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Bicentennial Railroad Equipment

 

The Bicentennial of the United States of America was celebrated on July 4, 1976, the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Many locomotives and other examples of railroad equipment were painted in special patriotic paint schemes to commemorate the Bicentennial. This page lists all the Bicentennial-painted equipment I am aware of, except for the American Freedom Train consist and the steam locomotives used to pull it, which are listed at http://www.freedomtrain.org/html/whereabouts.htm.  Pictures of many of these can be found on the following pages:

 

Bicentennial Railroad Engines at North East Rails

Spirit of 1976 - Bicentennial Locomotives at Railroad.net

US Bicentennial Rolling Stock at The Rip Track

Bicentennial Locomotives at Fallen Flag Railroad Photos

American Freedom Train & Patriotic Schemes at the Great Plains-West Rail Galleries

Missouri Pacific's Bicentennial Units at Screaming Eagles

Alaska Railroad Bicentennial Colors at John's Alaska Railroad Page

Weyerhaeuser #309 from rrpicturearchives.net

Weyerhaeuser Caboose #8 from Central California Rails

 

Railroad Number Type
Agrico 97  
Alaska Railroad 1510 FP7
Alaska Railroad 1512 FP7
Alaska Railroad 1776 Caboose
Alcoa Terminal Railroad 5 S1
Aliquippa & Southern 1776 SW1200
Allied Chemical 3A S4
Allied Chemical 3 80-Ton
Amalgamated Sugar 1 44-Ton
American Brick 1776  
American Cast Iron Pipe 102 NW2
American Cast Iron Pipe 103 HH660
American Cast Iron Pipe 103 SW1200
American Cast Iron Pipe 104 NW2
Apache Railway 100 H10-44
Apache Railway 200 H10-44
Apache Railway 700 RS32
Apache Railway 800 RS32
Apache Railway 900 RS32
Apache Railway 901 RS11
Apache Railway 902 RS11
Apache Railway 903 RS11
Apache Railway 904 RS11
Arco Copper   35-Ton
Ashley Drew & Northern 176 SW1200
Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson 518 S2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 133 Baggage Car
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 5005 Exhibit Car
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 5700 SD45-2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 5701 SD45-2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 5702 SD45-2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 5703 SD45-2
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 5704 SD45-2
Atlantic Steel   25-Ton
Avondale Shipyard 62 S12
Avondale Shipyard 1353 80-Ton
Avondale Shipyard 2372 S8
Babcock & Wilcox 1776 50-Ton
Bangor & Aroostook 1776 GP7
Beaunit Corporation 1 0-6-0T
Becker Sand & Gravel 3 80-Ton
Becker Sand & Gravel 3 S2
Belt Railway of Chicago 210 Caboose
Belt Railway of Chicago 534 MP15
Berwind-White Mining 76 44-Ton
Bessemer & Lake Erie 853 SD18
Bessemer & Lake Erie 1981 Caboose
Boston & Maine 200 GP38-2
Boston & Maine 1213 NW2
Boston & Maine 1557 GP7
Boston & Maine 1564 GP7
Boston & Maine 1751 GP18
Boston & Maine 1754 GP18
Boston & Maine 77039 Boxcar
Branford Steam Railroad 7357 SW1001
Brooklyn East District Terminal 25 S1
Budd 2 SW7
Buick 1776 SW8
Buffalo Creek 46 S2
Burlington Northern 1776 U30C
Burlington Northern 1876 SD40-2
Burlington Northern 1976 SDP40
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific 778 E20
California Western 55 RS12
Cambria & Indiana 36 SW9
Cambria & Indiana 56 Caboose
Canadian Forest Products (USLX) 464 Boxcar
Central Kansas   0-4-0T
Central Vermont 1776 GP9
Chevrolet Motor Division 96 SW1001
Chicago & North Western 1776 GP18
Chicago & North Western (CNWX) 1776 Crane
Chicago & North Western (CNWZ) 203813 Trailer
Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific 156 SD40-2
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 652 E8A
Chicago Transit Authority 6288 Rapid Transit Car
Chicago, West Pullman & Southern 41 SW8
Chicago, West Pullman & Southern 1776 Gondola
Cleveland Electric Illuminating 1776 S2
Clinchfield Coal 100 SW600
Colorado & Wyoming 200 GP7
Conemaugh & Black Lick 76 SW7
Conrail 1776 U34CH
Conrail 4800 GG1
Conrail 7776 GP38
Conrail 27399 Pullman
Conrail 28218 Baggage
Continental Grain 1528 S4
Crucible Steel 76 70-Ton
Cuyahoga Valley 1284 SW1200
Danville Industries 5 43-Ton
Delaware & Hudson 1976 RS3m
Delaware & Hudson 2312/1776 U23B
Depeca 76 Plymouth 15-Ton
Detroit & Mackinac 976 C420
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line 76 GP7
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton 1776 GP38
Dietch Company 2 Whitcomb 65-Ton
Dresser 120P-3 45-Ton
Duke Power 105 80-Ton
Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific 3605 RS11
Durham & Southern 2000 GP38-2
East Erie Commercial Railroad 1907 Caboose
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 668 SD38-2
Erie Lackawanna 354 Caboose
Erie Lackawanna 3632 SD45
Erie Lackawanna 3638 SDP45
Erman Howell 1776 DS-4-4-10
Farmers Cooperative, Dunkirk, IA 9070 35-Ton
Farmers Cooperative, Lakota, IA   40-Ton
France Stone Company 7315 45-Ton
General Electric Transformer 2 45-Ton
Genessee & Wyoming 1776 S4
Genessee & Wyoming 1976 RS1
Georgetown, Breckenridge & Leadville 15 47-Ton
Georgia Railroad 2869 Caboose
Gold Coast Railroad 322 Caboose
Grant Trunk Western 1776 GP38
Hercules (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) 77 SW8
High Country Railroad 4 6-Ton
Hillsdale County 1976 NW2
Houston Belt & Terminal 1 SW9
Hutchinson & Northern 1 Steeplecab
Ideal Cement 28  
Illinois Central Gulf 1776 GP38
Indiana Harbor Belt 1976 SW7
Indianapolis Union Railway 200 SW1500
Ingersoll-Rand 90 45-Ton
Ingersoll-Rand 90 Boxcab
Ingersoll-Rand 91 Boxcab
Inland Steel 76 SW1
International Mineral & Chemical 1776 S2
Iowa State University   45-Ton
Island Terminal (Memphis) 603 SW1
Jones & Laughlin Steel 76 45-Ton
Jones & Laughlin Steel 108 S1
Kansas City Southern 642 SD40-2
Kansas City Terminal Railway 76 SW9
Kennecott Copper 1 65-Ton
Kennecott Copper 3 RS2
Kennecott Copper 778 125-Ton Steeplecab
Kennecott Copper 801 35-Ton
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal 76 SW1500
Koppel Bulk Terminal   S12
Laurenburg & Southern 76 70-Ton
Lehigh Valley 1776 Caboose
Les Dalles Portage Railroad (The Dalles Dam)   25-Ton
Les Dalles Portage Railroad (The Dalles Dam)   45-Ton
Les Dalles Portage Railroad (The Dalles Dam)   Caboose
Les Dalles Portage Railroad (The Dalles Dam)   Excursion Car
Long Island Railroad 252 GP38-2
Lubrizal 20 S3
Lubrizal 43010 S1
Lukens Steel 40 80-Ton
Martin-Marietta 47-050 CR8
Massachusetts Electric Construction Co.   15-Ton
McKeesport Connecting Railway 1002 S2
Metro 460 45-Ton
Missouri Kansas Texas 76 Caboose
Missouri Kansas Texas 200 GP40
Missouri Pacific 1776 GP18
Missouri Pacific 1976 GP18
Missouri Portland Cement 1 SW9
Modesto & Empire Traction 603 70-Ton
Monessen & Southwestern 30 SW900
Monongahela Railroad 64 Caboose
Monongahela Railroad 2002 GP38
Monongahela Connecting Railroad 126 S4
Monongahela Connecting Railroad 425 SW1001
Monticello & Sagamon Valley   Whitcomb
Montour Railroad  76 SW9
Morris County Central 25 20-Ton
National Railway Historical Society 76 45-Ton
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN 1 S12
New Hope & Ivyland 92857 Caboose
New York, Susquehanna & Western 252 RS1
Newburg South Shores 1018 SW1001
Norfolk & Western 1776 SD45
Norfolk & Western 1776 Hopper
Norfolk & Western NWZ 1776 Trailer
Nucor Steel 2307 SW1200
Nucor Steel 2313 SW1200
Panama City Port Authority (Florida)   65-Ton
Patapsco & Black River 147 VO1000
Peabody Coal Company 3  
Pittsburg & Lake Erie 1501 GP7
Pittsburg & Shawmut 196 Caboose
Pittsburg & Shawmut 357 GP9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1774 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1775 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1776 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1816 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1851 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1865 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1886 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1891 SW9
Pittsburg & Shawmut 1949 SW9
Pittsburg Area Transit 1729 PCC Car
Pittsburg Area Transit 1776 PCC Car
Pittsburg Area Transit 1788 PCC Car
Pittsburg Plate Glass 104 45-Ton
Pittsburg Plate Glass 105 50-Ton
Pittsburg Plate Glass 1776 70-Ton
Port of Indiana 1776 Whitcomb
Port of Palm Beach 238 SW1
Pullman-Standard 108 44-Ton
Railway & Industrial Services 76 Whitcomb
Rayonier 76 AS616
Republic Steel 141 SW900
Republic Steel 200 SW900
River Terminal 76 SW1200
Sahara Coal   SW1
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western DS1 44-Ton
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western DS4 S6
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western DS5 65-Ton
Seaboard Coast Line 1776 U33B
Short Line Industries 1040 S6
Soo Line 1776 GP35
South Buffalo Railway 76 S2
Southern Pacific 1976 Caboose
Southern Pacific 3197 GP40P-2
Southern Pacific 6800 U25BE
St. Johnsbury & Lemoine County 606 GP7
St. Johnsbury & Lemoine County 614 GP7
St. Louis San Francisco 1776 Caboose
St. Louis Southwestern 9389 SD45T-2
Steelton & Highspire 76 S2
Stupp Corporation 1776 SW1
Tank Car Corporation of America (HMHX) 1976 Tank Car
Texas & Northern 22 S4
Texas & Northern 999 MP15
Texas Mexican Railway 1776 GP7
Toledo, Peoria & Western 700 GP30
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 1207 SW1200
Trilby, San Antonio & Cypress 76 50-Ton
Union Pacific 951 E9A
Union Pacific 74444 Covered Hopper
Union Railroad 17 MP15
United Cement 1776 RSD1
United States Air Force 1863 S12
United States Steel   44-Ton
United States Steel 29 S12
United States Steel 45 65-Ton
United States Steel 110 S1
United States Steel 124 RS2
United States Steel 200 SW7
United States Steel 202 100-Ton
United States Steel 203 S12
United States Steel 3501 35-Ton
Union Tank Car Line 6 SW1
Ventura County 4 70-Ton
Warrenton Railroad 1876 45-Ton
Weirton Steel 214 S4
Western Pacific 1776 GP40
Western Pacific 1976 GP40
Western Railway of Alabama 150 Caboose
Western Railway of Alabama 151 Caboose
Westinghouse 2 30-Ton
Westinghouse 76 SW9m
Weyerhaeuser 8 Caboose
Weyerhaeuser 309 GP7
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel 1236 SW9
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel 1258 SW9
Woodward-Walker Lumber   15-Ton
Yankeetown Dock Corporation 1776 SD38-2
Yankeetown Dock Corporation 1976 SD38-2
Youngstown Steel & Tube 805 S8
Youngstown Steel & Tube 1001 S2
Youngstown Steel & Tube 1002 S2

Related Links:

Bicentennial Railroad Engines at North East Rails

Spirit of 1976 - Bicentennial Locomotives at Railroad.net

US Bicentennial Rolling Stock at The Rip Track

Bicentennial Locomotives at Fallen Flag Railroad Photos

American Freedom Train & Patriotic Schemes at the Great Plains-West Rail Galleries

Missouri Pacific's Bicentennial Units at Screaming Eagles

Alaska Railroad Bicentennial Colors at John's Alaska Railroad Page

WTCX #309 from rrpicturearchives.net

WTCX Caboose #8 in Bicentennial Colors from Central California Rails

The Story of America's Freedom Trains


All website content, including graphics and pictures are © Robert D. West unless otherwise noted.  Content is not to be used out of the context of this webpage without expressed permission.  Any opinions expressed herein are mine and are not necessarily shared by the Milwaukee School of Engineering, or anyone else.

 

Questions? Comments? Critiques? Corrections? Concerns? Email me at westr@msoe.edu.