List of formerly preserved diesel locomotives

This is a list of diesel locomotives that were initially preserved, but wound up being scrapped or sold off during their time in preservation for many reasons such as being in poor condition, mechanical problems, being rendered surplus to requirements by their owners, and many other reasons.
Most of the locomotives on this list were owned by either a railroad museum, railroad historical society, or tourist railroad in some capacity, or were put on static display in a public location. Others were considered for preservation, or attempts were made to preserve them, attempts which ultimately did not follow through. 
==List==
===Japan===
Photograph	Unit 	Model 	Build date 	Manufacturer 	Operator(s) 	Scrapped/Sold	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation	Notes	Refs.
 	DD11 8 	JNR Class DD11	1957 	Kisha Seizō 	Japanese National Railways 	2008 	Facility closure 	 	
 	DD13 381 	JNR Class DD13	October 1967	Kisha Seizō 	Japanese National Railways 	1998 	Facility closure 	 	
 	Kashima Railway DD901	JNR Class DD42	1955 	Nippon Sharyo 	Japanese National RailwaysJōsō Tsukuba RailwayKantō RailwayKashima Railway	February 2007	 	 	
 	DD51 849 	JNR Class DD51	August 1972 	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japanese National Railways 	2000s 	 	 	
 	DD51 865 	JNR Class DD51	March 1973 	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japanese National Railways 	Unknown 	 	 	
 	DD51 872 	JNR Class DD51	July 1973 	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Japanese National Railways 	Unknown 	 	 	
 	DD51 1037 	JNR Class DD51	May 1973 	Hitachi 	Japanese National Railways 	Unknown 	 	 	
 	DE11 2 	JNR Class DE11	 	 	Japanese National Railways 	 	 	 	
 	DE11 10 	JNR Class DE11	 	 	Japanese National Railways 	 	 	 	
===United Kingdom===
Photograph	Unit 	Model 	Build date 	Manufacturer 	Operator(s) 	Scrapped/Sold 	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation 	Notes 	Refs.
 	'Union Pacific 805' 	ALCO S-1 	 	American Locomotive Works 	Nene Valley Railway	2022 	Poor condition, lack of spare parts, unconventional locomotive for the UK 	One of five ALCO S-1s sold to the UK, had been cosmetically restored as a Union Pacific locomotive (while UP did own ALCO S-1s, this particular unit never worked for the UP)	
Frameless 	British Rail Class 01/5 No. 01505 	British Rail Class 01/5 	1984 	Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. 	British Rail
Crewe Heritage Centre	April 26, 2013 	 	 	http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=16
 	British Rail Class 04 No. D2267 	British Rail Class 04 	January 1958 	 	British Rail
North Norfolk Railway
Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenam.	April 2003 	 	 	
Frameless 	British Rail Class 08 No. 08350 	British Rail Class 08 	- 	- 	
British Rail
Crewe Heritage Centre	September 19, 2008	 	British Rail D3420.
Scrapped at Ron Hull, Rotherham on September 19, 2008. 	
 	British Rail Class 08 No. 08388 	British Rail Class 08 	- 	- 	
British Rail 	October 2010 	 	British Rail D3503 	
 	British Rail Class 08 No. 08481 	British Rail Class 08 	- 	- 	
British Rail
Vale of Glamorgan Railway	May 6, 2011 	 	British Rail D3596 	
 	British Rail Class 08 No. 08514 	British Rail Class 08 	1958 	Darlington Works 	British Rail
Vale of Glamorgan Railway	December 10, 2011 	 	British Rail D3676 	http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=322
150x150px 	British Rail Class 08 No. 08628 	British Rail Class 08 	- 	- 	
British Rail 	May 19, 2016 	 	British Rail D3795 	
Frameless 	British Rail Class 08 No. 08750 	British Rail Class 08 	- 	- 	
British Rail 	December 18, 2018 	 	British Rail D3918 	
Frameless 	British Rail Class 10 No. D3476 	British Rail Class 10 	- 	- 	British Rail
Colne Valley Railway	- 	 	 	
 	British Rail No. Class 11 12049 (Formerly No. 12082)	British Rail Class 11 	- 	- 	British Rail
Watercress Line	July 26, 2010 	Fire damage 	Scrapped on July 26, 2010, due to a fire damaging the locomotive. 	
Frameless 	British Rail Class 12 No. 12098 	British Rail Class 12 	1952 	BR's Derby Works 	British Rail 	- 	 	 	http://uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=415
 	British Rail Class 20 No. 20035 	British Rail Class 20 	- 	- 	British Rail
Colne Valley Railway	2016 	 	British Rail D8035, CFD #2001 	
 	British Rail Class 20 No. 20177 	British Rail Class 20 	1966 	English Electric’s Vulcan Foundry	British Rail 	2017 	 	British Rail D8177. 
Scrapped in 2017, but its cab was spared and taken to The Cab Yard. 	20177 – The Cab Yard (traincabs.co.uk)
 	British Rail Class 20 No. 20206 	British Rail Class 20 	- 	- 	British Rail 	- 	 	 	
 	British Rail Class 31 No. 31275 	British Rail Class 31 (Class 31/1)	1961 	Brush Traction 	British Rail 	- 	 	British Rail D5805 	http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=150
 	British Rail Class 42 No. 42818 	British Rail Class 42 	November 1, 1972 	BR's Swindon Works 	British Rail 	1985 	Deteriorated beyond repair 	British Rail D818 "Glory" 	
 	British Rail Class 45 No. 45015 	British Rail Class 45 	November 24, 1960	BR's Derby Works 	British Rail 	November 2021 	Poor condition from being overgrown and infested with asbestos, algae and lichen 	British Rail D14 	https://web.archive.org/web/20120321213135/http://www.45015.org.uk/45015Bkgd.htm
 	British Rail Class 47 No. 47524 	British Rail Class 47 	1966 	BR's Crewe Works 	British Rail 	August 27, 2019 	 	British Rail D1107 	http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=296
- 	British Rail Class 50 No. 50040 	British Rail Class 50 	 	English Electric 	British Rail 	 	Deteriorated quite badly; most of the major components had been stripped out; couldn't find a solid home anywhere	British Rail 50040 "Leviathan" 	
===United States of America===
Photograph	Unit 	Model 	Build date 	Manufacturer 	Operator(s) 	Former Nos.	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation 	Scrapped/Sold 	Notes 	Refs.
Frameless 	Buffalo and Pittsburgh No. 463 	EMD SD45 	June 1967 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
* Helm Financial Corporation
*Illinois Midland Railroad
*Portland and Western Railroad
*Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad	SP:
*8928
*7498
HATX:
*924
IMRR:
*463
PNWR:
*3602
BPRR:
*463	- 	September 2012 	- 	http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3349113
 	Burlington Northern No. 5017 	GE C30-7 	October 1979 	General Electric 	
*Burlington Northern Railroad
*Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway	
*BN #5017
*MMA #5017	Failed auction acquisition that was blocked by local police after the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster; poor mechanical condition due to poor maintenance 	2020 	- 	-
Frameless 	Burlington Northern No. 6627 	EMD F45 	April 1971 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Burlington Northern
* Daylight Locomotives and Machine Works
* Transisco Tours
* Wisconsin Central
* Montana Rail Link	
* BN 6627
* DLMX 743
* MCHX 1001
* WSOR 1001
* MRL 391	Sold to Transisco Tours, and later to Wisconsin Central and Montana Rail Link. Scrapped by the 2010s 	2010s 	- 	-
 	California Western No. 55 	Baldwin RS-12 	1955 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	
*McCloud River Railroad
*California Western Railroad	
*MRR #32
* CWR #55	- 	1995 	- 	-
 	Canadian National No. 6767 	MLW FPA4 	January 1959 	Montreal Locomotive Works 	
*Canadian National
*VIA Rail
*Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad	
*CN 6767
* VIA 6767
*CVSR 6767	Gutted of mechanical parts by 2015, cab roof cut off in 2022 for use in ATSF 59L. 	2022 	- 	-
Frameless 	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway No. 6661 	EMD GP9 	1956 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
*Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
*Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway
*Stone Mountain Railroad	C&O #6661 	- 	2011 	- 	-
 	Chicago & Northwestern No. 1219 	EMD SW1200 	 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Chicago & Northwestern
* Fremont & Elk Valley	
* Chicago & Northwestern 1219
* Fremont & Elk Valley 1219	Vandalized, copper wiring stripped out and stolen, was too expensive to move due to still having friction bearings 	September 2022 	 	
Frameless 	Coe Rail No. 416 	EMD F7A 	October 1949 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
*Coe Rail	C&NW #4077A	- 	2012 	- 	-
Frameless 	Conrail No. 8564 	EMD SW1 	August 1950 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Pennsylvania Railroad
*Conrail
*Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc
*Tyburn Railroad Company
*LTSX	
*PRR 9404
*CR 8564
*STSX 8564
*TYBR 8564
*LTSX 8564	Poor mechanical condition, gutted of mechanical parts from a cancelled rebuild 	March 2013 	Parts used for the restorations of B&O #8408, PRR #9206, & LV 112 	
 	Conway Scenic No. 1757 	EMD GP9 	November 1956 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*New Hampshire Northcoast Corporation
*Conrail	
*NHN #1757
*Conrail #7065	Used as parts source for B&M #4268 	March 2022 	- 	-
 	Dakota Southern No. 522 	EMD SD7 	October 1953 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Milwaukee Road
*Wisconsin & Southern Railroad
*Dakota Southern Railway	MILW: 
*2222
*522
W&S 
*522	- 	post-2021 	- 	-
- 	Delray Connecting Road No. 66 	ALCO S-1 	 	American Locomotive Works 	
* Delray Connecting Road 	
* Delray Connecting Road No. 66	Poor condition 	2006 	- 	
- 	Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range 316 	EMD SD18/SD-M 	1960 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range
* Canadian National	
* Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range 316	Sold in 2019, traded for an ex-Northern Pacific GP9; was never operable when it was at the museum 	Not scrapped, but sold	Started life as an SD18, and later rebuilt into an "SD-M" 	
Frameless 	Gettysburg Railroad No. 70 	ALCO RS-36 	1962 	American Locomotive Company 	
*Nickel Plate Road
*Norfolk and Western Railway
*Gettysburg Railroad	
*NKP #870
*N&W #2870	- 	2004 	- 	-
 	Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 711	EMD GP9 	January 1954 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
*Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
*MrBeast	C&NW #711 	Sold to MrBeast and used in staged train wreck 	2022 	Left abandoned in a field after the staged train wrecks. 	-
 	Great Smoky Mountains Railroad No. 777	EMD GP9 	September 1954	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
*Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
*MrBeast	C&NW #777 	Withdrawn 2020 and used for parts; Sold to MrBeast and destroyed in staged train wreck 	2022 	Repainted in Illinois Southern paint scheme in early 1990s 	-
 	Louisville and Indiana No. 9321 	EMD SW1200 	1957 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
*Erie Lackawanna Railway
*Conrail
*Louisville and Indiana Railroad	
*DL&W #562
*EL #457
*Conrail #9321	Poor condition, mechanical issues, vandalized with graffiti. 	January 28, 2020 	- 	-
 	Mansbach Metal No. 861 	EMD SW8 	December 1964 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Armco Steel Corporation
*Mansbach Metal Company	
* Armco Steel #1213
*Mansbach Metal #861	Poor condition 	2010 	- 	Mansbach Metals switch locomotive 861 heads t… | FlickrSCRAPPING A OLD LOCOMOTIVE SW1200 RECYCLING - YouTube
- 	Milwaukee Road 38A 	EMD E9A 	 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Milwaukee Road
* National Railroad Museum (Green Bay, Wisconsin)	MILW 38A 	Had deteriorated so badly that it was structurally unstable and couldn't be moved; prime mover and other major components had been stripped out 	Early 2010s 	- 	-
 	Milwaukee Road No. 1613 	EMD SW1 	March 1940 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Milwaukee Road
*Indiana Transportation Museum	MILW #867 	- 	July 4, 2018 	- 	-
 	Minneapolis & St. Louis No. 700 	EMD GP9 	- 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad (dressed)
*Great Northern Railroad (originally built)
*Burlington Northern	
* GN 727
* BN 1800
* BNSF 1606
* M&StL 700	Heavily damaged by flood, later scrapped due to scandal 	2008 	- 	-
 	Montana Rail Link No. 323 	EMD SD45 	November 1969 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
*Montana Rail Link	
*SP #9114
*SP #7550
*MRL #323	- 	May 26, 2014 	- 	http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/LocoPicture.aspx?id=9012
 	New York Central No. 2510 	GE U25B 	May 1964 	General Electric 	
*New York Central
*Penn Central
*Conrail	- 	Poor condition from being abandoned in the woods for years; gutted of usable parts 	2023 	- 	-
 	New York Central No. 8254 	ALCO RS-3 	June 1951 	American Locomotive Company 	
*New York Central
*Penn Central
*Conrail	- 	Poor condition from being abandoned in the woods for years; gutted of usable parts and damaged by arson fires 	2023 	- 	-
- 	Nickel Plate Road No. 910 	EMD GP35 	 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Nickel Plate Road
* Norfolk & Western
* Norfolk Southern
* Springfield Transportation/"Guilford"
* Pan Am Railways	
* Nickel Plate Road 910
* Norfolk & Western 2910
* Norfolk Southern 2910	Destroyed as part of a firefighter training exercise; preservation groups tried to step in and save it, but could not raise the money in time 	2010s 	The last diesel locomotive purchased by the Nickel Plate Road, and their only GP35. 	
Frameless 	Oregon Pacific No. 801 	EMD SW8 	August 1951 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Great Northern Railway
*Burlington Northern Railroad
*Oregon Pacific Railroad	
*GN 99
*BN 99
*OPR 801	Destroyed in 2020 Oregon wildfire 	2020-2024 	Set to be either rebuilt to a slug or used as parts source for sister locomotive 803 	https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/707064022234693664/1241541346603438190/image0.jpg?ex=66fd363b&is=66fbe4bb&hm=33fc5f8e285dc5f26544cc5277411e6dbca862c632c19b32270b65c6e6cb2ab2&
 	Peavey Grain Co. No. 1279 	EMD SW1 	June 1939 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Peavey Grain Co.
*Lake Superior Railroad Museum	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
- 	Penn Central No. 4206 	EMD E7A 	August 1947 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Pennsylvania Railroad
* Penn Central	
* Penn Central 4206	Presumed to be in poor physical condition, and ITM probably assumed more would be saved 	1972 	- 	
 	Pennsylvania Railroad No. 5706 	EMD E8A 	September 1952	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Pennsylvania Railroad
*Penn Central
*Amtrak
*Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad	
*PRR #4276
*PRR #5706
*Amtrak #495
*Amtrak 284
*RBM&N #5706	Was sitting in the parking lot of a strip mall; strip mall decided to remove it as it needed a new parking lot 	2021 	- 	-
 	Seaboard Coast Line No. 7087 	GE C30-7 	November 1981 	General Electric 	
*Seaboard Coast Line
*CSX Transportation
*New Hope Railroad	
*SBD #7087
*CSX #7087
*NHRR #7087	Withdrawn in 2018-2019; broken turbocharger and was decided funds would go to purchasing a new locomotive instead of repairing it 	2021 	- 	http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=165746
 	Southern Pacific No. 4450 "Huff" 	EMD SD9 	April 1954 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
*Golden Gate Railroad Museum	
*SP #5363
*SP #3822	Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers. 	August 2013 	- 	http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/3800.html
 	Southern Pacific No. 5239 	Baldwin AS-616 	September 1950	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
*Oregon and Northwestern Railroad	- 	- 	November 2009 	O&NW #2 	http://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/onw.html
 	Southern Pacific No. 1303 	EMD NW2R 	June 1949 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
*Galveston Railroad Museum	- 	Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 	2012 	Arrived in 1984 	-
- 	Southern Pacific No. 8385 	EMD SD40T-2 	June 1979 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Southern Pacific
* Union Pacific	
* Southern Pacific 8385
* Union Pacific 2921	Sold to GMTX/traded for an ex-M&StL GP9; 2921 was too big for what the Boone & Scenic Valley needed; has since been freshly overhauled at GMTX and still existed as of 2022 	- 	Sometime around 2009, the B&SV asked the Union Pacific for an SD40-2, and presumably wanted a C&NW SD40-2 like the Illinois Railway Museum. UP refurbished the unit at North Little Rock and it had lots of new parts on it when it was donated	
 	Spokane Portland & Seattle No. 866 	ALCO FA/Power Pack	June 1950 (original)
1970s (rebuild)	ALCO 	
*Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
*Burlington Northern Railroad
* Long Island Railroad
*Daylight Locomotives and Machine Works (DLMX)	
* SP&S #866
*BN #4120
* LIRR #613
* DLMX #866	Became landlocked on a spur that BNSF wanted to abandon and remove; BNSF gave the ORHC a very short window to move it and they were unable to raise the funds to move it in time. It had been thoroughly gutted by this time.	February 2024 	Cab salvaged for future display 	https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/707064022234693664/1206840551350214656/Screenshot_2024-02-12_173704.png?ex=65dd78d9&is=65cb03d9&hm=7484371172fd278bc8991a42ba484b5c727e0818b12b9d642d1f7abd21120203&
 	Texas Limited No. 100 	EMD F7A 	July 1952 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
*Texas Limited
*Galveston Railroad Museum	SP #6379 	Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 	June 2011 	Parts salvaged for restoration of RPCX 315 and 316 	-
 	Texas Limited No. 200 	EMD F7A 	October 1950 	Electro-Motive Division 	
*Southern Pacific Transportation Company
*Texas Limited
*Galveston Railroad Museum	SP #6309 	Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 	June 2011 	Parts salvaged for restoration of RPCX 315 and 316 	
- 	Union Pacific No. 849 	EMD GP30 	 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Union Pacific 	
* Union Pacific 849	Current fate unknown; 	???? 	- 	
- 	Wasbash No. 547 	EMD GP35 	April 1964 	Electro-Motive Division 	
* Wabash 
* Norfolk & Western	
* Wasbash 547
* Norfolk & Western 2918	Sold sometime around 2010, but unknown if it's been scrapped 	- 	The last locomotive purchased by the Wasbash; a cosmetic restoration back to it's Wabash appearance was started but never finished; 547 was last spotted in Kansas City in 2013; it's current fate is unknown 	
 	Western Pacific No. 506 	ALCO S-1 	April 1942 	American Locomotive Company 	
*Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad
*Western Pacific Railroad Museum	- 	- 	- 	- 	
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jGSkaGqn0M
 	White Pass & Yukon Route No. 100 	GE Class 90 	May 1966 	General Electric 	White Pass and Yukon Route	WP&Y 100 	Withdrawn 2013 for cancelled overhaul; parted out 	2015 	- 	
Frameless 	White Pass & Yukon Route No. 102 	MLW DL-535E 	1969-1971 	Montreal Locomotive Works 	White Pass and Yukon Route	WP&Y 102 	Destroyed in roundhouse fire 	1992 	- 	-
Frameless 	White Pass & Yukon Route No. 105 	MLW DL-535E 	1969-1971 	Montreal Locomotive Works 	White Pass and Yukon Route	WP&Y 105 	Destroyed in roundhouse fire 	1992 	- 	-
- 	Youngstown Tube & Steel No. 607 	BLW VO660 	 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	
* Youngstown Tube & Steel	
* Youngstown Tube & Steel 607	Unknown 	1980s? 	- 	
===Wales===
Photograph	Unit	Model	Build date	Manufacturer 	Operator(s) 	Scrapped/Sold	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation	Notes	Refs.
Frameless 	Tyke	4wDM 	1941 	Hunslet Engine Company	Ffestiniog Railway	1985 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
===Canada===
Photograph	Unit 	Model 	Build date	Manufacturer 	Operator(s) 	Scrapped/Sold 	Cause of scrapping/pulling from preservation 	Notes 	Refs.
 	Canadian Pacific 4723	M636 	1970 	Montreal Locomotive Works	Canadian Pacific	September 25, 2017	Had been vandalized and deteriorated 	- 	-
 	Canadian Pacific 8554	FM H-16-44	July 1955 	Fairbanks-Morse 	Canadian Pacific	December 2023 	Issues getting the unit transported off the property it was stored at	Last surviving H-16-44 in Canada; was set aside for preservation since the 1970s	-
==Videos==
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File:Scrapping an EMD SW1200 Locomotive Timelapse
==References==
*https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2242026
*https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1701198
*https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1694657,1694657#msg-1694657
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