — oOOOOo — Mikado
| L | 2-8-2 | 1000 | Baldwin | 1900 | 1 | 0 | 1923  | Ex Bismarck, Washburn and Great Falls Railway No. 3
| L-1 | 2-8-2 | 1001–1010 | Alco-Schenectady | 1913 | 10 | 1 | 1954  | 1003 preserved
| L-2 | 2-8-2 | 1011–1023 | Alco-Brooks | 1920 | 13 | 1 | 1940-1955  | 1011 preserved
| L-3 | 2-8-2 | 1030–1033 | Baldwin | 1913 | 4 | 0 | 1956  | ex Rock Island K-60 class acquired 1941
| L-4 | 2-8-2 | 1024–1027,
1034–1037 | Alco-Brooks | 1912 | 8 | 1 | 1957  | ex Monon J-1 class acquired 1941–1942;
1024 (Monon 504) preserved
| L-20 | 2-8-2 | 3000–3011 | Alco-Brooks | 1920 | 12 | 0 | 1947-1959  |

### Class N: 4-8-2

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Class N comprised 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotives.

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arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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4-8-2 — ooOOOOo — Mountain
| N-20 | 4-8-2 | 4000–4009 | Alco-Brooks | 1926 | 10 | 0 | 1943-1946  | One tender is currently used behind Soo Line 1003.
| N-20 | 4-8-2 | 4010–4017 | Alco-Schenectady | 1928 | 8 | 0 | 1947  | One tender is currently used behind CB&Q locomotive No. 4960.
| N-20 | 4-8-2 | 4018–4020 | Soo's Shoreham Shops | 1930 | 3 | 0 | 1948-1949  | Boilers supplied by Alco

### Class O: 4-8-4

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Class O were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives.

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arrangement | Fleet
number(s) | Manufacturer | Year made | Quantity
made | Quantity
preserved | Year(s)
retired | Comments

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4-8-4 — ooOOOOoo — Northern
| O-20 | 4-8-4 | 5000–5003 | Lima | 1938 | 4 | 0 | 1950-1951  |

## Diesel locomotives

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### ALCO

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* ALCO FA: 22 locomotives (205A+B–211A+B, 2220A+B–2223A+B)
* ALCO S-2: 7 locomotives (2103–2107, 2109–2110)
* ALCO S-4: 1 locomotives (2116)
* ALCO RS-1: 13 locomotives (350–353, 2360–2368), plus 8 from the DSS&A (100–107)
* ALCO RSC-2: 4 locomotives (368–371)
* ALCO RSC-3: 4 locomotives (372–374, 2380)
* ALCO RS-27: 2 locomotives (415–416)

### Baldwin

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* Baldwin VO-1000: 1 locomotive (310)
* Baldwin DS-4-4-1000: 2 locomotives (311–312)
* Baldwin S-12: 2 locomotives (313–314)
* Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500, 8 locomotives (360–367)
* Baldwin AS-16, 2 locomotives (379–380)
* Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 4 locomotives (384–387) from the DSS&A (200–203)
* Baldwin AS-616, 8 locomotives (388–395) from the DSS&A (204–211)
* Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 4 locomotives (396–399) from the DSS&A (300–303)

### EMD

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#### Switchers

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* EMD SW1: 1 locomotive (320)
* EMC NW1A: 3 locomotives (2100–2102), entire production for this model
* EMD NW2: 3 locomotives (300, 301, 2108)
* EMD SW9: 8 locomotives (2111–2115, 2117–2119)
* EMD SW1200: 16 locomotives (321–328, 2120–2127)

#### Cab units

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* EMD F3: 13 locomotives (12 A units: 200A+B–204A+B, 2200A+B, 1 B unit: 2200C)
* EMD F7: 36 locomotives (26 A units: 212A+B–214A+B, 2201A+B–2203A+B, 2224A+B–2230A+B, 10 B units: 2201C–2204C, 500C–503C, 2500C, 2501C)
* EMD FP7: 8 locomotives (500A–503A, 504, 505, 2500A, 2501A)

#### Hood units

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Soo Line SD60s Soo Line SD60M #6062 in the "Candy Apple Red" paint scheme Soo Line SD40-2s #6621 and #6622 in 1988

* EMD GP7: 7 locomotives (375–378, 381–383)
* EMD GP9: 45 locomotives (400–414, 550–558, 2400–2413, 2550–2556)
* EMD SD9: 1 locomotive (2381)
* EMD GP30: 22 locomotives (700–721)
* EMD GP35: 10 locomotives (722–731)
* EMD GP40: 4 locomotives (732–735)
* EMD SD40: 21 locomotives (736–756)
* EMD SD40-2: 57 locomotives (757–789, 6600–6623)
* EMD GP38-2: 53 locomotives (4400–4452)
* EMD SD60: 58 locomotives (6000–6057)
* EMD SD60M: 5 locomotives (6058–6062)

### Fairbanks-Morse

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* FM H-12-44: 5 locomotives (315–319), built 1952 and 1954

### General Electric

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* GE 44-ton: 1 locomotive (330), built 1941
* GE U30C: 10 locomotives (800–809), built 1968

## References

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* Dorin, Patrick C. The Soo Line. Superior Publishing Co. ISBN 0-87564-712-X.
* Suprey, Leslie. Steam Trains of the Soo (3rd ed.). Mora, Minnesota: B&W Printers and Publishers.

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Soo Line steam locomotives

0-4-0|

* A
* A-20
* A-21

0-6-0|

* B
* (321 / X90)
* B-1
* B-2
* B-3
* B-4
* (346)
* (353)
* B-20
* B-21
* B-22
* B-23

4-4-0|

* C
* C-1
* C-2
* C-3
* C-4
* C-5
* C-20
* C-21
* C-22
* C-23
* C-24
* C-25
* V

2-6-0|

* D
* D-1
* D-2
* D-3
* D-4
* D-20
* Z

4-6-0|

* E
* E-1
* E-2
* E-20
* E-21
* E-22
* E-23
* E-24
* E-25
* (2645)

2-8-0|

* F-1
* F-2
* F-3
* F-4
* F-6
* F-7
* F-8
* (440)
* F-9
* (451)
* F-10
* F-11
* F-12
* F-20
* F-21
* (2425)
* F-22
* (2442)
* F-23

2-10-0|

* G
* (950)

4-6-2|

* H
* H-1
* H-2
* H-3
* (735)
* (736)
* H-20
* H-21
* (2713)
* H-22
* (2714)
* H-23
* (2718)
* (2719)

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* J

4-4-2|

* K-20

2-8-2|

* L
* L-1
* (1003)
* L-2
* (1011)
* L-3
* L-4
* (1024)
* L-20

4-8-2|

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