List of Peninsula Commute locomotives

Many locomotives from numerous rail companies have served along the Peninsula Commute rail line between San Francisco and San Jose since 1863. Agencies and companies that have managed service include Southern Pacific, San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, Caltrain, Caltrans, Amtrak (contracted operator from 1980 to 2012) and TransitAmerica Services (contracted operator from 2012- current).

Current Caltrans and Caltrain Fleet (1980-Current)

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  Three Caltrain EMD F40PH locomotives at the San Francisco station.
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  Caltrain passing College Park led by an MP36PH-3C locomotive

Number/name	Model/Class[1]	Wheel arrangement	Builder	Year	Disposition and Location	Photograph
900 San Francisco	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
901 San Jose	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
902 San Mateo	F40PH-2	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
903 Santa Clara	F40PH-2	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service	1985 Caltrans livery
904 Palo Alto	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
905 Sunnyvale	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
906 Burlingame	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
907 Mountain View	F40PH-2	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service	1985 Caltrans livery
908 Redwood City	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
909 Menlo Park	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
910 Millbrae	F40PH-2	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
911 San Carlos	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
912 San Bruno	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
913 Belmont	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
914 Atherton	F40PH-2	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
915 South San Francisco	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
916 California	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service	Original 1985 Caltrans livery Current JPBX scheme
917 Gilroy	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1985	In revenue service
918 County of San Mateo	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1987	In revenue service
919 County of Santa Clara	F40PH-2-CAT	B-B	EMD	1987	In revenue service
920 Morgan Hill (Operation Lifesaver)	F40PH-2C	B-B	Boise	1985	In revenue service
921 San Martin	F40PH-2C	B-B	Boise	1998	In revenue service
922 Tamien	F40PH-2C	B-B	Boise	1998	In revenue service
923[1]	MPI MP36PH-3C	B-B	MPI	2003	In revenue service
924	MPI MP36PH-3C	B-B	MPI	2003	In revenue service
925 Jackie Speier	MPI MP36PH-3C	B-B	MPI	2003	In revenue service
926	MPI MP36PH-3C	B-B	MPI	2003	In revenue service
927	MPI MP36PH-3C	B-B	MPI	2003	In revenue service
928	MPI MP36PH-3C	B-B	MPI	2003	In revenue service

Southern Pacific Locomotives (1870–1980)

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  A Southern Pacific FM H-24-66 with the a Peninsula Commute train at the 3rd and Townsend Street station in San Francisco.

Steam fleet (1870–1954)

Number/name	Model/Class	Wheel arrangement	Builder	Year	Disposition and Location	Photograph
Southern Pacific 1, 1001 "C.P. Huntington"		4-2-4T	Cooke Locomotive Works	October, 1863	On static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CA.
Southern Pacific 1903–1905	Pr-1 and Pr-2 ("Prairie")	2-6-2	Sacramento Shops	c. 1881–82	1905 was originally numbered 1506 by Central Pacific;[2] scrapped in 1930s.[3]
Southern Pacific (various)	C-x ("Consolidation")	2-8-0	Various, including Baldwin	Various-1957	Nine survive; 2521, 2562, 2579, 2706, 2718, 2781, 2825, 2852, 3420. 2706, built in 1904, is being restored at Colusa, CA.[4][5]
Southern Pacific (various)	Mk-x ("Mikado")	2-8-2	Various	Various-1957	745 is the only Mk-5 that survived it's undergoing FRA 15 year inspection/overhaul
Southern Pacific 2004–2386	T-x ("Ten Wheel")	4-6-0	Various	Various-1957	2353 and 2355 are on static display.
Southern Pacific 2461–2475	P-8 ("Pacific")	4-6-2	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1921-1957	2467 survives; 2472 is operational at the Niles Canyon Railway
Southern Pacific 2478–2491	P-10		Baldwin Locomotive Works	1923-1957	2479 is undergoing restoration at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
Southern Pacific 3100–3109	P-11		Various	1923-1957	All scrapped.
Southern Pacific 4300–4327	MT-1 ("Mountain")	4-8-2	Various	1923-1957	Assigned to various other trains at the same time. All scrapped.
Southern Pacific 4385-4390	MT-2		Various	1924-1957	Assigned to various other trains at the same time. All scrapped.
Southern Pacific 4328-4345	MT-3		Various	1925-1957	Assigned to various other trains at the same time. All scrapped.
Southern Pacific 4346-4366	MT-4		Various	1926-1957	Assigned to various other trains at the same time. All scrapped.
Southern Pacific 4367-4376	MT-5		Sacramento Shops	1927-1957	Assigned to various other trains at the same time. All scrapped.
Southern Pacific 4400-4409[6]	GS-1 ("Golden State" or "General Service")	4-8-4	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1930-1956	Assigned to various other trains at the same time. Retired in 1956 and scrapped.[7]
Southern Pacific 4410-4415	GS-2		Lima Locomotive Works	1937-1957	This locomotive class was assigned to various other trains at the same time, starting in the mid-1940s. None survive.
Southern Pacific 4416-4429	GS-3			1938-1957	This locomotive class was assigned to various other trains at the same time, starting in the mid-1940s. None survive.
Southern Pacific 4430-4457	GS-4			1941-1957	This locomotive class was assigned to various other trains at the same time, starting in the early 1950s. 4449 still survives.
Southern Pacific 4458 & 4459	GS-5			1942-1958	This locomotive class was assigned to various other trains at the same time, starting in the early 1950s. None survive.
Southern Pacific 4460-4469	GS-6			1943-1958	This locomotive class was assigned to various other trains at the same time, starting in the late 1940s. 4460 still survives.

Diesel-electric fleet (1954–1985)

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  The primary locomotives from 1956–1974 were F-M H24-66 TrainMasters such as SP 3022
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  Supplanted by EMD SDP45s by 1975
• 
  Complemented by GP9 combinations

Number/name	Model/Class	Wheel arrangement	Builder	Year	Disposition and Location	Photograph
Amtrak 700	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/07	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from passenger service under an ICC order to return offline freight cars.[8] A total of 15 Amtrak P30CH locomotives were leased.
Amtrak 702	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 703	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 704	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 705	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 706	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 707	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 709	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 711	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/08	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 712	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/09	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 716	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/09	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 718	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/09	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Amtrak 720	GE P30CH	C-C	GE Transportation Systems	1975/11	Leased to SP for 1978–79 after SP SDP45s were pulled from service.[8]
Southern Pacific 3020	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/12	Purchased as 4800; renumbered to 3020 (1965). Retired and sold 1974.[9] Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3021	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/12	Purchased as 4801; renumbered to 3021 (1965). Retired 1974 and sold 1975.[9] Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3022	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Purchased as 4802; renumbered to 3022 (1965). Retired and sold 1975.[9] Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3023	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Purchased as 4803; renumbered to 3023.[10] Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3024	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3025	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/12	Purchased as 4805; renumbered to 3025 (1965). Stripped 1975 and scrapped 1978.[9]
Southern Pacific 3026	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3027	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3028	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Purchased as 4808; renumbered to 3028 (1965). Engine failed 1974 and scrapped 1975.[9]
Southern Pacific 3029	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/12	Purchased as 4809; renumbered to 3029 (1965). Retired and scrapped 1974.[9]
Southern Pacific 3030	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/12	Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3031	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/11	Purchased as 4811; renumbered to 3031 (1965). Retired and scrapped 1975.[9]
Southern Pacific 3032	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1953/11	Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3033	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Purchased as 4813; renumbered to 3033 (1965). Retired 1975.[9] Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3034	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks Morse	1954	Purchased as 4814; renumbered to 3034 (1965). Retired 1975.[9] Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3035	FM H-24-66	C-C	Fairbanks-Morse	1954/02	Scrapped.
Southern Pacific 3186[11]	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/06	Built as 5603; renumbered to 3003 (1965) and 3186 (1975). Retired in 1995. Sold to Western Rail Inc., Washington state and rebuilt with low nose as WRIX 3186. Sold to Kalama Export and remains in service.[12]
Southern Pacific 3187	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/05	Carried numbers 5894 (1961) and 3000 (1965) before renumbering to 3187 (1975). Retired in July 1994.[12] Scrapped	1982 "Rainbow" scheme
Southern Pacific 3188	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/05	Built as 5600, renumbered to 3008 then 3188.[13] Scrapped
Southern Pacific 3189	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/06	Built as 5623; renumbered to 3005 (1965) and 3189 (1977). Retired in 1991 and sold for scrap in 1992. Repainted in "Black Widow" and preserved as Southern Pacific 5623 at the Niles Canyon Railway.[12]
Southern Pacific 3190	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1955/04	Built as 5625; renumbered to 3007 then 3190.[14] Served with North Coast Railroad as NCRR 3190.[15] Unknown
Southern Pacific 3191	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/05	Number 5893 was renumbered to 3422, then 3010 (1967) and 3191 (1977). Retired in 1993. Briefly owned by Feather River Rail Society before becoming Connecticut Central 53 in 1994.[12] Preserved as B&O 6641. In Service
Southern Pacific 3192	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/06	Built as 5602, renumbered to 3009 (1965) and 3192 (1977). Retired in 1993; rebuilt with low nose and sold to Ottawa Valley Rail Link as RLK 4202.[12] Unknown
Southern Pacific 3193	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/06	Carried number 5601 before renumbering to 3002 (1965) and 3193 (1978). Retired in 1993. Scrapped 2001.[12]
Southern Pacific 3194	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/05	Built as TNO 281; renumbered to SP 5895 (1961), then 3001 (1965) and 3194 (1977).[16] Retired 1998. Preserved by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum. Operational.[17]
Southern Pacific 3195	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1955/06	Built as 5624; renumbered to 3006 and 3195.[18] Unknown
Southern Pacific 3196	EMD GP9	B-B	EMD	1954/05	Built as 5622; renumbered to 3004 (1965) and 3196 (1979). Retired in 1990.[12] Unknown
Southern Pacific 3197	EMD GP40P-2	B-B	EMD	1974/11	Renumbered to SP 7600 in 1986; retired in 2002. In service with the Indiana Harbor Belt as IHB 4010, Rebuilt as GP40-2[19]	1976 Bicentennial scheme
Southern Pacific 3198	EMD GP40P-2	B-B	EMD	1974/11	Renumbered to SP 7601 in 1986. In Service with Union Pacific as UP 1373, Rebuilt as GP40-2[19]
Southern Pacific 3199	EMD GP40P-2	B-B	EMD	1974/11	Renumbered to SP 7601. In Service with Union Pacific as UP 1375, Rebuilt as GP40-2[20]
Southern Pacific 3200	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/05	Damaged by fire in 1989; retired 1990. Scrapped 1992.[21]
Southern Pacific 3201	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/05	Retired in 1990; scrapped 1996.[21]
Southern Pacific 3202	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/05	Retired in 1989; scrapped.[21]
Southern Pacific 3203	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/06	Retired 1990; sold 1992.[21] Scrapped; was the last survivor of SP's SDP45s
Southern Pacific 3204	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/06	Retired 1990; sold 1991. Scrapped.[21]
Southern Pacific 3205	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/06	Retired 1986; sold 1988. Scrapped.[21]
Southern Pacific 3206	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/06	Retired 1989; sold 1989; scrapped 1996.[21]
Southern Pacific 3207	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/07	Retired and sold 1989; scrapped 1996.[21]	"Kodachrome" freight service
Southern Pacific 3208	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/07	Retired 1986; scrapped 1988.[21]
Southern Pacific 3209	EMD SDP45	C-C	EMD	1967/07	Retired 1989; sold and scrapped 1990.[21]
Southern Pacific 4450 Huff	EMD SD9	C-C	EMD	1954/04	Built as SP 5339.[22] Scrapped in Portola, CA.
Southern Pacific 4451 Puff	EMD SD9	C-C	EMD	1954/04	Built as SP 5363.[23] At Schellville, CA in derelict condition

San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Locomotives (1863-1870)

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  Locomotive 11 of the San Francisco & San Jose Rail Road Company.

Number/name	Model/Class	Wheel arrangement	Builder	Year	Disposition and Location
1[24][25] San Francisco		4-4-0	Norris Locomotive Works	1862	To Southern Pacific #2, #1109. Unknown.
2[24] San Jose		4-4-0	Norris Locomotive Works	1862	To SF&NP as Little Josie. To Northwestern Pacific Railroad #1. Retired in 1921.
3[24] T. Dame		4-4-0	Norris Locomotive Works	1862	To Southern Pacific #3, #1110. Unknown.
4[24] A.H. Houston		4-4-0	Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works	11/1863	To Southern Pacific #4. Unknown.
5[24] Chas. McLaughlin		4-4-0	Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works	11/1863	To Southern Pacific #5. Unknown.
6[24] California		4-4-0	H. J. Booth at Union Iron Works	7/1865	To Southern Pacific #6, #1303. Rebuilt 1873. Scrapped in 1911.[26]
7[24] Atlantic		4-4-0	H.J. Booth at Union Iron Works	7/1865	To Southern Pacific #7, #1231, scrapped in 1895.[26]
8 Union		0-4-0	H.J. Booth at Union Iron Works	6/1865	To Southern Pacific #8, #1002.[26] Unknown.
9 Donahue		4-4-0	Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works	4/1870	To Southern Pacific #9. Unknown.
10 Newhall		4-4-0	Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works	4/1870	To Southern Pacific #10. Unknown.
11[27] Menlo Park		4-4-0	Mason Machine Works	4/16/1870	To Southern Pacific #11. Unknown.
12 Racer		4-4-0	McK/A	7/1868	Ex-C.P. #97. To Southern Pacific #12. Unknown.
13 Shoshone		4-4-0	Norris Locomotive Works	6/1867	Ex-C.P. #36. To Southern Pacific #13. Unknown.
14 Red Eagle		4-4-0	Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works	7/1868	Ex-C.P. #117. To Southern Pacific #14. Unknown.
15 Black Deer		4-4-0	McK/A	10/1867	Ex-C.P. #55. To Southern Pacific #15. Unknown.
16 Reindeer		4-4-0	Schenectady Locomotive Works	11/1868	Ex-C.P. #147. To Southern Pacific #1151. Unknown.
17 Mohave		4-4-0	Norris Locomotive Works	7/1860	Ex-C.P. #93. To Southern Pacific #17. Unknown.
18 Peeler		4-4-0	Rhode Island Locomotive Works	11/1868	Ex-C.P. #135. To Southern Pacific #18. Unknown.
19 Raven		4-4-0	Schenectady Locomotive Works	10/1868	Ex-C.P. #142. To Southern Pacific #19. Unknown.
20		4-4-0	Baldwin Locomotive Works	6/1872	Ex-W. Wisc. #20. To Southern Pacific #20. Unknown.

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External links

• Duncan, Mark (October 4, 2005). "The San Francisco Peninsula Railroad Passenger Service: Past, Present, and Future" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2018.