FAIRPORT, PAINESVILLE & EASTERN

STEAM ROSTER

 

 

Steam Data

 

Below is a chart I created with information about each of the steam locomotives the FP&E owned during its existence.  The sources for the data are coded in the brackets, and the key to the source codes follows the chart.

ROAD

NUMBER

MAKE

TYPE

CLASS

SERIAL

NUMBER

CONSTRUCTION

NUMBER

ACQUIRED

PRIOR

OWNER(S)

DISPOSITION

1
[1]

Porter

[1]

0-6-0T
[1]

C-S
[1]

4805
[1]

Dec 1910
[1,AR]

None

 Retired in 1927 [AR]

2
[2]

Baldwin
[2]

0-6-0
[2]

6-38D

[2]

47
[2]

43008
[2]

Feb 1916
[2,AR]

None

 Struck from roster in 1950 [AR]

3
[AR]

Brooks

[VR,3]

2-6-0

[VR,3]

G

[3]

1322

[3]

1917
[AR]

NKP 202

(originally 71)

[VR,3]

 Sold in 1922 [AR]

4
[2]

Baldwin
[2]

0-6-0
[2]

6-38D

[2]

108
[2]

49219
[2]

July 1918
[2,AR]

None

 Sold to Lakeside & Marblehead

    in Apr 1947 [4,AR]

5
[2]

Baldwin
[2]

0-6-0
[2]

6-38D

[2]

121
[2]

53588
[2]

July 1920
[2,AR]

None

 Struck from roster in 1947

    or 1948 [AR]

6
[2]

Baldwin
[2]

0-6-0
[2]

6-38D

[2]

150
[2]

55724
[2]

May 1923
[2,AR]

None

 Struck from roster in 1947

    or 1948 [AR]

7
[2]

Baldwin
[2]

0-6-0
[2]

6-38D

[2]

172
[2]

58420
[2]

June 1925
[2,AR]

None

 Sold to Asbestos & Danville

    in Sept 1946 [5,AR]

8
[2]

Baldwin
[2]

0-6-0
[2]

6-38D

[2]

182
[2]

59093
[2]

Apr 1926
[2,AR]

None

 Sold to Asbestos & Danville

    in Sept 1946 [5,AR]

9?

(Most likely used

ex-B&LE road #)

Pittsburgh

[6]

2-8-0

[6]

C3A

[7]

2100

[6]

1943
[AR]

B&LE 150,

Briggs & Turivas

[6]

 Struck from roster in 1945

    or 1946 [AR]

10?

(Most likely used

ex-B&LE road #)

ALCO

(Pittsburgh)

[6]

2-8-0

[6]

C3A

[7]

26280

[6]

1943
[AR]

B&LE 153,

Briggs & Turivas

[6]

 Struck from roster in 1945

    or 1946 [AR]

 

 

Sources

 

 AR

FP&E Annual Reports: 1912-1920, 1922-1950

 VR

FP&E Valuation Report to ICC

 1

Porter Steam Locomotives, by NMRA

 2

Baldwin Locomotive Works Class Records and Builders List (photocopies)

 3

NKP All-Time Steam Roster, by Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society (website)

 4

Lakeside & Marblehead Railroad, by Dean Fick

 5

Industrial Locomotives in Canada, by Colin Churcher (website)

 6

Robert Brendel

 7

Guide To North American Steam Locomotives, by George H. Drury

 

 

Notes and Observations

 

I have only a few pictures of the FP&E's steam locomotives, and they can be seen in the "Other FP&E Photos" set on my flickr account (click here to go to that set).

I don't have direct evidence (yet) that former NKP 202 became FP&E 3; it is a deduction I've made based on two facts: 1) that NKP 202 was being leased by the FP&E as of June 30, 1917 (the date of the FP&E's Valuation Report), and 2) that by the end of that year a used locomotive was purchased.

Originally I had very little information about the FP&E's 9th and 10th steam locomotives, but thanks to the research of Robert Brendel I've been able to fill in the gaps.  Apparently these two locomotives were bought second-hand from scrap dealer Briggs & Turivas for the sole purpose of helping the FP&E handle increased traffic during World War II—and when their job was done, they were promptly disposed of.

 

 

 

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Created by Scott Nixon

November 2012

Updated: September 2021