List of preserved EMD GP30 locomotives

This is a summary, listing every EMD GP30 locomotive in preservation.

GP30 (EMD-built)

Photograph Works no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
27114 Reading 5513 March 1962 - On static display at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania
27140 Denver and Rio Grande Western 3006 April 1962 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) - On static display at the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado
27222 Denver and Rio Grande Western 3011 May 1962 December 1994 On static display at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado Used as the lead unit in the film Runaway! [1]
27355 Norfolk and Western 522 June 1962 August 20, 1991 Operational, Owned by the Roanoke Chapter National Railroad Historical Society in Roanoke, Virginia First and sole surviving GP30 built for the Norfolk and Western. [2][3]
27369 Norfolk and Western 536 June 1962 1991-1993 Static display in derelict condition on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Used in staged train wreck during filming of The Fugitive. [4]
27553 Union Pacific 844 August 1962 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) January 30, 1989 Operational at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada [5]
27753 Louisville and Nashville 1030 May 1963 - Operational at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
27894 Nickel Plate Road 900 November 1962 March 7, 1991 On static display at the Mad River and Nickel Plate Museum in Bellevue, Ohio [6]
27895 Nickel Plate Road 901 - Operational at the Lebanon Mason and Monroe Railroad in Lebanon, Ohio [7][8]
27896 Nickel Plate Road 902
  • Nickel Plate Road (NKP)
  • Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)
  • Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
  • Great Miami Short Line Railroad (GMRY)
 - Operational at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway in Lebanon, Ohio [9]
28053 SPTX 3024 February 1963 May 27, 1995 Stored at the Midland Railway Historical Association (MRHA) in Baldwin City, Kansas [1]
28141 Conrail 2233 April 1963 1984 On static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania Previously repainted in PRR livery when owned by a private owner affiliated with West Shore Railroad Corp. [10]
28157 Western Maryland Scenic 501 May 1963 April 11, 1991 Operational at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland [11]
28158 New Hope and Ivyland 2198 Operational at the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania
28178 Cotton Belt 5006 February 1963 St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW) March 28, 1985 Stored at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas [12]
28335 Wisconsin Central 715 May 1963 - On static display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin
28342 Soo Line 700 March 1963 Soo Line (SOO) - Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota
28564 Southern 2594 October 1963 - Operational at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee On loan from the Southeastern Railway Museum. [13][14]
28571 Southern 2601 1991 Operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina

Rebuilt GP30 (EMD-built)

Photograph Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Rebuilder Rebuild date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
27640 Baltimore and Ohio 6923 November 1962 GP30M 1990s (CSX) Operational at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway in Lebanon, Ohio Currently painted in a semiquincentennial livery, to be restored to B&O "Sunburst" livery [15]
27672 Chessie 6955 - Under restoration at the Cincinnati Scenic Railway in Lebanon, Ohio [16]
27690 Branson Scenic 99 January 1963 - Operational at the Branson Scenic Railway in Branson, Missouri
28092 Great Smoky Mountains 2467 May 1963 GP30u Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) August 1983 - Operational at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) at Bryson City, North Carolina
28499 Horizon Rail 3002 September 1963 GP30m Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) 1964 - Stored at the Midland Railway Historical Association (MRHA) in Baldwin City, Kansas

GP30 (GMD-built)

Works no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
A2006 Canadian Pacific 5000 March 1963 June 1998 Declared surplus to the Alberta Railway Museum (ARM)'s collection, stored in Edmonton, Alberta

References

  1. 1 2 "DRGW.Net | D&RGW EMD GP30 Roster". www.drgw.net. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
  2. ↑ "EMD GP 30 #522". Roanoke Chapter - NRHS. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "N&W 522". Norfolk and Western Historical Society. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
  4. ↑ "Illinois Southern".
  5. ↑ "Locomotive 844, Type GP-30 – Nevada Southern Railway". Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  6. ↑ "N&W 2900". Norfolk and Western Historical Society. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
  7. ↑ "Equipment". Lebanon Mason and Monroe Railroad. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Locomotive #901". Cincinnati Dinner Train. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Locomotive #902". Cincinnati Dinner Train. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Our Trains". Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  11. ↑ "No. 501". Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Issue 90. 1990. Dover Printing. p. 14
  13. ↑ "Locomotives". Southeastern Railway Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Southern Railway 2594". Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  15. ↑ Franz, Justin (23 February 2026). "Ex-B&O GP30 to Return to Ohio". Railroad and Railfan. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "History of Chessie #6955". Save the Chessie. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
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