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Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
All time Alexander Railroad locomotive roster
General Electric
Alexander #3
Alexander #3
Statesville, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Alexander #3
to Alexander Railroad #3, 1961
Apr 1999 / JCH
Statesville, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Statesville, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Statesville, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Statesville, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Statesville, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
from The Short Line magazine #83 — Feb 1987 / collection
from EXTRA 2200 South — Jan 1973 / collection
Taylorsville, NC / Apr 1975 / Warren Calloway 
collection
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
American Locomotive Co.
collection
he Alexander Railroad rostered a total of four end-cab switchers built by ALCO, the American Locomotive Company. Unusual among southeastern shortline rosters, three of these S-series motors served the line well for several decades. Unit #4 was purchased to replace the aging GE centercabs, but it proved too heavy for the Alexander's trackage at the time and was soon sold. Unit #5 worked the line for years, but was sold to an outfit in Kentucky who rebuilt the locomotive as a power car. It is derelict now, but its distinctively ALCO cab has been rescued and survives at the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum. Wonderfully, two Alexander S-series movers survive in preservation, both still in the state of North Carolina. Unit #6 is operational at the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum in Newton and bears the shortline's paint scheme; and Unit #7 has been repainted into an attractive Southern Railway livery at the Craggy Mountain Line outside Asheville.
from EXTRA 2200 South magazine — Jul 1972 / collection
Alexander #5
Alexander #5
Statesville, NC / Sep 1974 / Warren Calloway
Alexander #5
to Baltimore & Ohio #9153
to Alexander Railroad #5
to Kentucky-Ohio Trans Co #80
rebuilt by KOT as power car
from EXTRA 2200 South magazine #43 — Nov 1973 / collection
Stony Point, NC / Sep 1975 / Tom Sink 
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
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Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Alexander #6
Alexander #6
Statesville, NC / Nov 2010 / Harold Hodnett
Alexander #6
to Alexandar Railroad #6
to SE Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum
this locomotive also posted in Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum
Statesville, NC / Nov 2010 / Harold Hodnett
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
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Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
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Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
from Railfan & Railroad magazine — Feb 2020 / collection
Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Davenport Rock Island & North Western #5
Davenport, Ia / Jul 1978 / Stephie Kolata collection
Mar 2025 / RWH
Newton, NC / Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
Mar 2025 / RWH
See also our complete Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum scrapbook in Preservation
Alexander #7
Alexander #7
Taylorsville, NC / May 1982 / Jim Owens
Alexander #7
to Penn Central #9473
to Alexander Railroad #7
to Craggy Mountain Line as Southern #7
this locomotive also posted in Craggy Mountain Line
Taylorsville, NC / Aug 2009 / Richard Lea
Penn Central #9473
Birmingham, Al / Feb 1978 / Steven Vincent
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
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Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
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Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
Jun 2021 / RWH
Jun 2021 / RWH
Woodfin, NC / Jun 2021 / RWH
See also our complete Craggy Mountain Line scrapbook in Preservation
Electro-Motive
Alexander #8
Alexander #8
Stony Point, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Alexander #8
to Alexander Railroad #8, 1990
Hiddenite, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Scotts, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Hiddenite, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Hiddenite, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Midway, NC / Apr 1999 / RWH
Midway, NC / Apr 1999 / JCH
Hiddenite, NC / Apr 1999 / JCH
Hiddenite, NC / Apr 1999 / JCH
Taylorsville, NC / Apr 1999 / JCH
Taylorsville, NC / Dec 1992 / Rick Morgan
Alexander #9
Alexander #9
Midway, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Alexander #9
1 of 204 in Southern Pacific order #4608
to National Railway Equipment
to Larrys Truck & Electric
to Alexander Railroad #9
Midway, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Taylorsville, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Taylorsville, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Statesville, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Southern Pacific #2627
San Francisco, Ca / May 1983 / Ron Hawkins
Stony Point, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Midway, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Midway, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Statesville, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Stony Point, NC / May 2019 / RWH
May 2019 / RWH
Midway, NC / May 2019 / RWH
Taylorsville, NC / Oct 2012 / Ben Wells
Alexander #12
Taylorsville, NC / Feb 2025 / Mark MacDougall
