{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "2026-09-11T02:43:29.708Z",
  "catalogUrl": "https://ncngmodelrailroad.org/data/catalog.json",
  "usagePolicyUrl": "https://ncngmodelrailroad.org/content-use",
  "snapshotNote": "Static snapshot generated at site build time, not a live API. generatedAt is the build timestamp, not a source verification or survey date.",
  "id": "trains",
  "name": "Historical locomotive roster",
  "description": "The original railroad locomotive roster, in the same order as the Trains page.",
  "url": "https://ncngmodelrailroad.org/data/trains.json",
  "sourcePageUrl": "https://ncngmodelrailroad.org/trains",
  "caveats": [
    "This is a historical railroad roster, not an inventory of models currently operating on the layout.",
    "Text and wheel-arrangement notation are preserved as published. Placeholder names are not inferred; missing optional fields are null."
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "engine-1",
      "number": "#1",
      "name": "Grass Valley",
      "wheel": "4-4-0",
      "source": "Baldwin Locomotive Co.",
      "rosterEntry": "Original roster",
      "notes": "Original Baldwin wood burner named for Grass Valley; later converted to oil with the rest of the roster.",
      "order": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-2",
      "number": "#2",
      "name": "Nevada",
      "wheel": "2-6-0",
      "source": "Baldwin Locomotive Co.",
      "rosterEntry": "Original roster",
      "notes": "Original Baldwin wood burner named Nevada; part of the railroad's first locomotive group.",
      "order": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-3",
      "number": "#3",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "4-4-0",
      "source": "Baldwin Locomotive Co.",
      "rosterEntry": "Added 1877",
      "notes": "Added in 1877; a twin of #1 that never received a name.",
      "order": 3
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-4",
      "number": "#4",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "0-6-0",
      "source": "Lake Tahoe Railroad",
      "rosterEntry": "Added 1899",
      "notes": "0-6-0 switcher acquired from the Lake Tahoe Railroad in 1899.",
      "order": 4
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-5",
      "number": "#5",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "2-6-0",
      "source": "Lake Tahoe Railroad",
      "rosterEntry": "Added 1899",
      "notes": "2-6-0 acquired from the Lake Tahoe Railroad in 1899.",
      "order": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-6",
      "number": "#6",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "2-6-0",
      "source": null,
      "rosterEntry": "Added 1915",
      "notes": "2-6-0 added in 1915 as part of the later steam roster.",
      "order": 6
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-7",
      "number": "#7",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "4-4-0",
      "source": "Southern Pacific",
      "rosterEntry": "Later acquisition",
      "notes": "4-4-0 acquired from Southern Pacific.",
      "order": 7
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-8",
      "number": "#8",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "2-8-0",
      "source": "Denver & Rio Grande",
      "rosterEntry": "Added 1933",
      "notes": "2-8-0 brought over from the Denver & Rio Grande in 1933, giving the line heavier late-era freight power.",
      "order": 8
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-9",
      "number": "#9",
      "name": "—",
      "wheel": "2-8-0",
      "source": null,
      "rosterEntry": null,
      "notes": "From NCO",
      "order": 9
    }
  ]
}