Repainted to West Chester Railroad yellow it was put on display at the Market Street Station.
3 - Built as Chesapeake & Ohio #5026 it later served as number 9115 for B&O, Luntz Iron & Steel and Rohm & Haas.
When 1803 arrived at West Chester it was re-painted in a Brunswick green with yellow striping.
Since then it has been repainted in the West Chester Railroad gray black and yellow paint scheme.
4230 - Like its sister unit 4213, number 4230 is an ALCO C424 built in 1965 by Montreal Locomotive Works for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
In the mid-1990s it was purchased by PECO Energy and later transferred to the Exelon Corporation to work in the Cromby Generating Station in Phoenixville, PA.
[4] In 2018 the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation commissioned a feasibility study for rebuilding the line and restoring direct commuter rail service from West Chester to Philadelphia 30th Street Station.
SEPTA service below the Elwyn station was terminated in 1986 due to low ridership and unsafe track conditions[5] but the area has since grown in population and has few transportation alternatives.
The study concluded that restoration was feasible but the projected ridership was not high enough to qualify for capital funding.
[6] In September 2021 local officials proposed a short-term plan to upgrade the trackage in order to provide a shuttle service between the line's Market Street station in West Chester and SEPTA's new Wawa station.
As of December 2022 the boro was considering a renewal for only one year while the railroad argued that it needed a long term in order that have a business plan for necessary maintenance and upgrades.