Motive Power of the

Winona Railway


Steam,   Interurban,   Non-Interurban  

Steam engine roster
Number Type Built Builder Notes
200       Unknown engine and type used to pull the first cars because the electrical generating facility and electrical distribution equipment had not been completed. This engine was rented (from whom?)
 
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Interurban roster
Number Type Built Builder Notes
2       Photo at Winona Lake - Malcolm McCarter (photographer? collection?), p. 181 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
20       DavesRailPix at Warsaw, Bill Volkmer collection
lettered The Winona & Warsaw Railway Company
22 city car     Photo - Van-Zilmer (photographer? collection?), p. 186 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
24       DavesRailPix Bill Volkmer collection
Same photo taken July 3, 1938 - Charles Vernon Hess (photographer? collection?), p. 191 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered W R R CO
Last Warsaw City car
29 line car     Photo at Warsaw shops - Glenn Niceley (photographer? collection?), p. 194 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
30 box moter express     Photo at New Paris, about 1937 - Charles Vernon Hess (photographer? collection?), p. 194 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered W.R.R.CO.
32?       DavesRailPix Bill Volkmer collection
lettered W R R CO
33 box moter express     Photo at New Paris, about 1937 - Charles Vernon Hess (photographer? collection?), p. 193 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered W.R.R.CO.
34 box moter express     Photo at New Paris, about 1937 - Charles Vernon Hess (photographer? collection?), p. 193 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered W.R.R.CO.
40     Jackson & Sharp 40-42 purchased for use on unballasted track between Warsaw and Peru
41     Jackson & Sharp 40-42 purchased for use on unballasted track between Warsaw and Peru
42     Jackson & Sharp 40-42 purchased for use on unballasted track between Warsaw and Peru
50 combine 1906   50-53 purchased for use between Warsaw and Goshen
50 rebuilt in 1922 to freight express 37
DavesRailPix on Center Street, Warsaw, looking east, Bill Volkmer collection
DavesRailPix at Winona Junction station, Bill Volkmer collection
Interior photo - Malcom McCarter (collection?), p. 187 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Builder's photo - Jerry Marlette (collection?), p. 187 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Car plans, p. 187 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
51 combine 1906   50-53 purchased for use between Warsaw and Goshen
52 combine 1906   50-53 purchased for use between Warsaw and Goshen
DavesRailPix on Main Street, Milford, ca. 1905, Bill Volkmer collection
In service in 1908 when it was involved in a fatal accident.
53 combine 1906   50-53 purchased for use between Warsaw and Goshen
DavesRailPix at Winona Junction station, Bill Volkmer collection
DavesRailPix at Leesburg, Bill Volkmer collection
54     Jewett 54-56 purchased to supplement numbers 50-53
55     Jewett 54-56 purchased to supplement numbers 50-53
56     Jewett 54-56 purchased to supplement numbers 50-53
57       DavesRailPix on Center Street, Warsaw, looking east, Bill Volkmer collection
DavesRailPix on Center Street, Warsaw, Bill Volkmer collection
Postcard view at Winona Interurban station
Photo at Goshen passenger station - Van-Zilmer (photographer? collection?), p. 190 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo looking south at old interurban station at Main and Clinton Streets, Goshen, IN - Charles Vernon Hess (photographer? collection?), p. 199 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
58
Warsaw
windsplitter 1910 Jewett Photo at Winona shops, p. 185 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo - Van-Zilmer (photographer? collection?), p. 190 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo stuck in snow drift in 1918 - Van Dusen collection, p. 157 of The Interurban Era
Same photo (snow drift) credited to John Antonides, p. 183 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
60   1924 Cincinnati Car Company 60-62 were light-weight steel passenger motor cars with unusual high floor design. Intended to replace old heavy wood cars, especially the windsplitters, #57 & 58, assigned to through srvice between Goshen and Indianapolis. 30,000/each.
61   1924 Cincinnati Car Company 60-62 were light-weight steel passenger motor cars with unusual high floor design. Intended to replace old heavy wood cars, especially the windsplitters, #57 & 58, assigned to through srvice between Goshen and Indianapolis. 30,000/each.
62   1924 Cincinnati Car Company 60-62 were light-weight steel passenger motor cars with unusual high floor design. Intended to replace old heavy wood cars, especially the windsplitters, #57 & 58, assigned to through srvice between Goshen and Indianapolis. 30,000/each.
Indiana Historical Society W.H. Bass Photo Company collection
Photo at Warsaw - Glenn W. Niceley (photographer? collection?), p. 191 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
62 lettered The Winona Railroad Co
         
???       DavesRailPix Winona car at the Indianapolis Interurban Terminal, Bill Volkmer collection
??? box express car     Photo - Van-Zilmer (photographer? collection?), p. 186 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
???       Photo at Wabash (Peru) Junction during 1913 flood, looking east with tracks of Wabash in foreground - Malcom McCarter (photographer? collection?), p. 189 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
???       Photo of no equipment, taken along right-of-way in the Oakdale section of Peru during 1913 flood - Malcom McCarter (photographer? collection?), p. 189 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
??? - 2 cars       Photo at car barns at Winona Lake - Van-Zilmer (photographer? collection?), p. 181 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
 
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Non-interurban roster
Number Type Built Builder Notes
440 44 ton electric diesel 8/45 General Electric 440 and 441 builder numbers 27820 and 27821 from data which references Extra 2200 South
Photo hauling freight with 441 (1 tank car and 4 box cars) on bridge over PRR southwest of Warsaw, IN - Van-Zillmer, p. 200 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo hauling freight (2 hoppers and 1 box car) at Wabash Junction, February 18, 1947 - Malcom McCarter, p. 206 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Two photos in Caterpillar ad in the January 11, 1947 Railway Age Magazine. One photo has 1 engine hauling freight, second photo has 2 engines - waiting for a better copy to read engine numbers
McCarter photos in Warsaw at car barn at N. Detroit St. - Morgan Library digital photograph 421 and Morgan Library digital photograph 369
Color photo at Morgan Library digital photograph 744
441 44 ton electric diesel 8/45 General Electric 440 and 441 builder numbers 27820 and 27821 from data which references Extra 2200 South
Photo hauling freight with 440 (1 tank car and 4 box cars) on bridge over PRR southwest of Warsaw, IN - Van-Zillmer, p. 200 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo hauling freight (440 appears to be trailing unit with at least 1 tank car) passing over Eel River bridge, Chili, IN, March 25, 1947 - Malcom McCarter, p. 206 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
441 (Morgan Library digital photograph 383) sold in 1951 to Branford Steam Railroad where it became No. 3
Two photos in Caterpillar ad in the January 11, 1947 Railway Age Magazine. One photo has 1 engine hauling freight, second photo has 2 engines pictured - waiting for a better copy to read engine numbers
After sale to Branford Steam Railroad quarry in New England Morgan Library digital photograph 383
499 Flexomotive - 4-wheel direct drive gasoline engine ca. 1939 Plymouth Photo at Warsaw, IN shops - Van-Zillmer, p. 198 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered Winona RR Co
Photo hauling freight (1 box car and ?) on tight curve in street in Warsaw, IN - Richard S. Simons, p. 202 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
McCarter photo at car barn on N. Detroit Street in Warsaw Morgan Library digital photograph 291
Photo at car barn on N. Detroit Street in Warsaw Morgan Library digital photograph 37
Sold to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Ford City, PA in 1943? Replaced 35 ton Plymouth mechanical locomotive in 1941.
601 snow plow     converted from steel box cab 607
Photo - John D. Antonides (photographer? collection?), p. 198 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered WRRCO
607 steel box cab     later converted to a snow plow and renumbered to 601
Photo - Van-Zilmer (photographer? collection?), p. 186 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo - John D. Antonides (photographer? collection?), p. 198 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered Winona RR CO
Photo - Jerry Malette (photographer? collection?), p. 198 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
lettered WINONA RR CO
607   1939   Electric locomotive, formerly of Interstate Public Service Company. De-electrified and converted into a snowplow and renumbered 601
Doubtful if this was the 607 numbers 701 & 707 were purchased to replace (based on build dates)
701 6-wheel direct drive propane-powered machine 1938   701 & 707 were purchased to replace electric locomotive 607 and aging box express motors
McCarter photo at the line car barn on N. Detroit Street in Warsaw Morgan Library digital photograph 287
707 65 ton, two 4-wheel trucks, propane-electric 1938 Plymouth-Oliver last locomotive on the roster
701 & 707 were purchased to replace electric locomotive 607 and aging box express motors
Photo hauling freight (2 hoppers, 1 gondola, 6 tank cars, and at least 3 more gons) at New Paris - Van-Zillmer, p. 200 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
McCarter photo Morgan Library digital photograph 290
McCarter photo in Warsaw - near car barns on N. Detroit St. Morgan Library digital photograph 289
Photo in Warsaw - near car barns on N. Detroit St.? Morgan Library digital photograph 108
70x       Photo of informal last run (1 box car ahead, 2 gondolas with passengers behind) - Richard S. Simons, p. 203 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Assume this is of 707
499, 701 or 707       Photo of gravel train (4 hoppers, 1st [Ann A?]rbor 30591) north of Warsaw - Richard S. Simons, p. 196 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
Photo in 1952? just prior to abandonment - Richard S. Simons, p. 201 of Ghost Railroads of Indiana
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