Diesel Class

This table summarises all first generation diesel locomotives that may have been in operation before 1959 grouped by class. Other first generation diesels were acquired in the 1960s but are not included here.
Acknowledgements and references to the photos are given at the bottom of the table.

	Builder	Model	CNJ Class	Quantity	Numbers	Built	Horse power

YARD SWITCHERS
1 Ingersoll Rand/GE Box-Cab Switcher
1
	IR/GE	Boxcab	SD-3	1	#1000	1925	300

11 Alco Switchers
1
	Alco	HH660	SD-28	4	#1020-1023	1938	600

1
	Alco	S1	SD-29	2	#1024-1025	1941	660
	Alco	S2	SD-33	5	#1067-1071	1944	1000

19 Baldwin Switchers
1
	Baldwin	VO660	SD-29	4	#1040-1043	1942	660

1
	Baldwin	VO1000	SD-33	5	#1062-1066	1944	1000
	BLH	S12	SD-34	7	#1053-1059	1951	1200
	Baldwin	DS4-4-1000	SD-34	3	#1072-1074	1950	1000
	These are all versions of the VO1000 switcher with minor changes
25 EMD Switchers
1
	EMC	SW1	SD-24	4	#1009-1012	1939,42	600

1
	EMD	NW2	SD-31	2	#1060-1061	1942	1000

1
	EMC	SW	SD-26	4	#1005-1008	1939	600
	EMD	SW7	SD-36	4	#1080-1083	1950	1200
	EMD	SW9	SD-36	11	#1084-1094	1952	1200


FREIGHT
10 Baldwin cab units
1
	Baldwin	DR 4-4-1500	FD-43	10 cab	#70-79	1947-8	1500
	Baldwin	DR 4-4-1500	FD-43	5	#K,L,M,R,S	1947-8	1500

27 EMD cab units
2
	EMD	F3A	FD-42	10 cab	#50-59	1947	1500
	EMD	F3B	FD-42	5	#A-E	1947	1500


mainly-Freight ROAD SWITCHERS
45 Alco Road Switchers
1
	Alco	RS-1	FPSD-34	6	#1200-1205	1950	1000

2
	Alco	RS-3	FPSD-46 FPSD-53	24	#1540-1555 #1700-1709	1950,53	1600
	The bodywork of the RS-3 and RSD4/5 is the same. Only the trucks are different (4-wheel on the RS-3; 6 wheel on the RSD4/5s)
2
	Alco	RSD-4	FSD-79	14	#1601-1614	1951,52	1600
	Alco	RSD-5	SD-79	1	#1615	1953	1600

4 Baldwin Road Switchers
2
	BLH	RS-12	FPSD-32	4	#1206-1209	1953	1200


PASSENGER
6 Baldwin double-enders
2
	Baldwin	DRX 6-4-2000	PD-30	6	#2000-2005	1946,47	2000

10 Budd Railcars
1
	Budd	RDC-1	ED	10	#551-561	1954 1956-58


mainly-Passenger ROAD SWITCHERS
31 Fairbanks-Morse Road Switchers
3
	FM	H15-44	FPSD-37	14	#1500-1513	1948-49	1500
	FM	H16-44	FPSD-42	4	#1514-1517	1950	1600

1
	FM	H24-66	FPSD-67	13	#2401-2413	1954,56	2400

13 EMD Road Switchers
4
	EMD	GP7	FPSD-42	13	#1520-1532	1952	1500

The photos are from (ref.s are next to the pictures)
                1.    NE Rails site diesel page - visit that site for the original, high resolution photos,
                2.    "Jersey Central Lines in Color - volume 2"
                3.    "Jersey Central Lines in Color - volume 3"
              4.    "Trackside around Allentown, PA"

This table has been assembled from several sources including "Jersey Central Diesels" - Bernet; "Locomotives of the Jersey Central" - Crater & Owen; "Jersey Central Lines in Color - volume 2" - Brennan, and the NE Rails site diesel page.

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Last modified: January 2018