Bellefonte Central Railroad
Locomotive Roster
Above: 5624 passes the Coleville shop with a Domtar train, 1979, J. Rudnicki collection)
Below is an abridged version of a much more complete BFC roster that we are compiling. Where we are unsure of, or do not possess, the appropriate data, we have noted with a (?). The Bellefonte Central acquired most of its locomotives second-hand from used-equipment dealers. We have not listed these but rather, where known, the name of the railroad that previously owned or operated the locomotives.
1 4-6-0 Baldwin 1886, acquired 1892 from BRB&BE, sold 1902 to Pittsburgh Construction Co.
2 4-6-0 Baldwin 18??, ex-PRR class G1, acq. 1892, sold 1903
3 4-6-0 Baldwin 1873 ex-PRR class G1 No. 836, acq. 1893, sold 1902 to Huntingdon & Broad Top Mtn.
4 2-8-0 Altoona? 1883, ex-PRR class H1, acq. 1902, sold 1912 to Brownsville Construction Co.
5 4-4-0 Altoona 1886, ex-PRR class D7a No. 1015, acq. 1902, sold 1920 to Kishacoquillas Valley RR
6 2-8-0 Altoona? 1882, ex-PRR class H1, acq. 1903, sold 1910
7 4-4-0 ????, acq. 1904, exchanged for No. 8, 1905
8 4-4-0 Baldwin 1883, ex-Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, acq. 1905, sold 1912
9 2-8-0 Altoona 1888, ex-PRR class H3 No. 4159, acq. 1910, scrapped 1936
10 2-8-0 Altoona 1889, ex-PRR class H3 No. 1759, acq. 1910, retired 1926, scrapped 1928
11 2-8-0 Altoona 1891, ex-PRR class H3 No. 196, acq. 1912, scrapped 1928
12 4-6-0 ????. acq. 1920, sold 1921 to Louisiana & Northwestern
13 2-8-0 Altoona 1888, ex-PRR class H3 No. 4158, acq. 1923, sold for scrap 1930
14 2-8-0 Alco/Brooks, ??, ex-Pittsburgh Lisbon & Western No. 18 (?), acq. 1928, sold for scrap 1931
15 2-8-0 Baldwin 1905, ex Lehigh & New England No. 18, acq. 1929, sold 1940 to C&PA RR
16 2-8-0 Alco/R. I. 1902, ex-Detroit Toledo & Ironton No. 76, acq. 1930, sold 1940 to M&U RR
17 2-8-0 Alco/R. I. 1902, ex-Detroit Toledo & Ironton No. 77, acq. 1930, scrapped 1947
18 2-8-0 Richmond 1909, ex-C&O, ex-Va. Central No. 1022, acquired from dealer 1938, scrapped 1947
19 2-8-0 Richmond 1906, ex-C&O, ex-Va. Central No. 901, acquired from dealer 1940, scrapped 1949
20 2-8-0 Juniata,1913, ex-PRR class H9s No. 3485, purchased from PRR 1946, scrapped 1953
21 2-8-0 Juniata 1908, ex-PRR class H9s No. 1691, purchased from PRR 1947, scrapped 1953
22 2-8-0 Baldwin, ex-PRR class H9s No. 444, purchased from PRR 1949, scrapped 1956
5323 B-B SW9, purchased 1953 new from EMD, off roster 1979, to South Central Tennessee RR
5624 B-B SW1200, purchased 1956 new from EMD, off roster 1985, to South Central Tennessee RR