Re: Grafton Center Railroad

Hi all
I tried to find some more information on the Grafton Center railroad here in Massschusetts , sorry best I could do is an engine roster of the railroad, Pat Milford, Mass

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GRAFTON CENTRE RAILROAD (3' Gauge) (1874 - 1887)








? 0-2-4 Worcester 1873 ? ? Dummy engine similar to inspection car. Disposition unknown.











Two other small engnies (probably 4-4-0) purchased between



1875-77. Information and specifications unknown. All nar-



row gage engines sold when line was relaid to standard gauge.











GRAFTON & UPTON RAILROAD (1887 - )








Fist 1 4-4-0 B&A RR 1871 12x26 60 Purchased 1887. Ex B&A #119. Sold
Second 1 2-6-4T Rhode Island 1893 18x28x24 55 Single Compound. Bought new 7-27-93. Named Wm. Knowlton
Thrid 1 4-4-0 B&A RR 1878 18x26 60 Purchased 1899. Sold to Milford Pink Granite Co.
2 4-4-0 Mason 1871 16x22 60 Ex B&A #173. Always used on passenger trains on G&U.
3 4-4-0 B&A RR 1883 20x26 54 Originally NYC #756 then B&A #53.
4 2-6-0 Rhode Island 1893 18x28x24 55 Formally Second #1. Rebuilt in 1899. Attached coal bunker cut off and new cab and separate tender added.
5 2-6-0 Baldwin 1904 19x26 57 Purchased new 3-1904. Sold to General Equip Co. Feb. 1920, then to Rahway Valley as #11. Scrapped 1936.
6 2-8-0 Baldwin 1910 20x24 50 Purchased new 6-1910. Sold to General Equip Co. Feb. 1920.
7 B-B GE 1919 30 Ton
Purchased new. Sold to Dodd Quarries, Milford, 1946.
8 B-B GE 1918 30 Ton
Purchased new.
9 B-B GE-Cat 7-1946 44 Ton 380 HP Purchased new 6-46. Out of service in 1999. Scrapped 5-08.
10 B-B GE-Cat 7-1946 44 Ton 380 HP Purchased new 6-46. Sold 1970 to West End Iron Works (#1). Sold to private party, leased to New England Milling (NEMCO #10) 1984. Transferred to Seaview Transporation 1985. Sold 6-2002 to Narragansett Bay Railroad (Newport Dinner Train).
11 B GE 1948 25 Ton 150 HP Purchased new 12-48. Single Truck, would not haul on grades. Returned to builder.
12 B-B GE-CB 1948 70 Ton 600 HP Purchased new 8-48. Sold to Claremont & Concord Ry. Their #12.
1001 B-B Alco-GE 6-1952 S4 1000 HP Purchased new 6-52. Placed in storage 1993. Scrapped 5-08.
212 B-B Alco-GE 8-1951 S4 1000 HP Purchased used 8-93, ex-St.Louis Station, Manufacturers Railway 212. Scrapped in Upton, MA on March 24, 2010.
*1500 B-B EMD 12-1952 CF7 1500 HP Purchased used 5-08 from Bay Colony, ex Mass Central 2443 (bought 1996), ex Blue Mountain & Reading (bought 1984), rebuilt 8-77 ATSF 2443, originally 306L, then 333L (F7A).
*1750 B-B EMD 11-1957 GP9 1750 HP Purchased used 5-08 from Bay Colony, ex P&W 1702, ex P&W 7205, ex PC 7205, ex PRR 7205.
*1751 B-B EMD 1958 GP9R 1750 HP Purchased used 12-09 from CN, ex Grand Trunk Western 4932, rebuilt 1993 from a GP9 for CN as number 4634
*1501 B-B EMD 6/1952 F7A 1500 HP Purchased used 5-11 from Adirondack Scenic Railroad as ADIX 1500, originally built as BLE 720A