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The Definitive History of the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway Inc. 1977-2006

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Locomotives Roster

The Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway primarily operated a small, varied fleet of locomotives, freight cars and maintenance of ways equipment (MoW). This included both owned and leased equipment. Throughout its history, TSBY only regularly operated a select few of it diesel locomotives. The following table includes acquired, purchased and state-assigned assets only.

Make	Model	Number	S/N	Build Date	Former Road	Disposition	Notes
ALCO	RS-1	2394	79572		ATSF		Corkpine Express, Chopped Nose
ALCO	RS-2	466	73645		D&M 466	Sold to Michigan Southern and Scraped	C.M. Ritter
ALCO	RS-3	1508	80735
ALCO	S-3	10			AA
EMD	GP-9	5967	20876		B&O 5967	Unknown	Never used by TSBY
EMD	GP-9	6515	22989		B&O 6515	Unknown	Never used by TSBY
EMD	GP-9	6541	23015		B&0 6541	Unknown	Never used by TSBY
EMD	GP-35	385	28991	March 1964	AA 385	Transferred to GLC 2006	The Elmira
EMD	GP-35	386	28992	March 1964	AA 386	Scraped 1986
EMD	GP-35	387	28993	March 1964	AA 387	Scraped 1996
EMD	GP-35	388	28994	April 1964	AA 388	Transferred to GLC 2006 and Scrapped	City of Petoskey
EMD	GP-35	389	28995	April 1964	AA 389	Transferred to GLC 2006 and Scrapped	City of Traverse City
EMD	GP-35	390	28996	April 1964	AA 390	Transferred to GLC 2006	City of Durand
EMD	GP-35	391	28997	May 1964	AA 391	Transferred to GLC 2006	City of Owosso
EMD	GP-35	392	28998	May 1964	AA 392	Transferred to GLC 2006	City of Mt Pleasant
EMD	GP-35	393	28999	June 1964	AA 393	Transferred to GLC 2006	City of Cadillac
EMD	GP-35	394	29000	June 1964	AA 394	Transferred to GLC 2006	City of Clare
EMD	GP-35	2646	29901	January 1965	SOU 2646, NS 2646	Sold to Eastern Idaho Railroad	High Hood
EMD	GP-35	2648	29903	January 1965	SOU 2681, NS 2684	Transferred to GLC 2006 and Scrapped 2018	City of Howell, High Hood
EMD	GP-35	2681	29936	March 1965	SOU 2681, NS 2681	Transferred to GLC 2006	High Hood
EMD	NW-2u	1977	1695		UP 1034	Transferred to GLC 2006	City of Vassar
GE	25T	2126	31777	January 1953	Petoskey Portland Cement	Transferred to GLC 2006	Shop Switcher

Freight Cars Roster

TSBY owned a small fleet of its own freight cars and also leased others to meet the needs of its customers. Most of the freight car roster included;

Covered Hoppers: The railway took delivery of 50 ACF covered hoppers in the summer of 1979 and another group of 50 (grey) covered hoppers (built by Richmond Tank Car) in 1980. At there peek, TSBY had a total of at least 100 owned cars just for grain products. Additional covered hoppers were also leased from Chicago Refrigerator Dispatch in the 1980s.
Insulated Boxcar: It is believed that at least one car, of Reading ancestry, was purchased to handle traffic from a local pickle company.
Refrigerator Cars: 11 refrigerator cars (originally from American Refrigerator Transit) were also acquired to serve the Dykhouse Pickle Co. of Vassar.

Make	Model	Quantity	Reporting Marks	AAR Type
Manufactur Name Here	Model Name Here	0000	TSBY 000000-000000	C113

MoW Equipment Roster

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Make	Model	Number	Former Owner	Disposition	Notes
Kershaw	Ballest Regulator	2264		Transferred to GLC 2006
Kershaw	Brush Cutter	BC-509		Transferred to GLC 2006
Russel	Snow Plow	4502	AA 4502	Transferred to GLC 2006	WalthersProto #920-110030 HO Scale
Kershaw	Tie Crane	2265		Transferred to GLC 2006	Durango Press DP-99 HO Scale Metal Kit

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