Modesto & Empire Traction
Modesto & Empire Traction - MET
- Route:
- Modesto-Empire Jct - Modesto Terminal - Modesto, CA (5.2 miles)
- Modesto-Empire Jct - Riverside Yard, CA (4.4 miles)
- Headquarters:
- Modesto, CA
- Junctions with other railroads:
- UP: Modesto & Modesto Terminal, CA
- BNSF: Modesto-Empire Jct, CA
- Radio frequencies:
- 160.965, 161.175
- History:
- Company incorporated on October 7, 1911.
- Modesto Interurban Railway merged into MET in 1993.
- Ownership:
- Beard Land & Investment Company
- Roster:
| Unit | Bldr. | Model | B/D | B/N | History | Acq. | Ret. | Notes |
| 600 | GE | 70-ton | 1947 | 29093 | acquired new | 1947 | - | in service |
| 601 | GE | 70-ton | 1949 | 30031 | acquired new | 1949 | - | in service |
| 602 | GE | 70-ton | 1952 | 31278 | acquired new | 1952 | - | in service |
| 603 | GE | 70-ton | 1955 | 32279 | ex-Cherry River Boom & Lumber 2 | 1968 | - | in service |
| 604 | GE | 70-ton | 1950 | 30390 | nee NLG 102 | ? | - | in service |
| 605 | GE | 70-ton | 1947 | 28511 | nee Southwestern Portland Cement 5 | ? | - | in service |
| 606 | GE | 70-ton | 1950 | 30448 | ex-National Metals; exx-SP 5114; nee GE 1 | 1972 | - | in service |
| 607 | GE | 70-ton | 1952 | 31284 | nee OPE 10 | 1978 | - | in service |
| 608 | GE | 70-ton | 1955 | 32302 | ex-OPE 12; nee McCloud River Lumber 1 | 1983 | - | in service |
| 609 | GE | 70-ton | 1955 | 32304 | nee KNOR 205 | ? | - | in service |
Explanations:
- B/D
- Builder's Date
- B/N
- Builder's Number
- F/N
- Frame Number
- Acq.
- Year unit acquired
- Ret.
- Year unit retired
Reporting Marks
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Last updated: August 4, 2001
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