2-8-0 steam locomotive No. 159
Ann Arbor 2-8-0, one of 13 Consolidations acquired for freight work during AA’s first period of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton control circa 1906, poses for its builder’s portrait at American’s Schenectady plant.C. W. Witbeck collection
Whitcomb diesel locomotive No. 1
Ann Arbor’s first diesel locomotive was 44-ton Whitcomb center-cab No. 1 of 1941, seen at Owosso in September 1947.Elliot Kahn
4-6-0 steam locomotive No. 121
Ann Arbor 121, a turn-of-the-century Baldwin Ten-Wheeler, stands in the yard at Owosso in 1950.Robert A. Hadley
Alco RS1 diesel locomotive No. 20
Ann Arbor 20 was one of two RS1s on the roster. Acquired in 1950, the pair wore the blue, white, and gray scheme of parent Wabash.Classic Trains collection
2-8-2 steam locomotive No. 180
Ann Arbor Mikado 180 stands for a builder’s photo at American’s Brooks plant in Dunkirk, N.Y., where she and two sisters were built in 1917. She was later renumbered 2480.C. W. Witbeck collection
4-4-2 steam locomotive No. 1611
Handsome No. 1611, one of Ann Arbor’s five 4-4-2 Atlantics, is pictured at Owosso circa 1950.Robert A. Hadley
EMD GP35 diesel locomotive 386
Upon taking control of the Ann Arbor in 1963 for the second time, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton traded in the Annie’s FA2s on 10 EMD GP35s, which reused the FAs’ trucks. The 35s also sported DT&I orange paint.Electro-Motive Division
Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives moved freight to and from docks and lake boats.
See a sampling of those locomotives with this photo gallery of Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives, only from Classic Trains!
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