Locomotives
The railroad's all time locomotive roster is, with the exception of #5, all Alco:
- #3 is an Alco S4 built in 1953 & formerly of the Genesee & Wyoming & New York Central (NYC).
- #5 was a GE 45-Tonner formerly of the US Army (USATC).
- #35 is an Alco S4 built in 1959 formerly of the Genesee & Wyoming (GNWR).
- #36 is an Alco RS-11 built on 1957 formerly of the Norfolk & Western (N&W).
- #40, now #408, is an Alco RS-36 built in 1962 formerly of the Norfolk & Western.
- #106 was an Alco S-2 built in 1948 & formerly of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O).
- #107 was an Alco S4 formerly of the N&W. Today it is at Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in Rush, New York. It has been re-painted into the Paint scheme of its original owner: the New York, Chicago & St.Louis (Nickel Plate Road (NKP)). The N&W absorbed the NKP in 1965 & sold #107 to OMID. 107 was never owned by the Ontario Midland. It was owned by RSA Leasing of Sodus, NY (a lineside community. From 1982 to 1985 it was leased to Pennsylvania's Allegheny Southern Railroad. It was returned to Sodus in 1985. While in Pennsylvania it wore the number 17.
- #4056 was an Alco RS-3 built for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (SP&S). It was sold by SP&S successor Burlington Northern (BN).
- #4085 was also an Alco RS-3 but ex-Delaware & Hudson (D&H).
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