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*SW1001 #91, SW1500s 179 and 215 and GP38-2's 2270, 2271 and 2276 are officially on the LLPX roster. GP38-2 3819 and 3821 are from Helms Leasing. All are included here out of convenience. As a note, several other roster sites idenify the LLPX GPs as being ex-CSX, but this is wrong, in spite of the number of times it has been repeated around the net.

** This unit was in transit to the L&C in early 2002 and actually passed the East Chester interchange with the two roads. Apparently this was no room left at the in..... terchange. It went to Monroe. Then it went to Hamlet. Then it went to Cayce. At some point, CSX derailed it. Rumor has it that it even went down to Waycross, Georgia, though that is unconfirmed. It eventually made it to the L&C in late February. But it's time here may be limited. It is said to have several mechanical problems. As of 07/2003, it has not seen service on the L&C. Chances are, it won't. The HLCX 38-2s also took an interesting turn or two in their travels to the L&C. CSX first dropped them off to the Indiana Rail Road with four other HLCX GP38-2s. Four were supposed to go there. These were all black with simple HLCX markings, all ex-Cons from their 8200 series. The INRD realized the mistake immediately and sent them back to CSX. Within a week, they were at the shop in Lancaster. (Thanks to Jeff Gast for reporting this to Carolina Rails.)
 

This roster was compiled by me -- Joseph C. Hinson -- from the Diesel Era article listed on my bibliography page. The information on the LLPX end cabs came from several online sources, including a simple search on Google, the best search engine in the whole world! The information on the LLPX GP38-2s came from Larry Smoak, Scott Ridenhour and Lee Mahaley while information on the HLCX units came from Bill Miller and Jeff Gast. Many thanks guys!

Thanks to the following people for permission to use their photographs: Brian and Jeremy Plant for supplying the photographs of Vermont Railway SW1500 #501, to Ken Houghton for his shots of Vermont Railway #501 and Clarendon & Pittsford #502 respectively, to Arnie Morscher for his shot of Conrail SW1200 #9336, to Dean Heacock and the CSX Photos Archive for the shot of CSX SW1500 #1071, to Craig Zeni for his shot of CSX SW1001 #1120 to George Elwood for his donation of 1969 shots of SW900 #'s 90 and 91, and of Laurinburg & Southern 70 tonner #104 to Robert Graham for use of his 1978 shot of SW900 #90 and to Mark Lagomarcinov and the TP&W RR Historical Society for the shot of TP&W SW1500 #304. If there is anyone I have failed to give thanks to, and knowing me, there is, I apologize and thank you as well. Contributor web sites are listed on their photgraphs page. Additionally, I have supplied some external links to shots of pictures from people I could not contact. Please let me know if any of these links turn up dead.

A great deal of thanks must go out to the L&C who are very patient with a railfan such as myself. Steve Gedney and High Richardson provided a great deeal of insight into the growth of the line as well as the impending loss of the end cabs. Several crew members are always friendly with a wave and information when they can share. The office people are always friendly and courteous when I call in. Thanks to everyone at the L&C who has had to put up with me from time to time.

If anyone has photographs of any of these engines from their life before or after the L&C, I would love to get copies of them for this site. I'm looking secifically for photographs of the Whitcombs, the 70 tonners, #63 and the GP38-2s in their IC or ICG days or the HLCX ones prior to them being HLCX. Credit will be properly given as well as a link to a web site, should you have one.

Corrections, harsh criticism as well as unqualified praise may be sent to me at -- Joe Hinson

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