List of Peninsula Commute locomotives


Many locomotives from numerous rail companies have served along the Peninsula Commute rail line between San Francisco and San Jose since 1863. Agencies and companies that have managed service include Southern Pacific, San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, Caltrain, Caltrans, Amtrak and TransitAmerica Services.

Current [Caltrans] and [Caltrain] Fleet (1980-Current)

Number/nameModel/ClassWheel arrangementBuilderYearDisposition and
Location
Photograph
900
San Francisco
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
901
San Jose
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
902
San Mateo
F40PH-2B-BEMD1985In revenue service
903
Santa Clara
F40PH-2B-BEMD1985In revenue service
1985 Caltrans livery
904
Palo Alto
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
905
Sunnyvale
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
906
Burlingame
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
907
Mountain View
F40PH-2B-BEMD1985In revenue service
1985 Caltrans livery
908
Redwood City
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
909
Menlo Park
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
910
Millbrae
F40PH-2B-BEMD1985In revenue service
911
San Carlos
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
912
San Bruno
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
913
Belmont
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
914
Atherton
F40PH-2B-BEMD1985In revenue service
915
South San Francisco
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
916
California
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
Original 1985 Caltrans livery


Current JPBX scheme
917
Gilroy
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1985In revenue service
918
County of San Mateo
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1987In revenue service
919
County of Santa Clara
F40PH-2-CATB-BEMD1987In revenue service
920
Morgan Hill
F40PH-2CB-BBoise1985In revenue service
921
San Martin
F40PH-2CB-BBoise1998In revenue service
922
Tamien
F40PH-2CB-BBoise1998In revenue service
923
MPI MP36PH-3CB-BMPI2003In revenue service
924
MPI MP36PH-3CB-BMPI2003In revenue service
925
Jackie Speier
MPI MP36PH-3CB-BMPI2003In revenue service
926
MPI MP36PH-3CB-BMPI2003In revenue service
927
MPI MP36PH-3CB-BMPI2003In revenue service
928
MPI MP36PH-3CB-BMPI2003In revenue service

[Southern Pacific] Locomotives (1870–1980)

Steam fleet (1870–1954)

Diesel-electric fleet (1954–1985)

Number/nameModel/ClassWheel arrangementBuilderYearDisposition and
Location
Photograph
Amtrak 700GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/07Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from passenger service under an ICC order to return offline freight cars. A total of 15 Amtrak P30CH locomotives were leased.
Amtrak 702GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 703GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 704GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 705GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 706GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 707GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 709GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 711GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/08Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 712GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/09Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 716GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/09Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 718GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/09Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Amtrak 720GE P30CHC-CGE Transportation Systems1975/11Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.
Southern Pacific 3020FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/12Purchased as 4800; renumbered to 3020. Retired and sold 1974. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3021FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/12Purchased as 4801; renumbered to 3021. Retired 1974 and sold 1975. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3022FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Purchased as 4802; renumbered to 3022. Retired and sold 1975. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3023FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Purchased as 4803; renumbered to 3023. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3024FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3025FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/12Purchased as 4805; renumbered to 3025. Stripped 1975 and scrapped 1978.
Southern Pacific 3026FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3027FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3028FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Purchased as 4808; renumbered to 3028. Engine failed 1974 and scrapped 1975.
Southern Pacific 3029FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/12Purchased as 4809; renumbered to 3029. Retired and scrapped 1974.
Southern Pacific 3030FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/12Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3031FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/11Purchased as 4811; renumbered to 3031. Retired and scrapped 1975.
Southern Pacific 3032FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1953/11Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3033FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Purchased as 4813; renumbered to 3033. Retired 1975. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3034FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks Morse1954Purchased as 4814; renumbered to 3034. Retired 1975. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3035FM H-24-66C-CFairbanks-Morse1954/02Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3186EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/06Built as 5603; renumbered to 3003 and 3186. Retired in 1995. Sold to Western Rail Inc., Washington state and rebuilt with low nose as WRIX 3186. Sold to Kalama Export and remains in service.
Southern Pacific 3187EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/05Carried numbers 5894 and 3000 before renumbering to 3187. Retired in July 1994. Scrapped
1982 "Rainbow" scheme
Southern Pacific 3188EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/05Built as 5600, renumbered to 3008 then 3188. Scrapped
Southern Pacific 3189EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/06Built as 5623; renumbered to 3005 and 3189. Retired in 1991 and sold for scrap in 1992. Repainted in "Black Widow" and preserved as Southern Pacific 5623 at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Southern Pacific 3190EMD GP9B-BEMD1955/04Built as 5625; renumbered to 3007 then 3190. Served with North Coast Railroad as NCRR 3190. Unknown
Southern Pacific 3191EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/05Number 5893 was renumbered to 3422, then 3010 and 3191. Retired in 1993. Briefly owned by Feather River Rail Society before becoming Connecticut Central 53 in 1994. Preserved as B&O 6641. In Service
Southern Pacific 3192EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/06Built as 5602, renumbered to 3009 and 3192. Retired in 1993; rebuilt with low nose and sold to Ottawa Valley Rail Link as RLK 4202. Unknown
Southern Pacific 3193EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/06Carried number 5601 before renumbering to 3002 and 3193. Retired in 1993. Scrapped 2001.
Southern Pacific 3194EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/05Built as TNO 281; renumbered to SP 5895, then 3001 and 3194. Retired 1998. Preserved by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum. Operational.
Southern Pacific 3195EMD GP9B-BEMD1955/06Built as 5624; renumbered to 3006 and 3195. Unknown
Southern Pacific 3196EMD GP9B-BEMD1954/05Built as 5622; renumbered to 3004 and 3196. Retired in 1990. Unknown
Southern Pacific 3197EMD GP40P-2B-BEMD1974/11Renumbered to SP 7600 in 1986; retired in 2002. In service with the Indiana Harbor Belt as IHB 4010, Rebuilt as GP40-2
1976 Bicentennial scheme
Southern Pacific 3198EMD GP40P-2B-BEMD1974/11Renumbered to SP 7601 in 1986. In Service with Union Pacific as UP 1373, Rebuilt as GP40-2
Southern Pacific 3199EMD GP40P-2B-BEMD1974/11Renumbered to SP 7601. In Service with Union Pacific as UP 1375, Rebuilt as GP40-2
Southern Pacific 3200EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/05Damaged by fire in 1989; retired 1990. Scrapped 1992.
Southern Pacific 3201EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/05Retired in 1990; scrapped 1996.
Southern Pacific 3202EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/05Retired in 1989; scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3203EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/06Retired 1990; sold 1992. Scrapped; was the last survivor of SP's SDP45s
Southern Pacific 3204EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/06Retired 1990; sold 1991. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3205EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/06Retired 1986; sold 1988. Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3206EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/06Retired 1989; sold 1989; scrapped 1996.
Southern Pacific 3207EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/07Retired and sold 1989; scrapped 1996.
"Kodachrome" freight service
Southern Pacific 3208EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/07Retired 1986; scrapped 1988.
Southern Pacific 3209EMD SDP45C-CEMD1967/07Retired 1989; sold and scrapped 1990.
Southern Pacific 4450
Huff
EMD SD9C-CEMD1954/04Built as SP 5339. Scrapped in Portola, CA.
Southern Pacific 4451
Puff
EMD SD9C-CEMD1954/04Built as SP 5363. At Schellville, CA in derelict condition

[San Francisco and San Jose Railroad] Locomotives (1863-1870)

Number/nameModel/ClassWheel arrangementBuilderYearDisposition and
Location
1
San Francisco
4-4-0Norris Locomotive Works1862To Southern Pacific #2, #1109. Unknown.
2
San Jose
4-4-0Norris Locomotive Works1862To SF&NP as Little Josie. To Northwestern Pacific Railroad #1. Retired in 1921.
3
T. Dame
4-4-0Norris Locomotive Works1862To Southern Pacific #3, #1110. Unknown.
4
A.H. Houston
4-4-0Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works11/1863To Southern Pacific #4. Unknown.
5
Chas. McLaughlin
4-4-0Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works11/1863To Southern Pacific #5. Unknown.
6
California
4-4-0H. J. Booth at Union Iron Works7/1865To Southern Pacific #6, #1303. Rebuilt 1873. Scrapped in 1911.
7
Atlantic
4-4-0H.J. Booth at Union Iron Works7/1865To Southern Pacific #7, #1231, scrapped in 1895.
8
Union
0-4-0H.J. Booth at Union Iron Works6/1865To Southern Pacific #8, #1002. Unknown.
9
Donahue
4-4-0Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works4/1870To Southern Pacific #9. Unknown.
10
Newhall
4-4-0Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works4/1870To Southern Pacific #10. Unknown.
11
Menlo Park
4-4-0Mason Machine Works4/16/1870To Southern Pacific #11. Unknown.
12
Racer
4-4-0McK/A7/1868Ex-C.P. #97. To Southern Pacific #12. Unknown.
13
Shoshone
4-4-0Norris Locomotive Works6/1867Ex-C.P. #36. To Southern Pacific #13. Unknown.
14
Red Eagle
4-4-0Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works7/1868Ex-C.P. #117. To Southern Pacific #14. Unknown.
15
Black Deer
4-4-0McK/A10/1867Ex-C.P. #55. To Southern Pacific #15. Unknown.
16
Reindeer
4-4-0Schenectady Locomotive Works11/1868Ex-C.P. #147. To Southern Pacific #1151. Unknown.
17
Mohave
4-4-0Norris Locomotive Works7/1860Ex-C.P. #93. To Southern Pacific #17. Unknown.
18
Peeler
4-4-0Rhode Island Locomotive Works11/1868Ex-C.P. #135. To Southern Pacific #18. Unknown.
19
Raven
4-4-0Schenectady Locomotive Works10/1868Ex-C.P. #142. To Southern Pacific #19. Unknown.
20
4-4-0Baldwin Locomotive Works6/1872Ex-W. Wisc. #20. To Southern Pacific #20. Unknown.