Looking for Builder's Serial Info

Joshua K. Blay · **Posted:** Sat May 01, 2004 8:42 pm

Is there a website that would have builder serial numbers for locomotives? Interested in any company (but mainly BLW, LIMA, ALCO, EMD), any time.

Thanks!

Joshua

K.R. Bell · **Posted:** Sat May 01, 2004 9:26 pm

The R&LHS has copies of all builders lists of major and minor builders available for a fee. I believe contact info may be found at their web site, but the lists are not, to my knowledge, posted on the web.

> Is there a website that would have builder
> serial numbers for locomotives? Interested
> in any company (but mainly BLW, LIMA, ALCO,
> EMD), any time.

> Thanks!

> Joshua

Joshua · **Posted:** Sat May 01, 2004 9:45 pm

No Message

Alan Maples · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2004 7:52 am

> Is there a website that would have builder
> serial numbers for locomotives? Interested
> in any company (but mainly BLW, LIMA, ALCO,
> EMD), any time.

> Thanks!

> Joshua

Try "Andre's GM Locomotive Serial Number Page" for EMD locos.

A.W. Maples

Andre's GM Locomotive Serial Number Page
AMaples@aol.com

2-8-2mike · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2004 2:26 pm

> The R&LHS has copies of all builders
> lists of major and minor builders available
> for a fee. I believe contact info may be
> found at their web site

I believe this is a myth. I've tried contacting this organization and never got a response. Does anyone have a contact with the organization that they actually KNOW works?

I have some ALCO and Baldwin data, what are you specifically looking for?
Mike

mike211@yknet.ca

Erik Ledbetter · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2004 2:35 pm

> I believe this is a myth. I've tried
> contacting this organization and never got a
> response. Does anyone have a contact with
> the organization that they actually KNOW
> works?

It is not a myth. You need to be an R&LHS member and contact them at this address:

"Locomotive Rosters & Records of Builder's Construction Numbers
The Society has locomotive rosters for many roads and records of steam locomotive construction numbers for most builders. Copies are available to members at twenty-five cents per page ($5.00 minimum) from R&LHS Archives Services, PO Box 600544, Jacksonville, Florida 32260-0544. A list of available rosters is available for $2.00. "

http://www.rrhistorical-2.com/rlhs/

eledbetter@rypn.org

Ron Muldowney · **Posted:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:55 am

Please contact me off line as I have a large library built up over many years. I can probably help you out with most numbers. I have the R&LHS records and other back up rosters to double check some construction numbers.

steamfan@crusoe.net

JJ · **Posted:** Mon May 03, 2004 9:08 am

> Is there a website that would have builder
> serial numbers for locomotives? Interested
> in any company (but mainly BLW, LIMA, ALCO,
> EMD), any time.

> Thanks!

> Joshua

Josh,

Here's an EMD websites to check out

John

Unofficial EMD homepage

JJ · **Posted:** Mon May 03, 2004 9:11 am

> Is there a website that would have builder
> serial numbers for locomotives? Interested
> in any company (but mainly BLW, LIMA, ALCO,
> EMD), any time.

> Thanks!

> Joshua

...and one more.

Tom Lundeen's EMD page