List of preserved locomotives in the United States
This is a list of preserved locomotives in the United States, organized by state then city or town of their last-known locations. It is intended to list all locomotives that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage registers, or that are preserved and displayed or stored or operated at museums or heritage railways. This includes locomotives on cog railways, but is not intended to cover self-propelled railcars or multiple units or locomotives of miniature railroads.
Preserved locomotives
editThe permanent or usual locations are identified by coordinates where possible; these locations may be seen together by clicking on "Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page.
Locomotive | Image | Type | Dates | Location | Notes | |
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AL-01 | St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Locomotive 4018 | Steam 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado | 1919 built | Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama | ||
AL-02 | ALCO Boxcab Locomotive 11 | ALCO Boxcab | 1926 built | North Alabama Railroad Museum, Huntsville, Alabama | The ALCO boxcabs were diesel-electric switcher locomotives, otherwise known as AGEIR boxcabs as a contraction of the names of the builders. Produced by a partnership of three companies, ALCO (American Locomotive Company) built the chassis and running gear, General Electric the generator, motors and controls, and Ingersoll Rand the diesel engine. The principle of operation was the same as modern locomotives, the diesel engine driving a main generator of 600 volts DC with four traction motors, one per axle. | |
AR-01 | Central Texas Gravel Locomotive No. 210 | GE 25-ton switcher | 1956 built 2007 NRHP |
Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 34°13′46″N 91°59′6″W / 34.22944°N 91.98500°W |
General Electric-built diesel-electric switch locomotive, well-preserved example of the second generation of GE's 25-ton switching locomotives, a popular model used widely in freight yards throughout the nation and internationally.[1] | |
AR-02 | Kansas City Southern Railway Locomotive No. 73D | EMD F7A | 1950 built 2006 NRHP |
AR 59 S of Church Ave., Decatur, Arkansas 36°20′13″N 94°27′40″W / 36.33694°N 94.46111°W |
Diesel-electric locomotive used until 1991. | |
AR-03 | Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 | Steam 2-8-0 | 1922 built 2007 NRHP |
NW. of Jct. of N. Main St. & Union Pacific RR., Fordyce, Arkansas 33°48′46″N 92°24′42″W / 33.81278°N 92.41167°W |
Last surviving locomotive of the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad | |
AR-04 | Maumelle Ordnance Works Locomotive No. 1 | 1942 built 2006 NRHP |
100 S 4th St., Fort Smith, Arkansas 35°23′08″N 94°25′50″W / 35.38556°N 94.43056°W |
Gasoline-mechanical, used by Department of War at ordnance-manufacturing facility during 1942-45. | ||
AR-05 | United States Air Force Locomotive No. 1246 | GE 44-ton switcher | 1953 built 2006 NRHP |
Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas 35°23′7″N 94°25′47″W / 35.38528°N 94.42972°W |
Diesel-electric switcher which served Grissom Air Force Base | |
AR-06 | St. Louis San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Steam Locomotive No. 4003 | Steam 2-8-2 USRA Light Mikado | 1919 built 2004 NRHP |
In front of Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith, Arkansas 35°23′08″N 94°25′48″W / 35.38546°N 94.42996°W |
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AR-07 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Steam Locomotive No. 336 | Steam 2-6-0 D3 | 1909 built 2007 NRHP |
Arkansas Railroad Museum, 1700 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas 34°13′37″N 91°59′04″W / 34.22694°N 91.98444°W |
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AR-08 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway Steam Locomotive No. 819 | Steam 4-8-4 Cotton Belt Class L-1 | 1943 built 2003 NRHP |
1720 Port Rd., Pine Bluff, Arkansas 34°13′37″N 91°59′05″W / 34.22694°N 91.98472°W |
Last engine built by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, the "Cotton Belt Route". | |
AZ-01 | Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. SP 2562 | Steam 2-8-0 C-9 | 1906 built[2] 2009 NRHP |
Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona | NRHP-listed in Maricopa County | |
AZ-02 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Locomotive 3759 | Steam 4-8-4 3751 | 1928 built 1986 NRHP |
Kingman, Arizona | ||
AZ-03 | Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive 2355 | Steam 4-6-0 T-31 | 1912 built | Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona | ||
AZ-04 | Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. 1673 | Steam 2-6-0 M-4 | 1900 built 1991 NRHP |
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, Tucson, Arizona 32°13′25″N 110°58′03″W / 32.22371°N 110.96760°W |
Had starring role in Oklahoma! (1955 film). | |
AZ-05 | Grand Canyon Railway 29 | Steam 2-8-0 SC-3 | 1906 built | Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona | ||
AZ-06 | Grand Canyon Railway 4960 | Steam 2-8-2 O-1A | 1923 built | Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona | ||
CA-01 | Robert Dollar Co. No. 3 | Steam 2-6-2T | 1927 built | Brightside, California | Last wood-burning locomotive built for a U.S. company; operates on Niles Canyon Railway. | |
CA-02 | Hetch Hetchy 6 | 3T Shay locomotive | 1921 built 1978 NRHP |
CA 140, El Portal, California 37°40′27″N 119°47′11″W / 37.67417°N 119.78639°W | ||
CA-03 | California Western 45 | Steam 2-8-2 | 1924 built | Fort Bragg, California 39°26′44″N 123°48′25″W / 39.44550°N 123.80690°W |
Engine of the Skunk Train from Fort Bragg to Willits, California. | |
CA-04 | Southern Pacific 18 | Steam 4-6-0 narrow-gauge | 1911 built by BLW | Operational, based in Independence, California | ||
CA-05 | Southern Pacific 9 | Steam 4-6-0 Narrow gauge | 1909 by BLW | Laws Railroad Museum, Laws, California | Oil-burning. One of three called "The Desert Princess" and/or "Slim Princess" (with SP 8 and SP 18). | |
CA-06 | Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Steam Locomotive No. 3751 | Steam 4-8-4 3751 | 1927 built 2000 NRHP |
2435 E. Washington Blvd. 34°1′2″N 118°13′31″W / 34.01722°N 118.22528°W Los Angeles, California |
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CA-07 | Gov. Stanford or "Central Pacific 1" | Steam 4-4-0 | 1862 built | Static display California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California 38°35′05″N 121°30′16″W / 38.584722°N 121.504444°W |
Central Pacific locomotive used in construction of the First transcontinental railroad. | |
CA-08 | C. P. Huntington | Steam 4-2-4T | 1863 purchased | Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California 38°35′05″N 121°30′16″W / 38.584722°N 121.504444°W |
First locomotive of Central Pacific Railroad. | |
CA-09 | CP 233 | Steam 2-6-2T | Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California | |||
CA-10 | Southern Pacific 1237 | Steam 0-6-0 S-10 | 1918 built by BLW | Static display, east of Amtrak Depot, Salinas, California | An oil fired yard switcher, served Southern Pacific from 1918 to 1956, then donated to Salinas | |
CA-11 | Union Pacific 737 | Steam 4-4-0 "American" | 1887 built | Static display, Double-T Agricultural Museum, Stevinson, California | Oldest preserved steam locomotive of the Union Pacific Railroad. | |
CA-12 | 1744 | Steam 2-6-0 M-6 | 1901 built by BLW | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California | The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back to life on the Niles Canyon Railway. | |
CA-12.5 | Southern Pacific 5623 | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California | ||||
CA-13 | Canadian Pacific 2839 | 4-6-4 Royal Hudson | 1937 built by MLW | Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar, California | ||
CA-14 | Southern Pacific 1293 | Steam 0-6-0 S-14 | 1924 built by LLW | Dr. Powers Park, Tracy, California 37°44′50″N 121°26′12″W / 37.74726°N 121.43672°W |
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CA-15 | Stockton Terminal and Eastern No. 1 | Steam 4-4-0 | Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California | ST&E 1 | ||
CA-16 | Denver & Rio Grande 340 (aka Ghost Town & Calico Railroad 340) | Steam 2-8-0 | 1881 built | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California | Originally Denver & Rio Grande #400. Later D&RG 340. Sold in 1952 to Walter Knott, and now in service on the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad at Knott's Berry Farm. | |
CA-17 | Denver & Rio Grande 409 (aka Rio Grande Southern 41, and Ghost Town & Calico Railroad 41) | Steam 2-8-0 | 1881 built | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California | Originally Denver & Rio Grande #409. In 1916, became Rio Grande Southern 41. Sold in 1951 to Walter Knott, and now in service on the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad at Knott's Berry Farm. | |
CO-01 | Denver & Rio Grande Railroad No. 278 | 2-8-0, C-16, narrow-gauge | 1882 built. 2009 NRHP-listed | Montrose, CO | formerly was at Cimarron, CO. NRHP-listed in Montrose County | |
CO-03 | Rio Grande 168 | Steam "T-12" 4-6-0 narrow-gauge | 1883 built 1979 NRHP |
9 S. Sierra Madre, Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Located in a park in Colorado Springs, or operating on Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, based out of Antonito, Colorado. One of 12 locomotives built for the D&RG by BCW in 1883 with large 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, making them suitable for relatively fast passenger service. Operational. Oldest steam locomotive owned by C&TSRR. Restored 2019. | |
CO-06 | Rio Grande 169 | Steam "T-12" 4-6-0 narrow-gauge | 1883 built 2001 NRHP-listed |
Cole Park, Alamosa, CO 37°28′10.6″N 105°51′43.1″W / 37.469611°N 105.861972°W |
Another of 12 locomotives built for the D&RG by BCW in 1883 with large 46 in (1,200 mm) drivers, making them suitable for relatively fast passenger service. | |
CO-04 | Rio Grande 315 or Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No. 315 or D&RGW 315 | Steam "C-18" 2-8-0 narrow-gauge | 1895 built 2008 NRHP-listed |
Durango, CO | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | |
CO-07 | Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No. 683 or Rio Grande 683 | Steam coal-burning 2-8-0 "Consolidation" | 1890 | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Only surviving 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge steam locomotive from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. | |
CO-08 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad No. 5629 | 4-8-4 | 1940 built | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | One of four surviving Burlington Route "Northerns". | |
CO-09 | Rio Grande No. 491 | Steam 2-8-2 "Mikado" narrow-gauge | 1902 built | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Operational, and currently (in 2022) the largest operating narrow gauge engine in the Western hemisphere. | |
CO-10 | Rio Grande No. 318 | 2-8-0 narrow-gauge | 1896-built | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Sister to Rio Grande 315. | |
CO-11 | Rio Grande No. 346 (aka Denver & Rio Grande RR 406) | Steam 2-8-0 "Consolidation" narrow-gauge | 1881 built | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Operational (as of 2022) | |
CO-12 | Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway No. 1 | Steam 0-4-2 cog | 1890 | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Originally named "John Hulbert"; rebuilt as a Vauclain compound and numbered #1 in 1893; operated on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway from 1891 into the 1960s. | |
CO-13 | Rio Grande Southern No. 20 | Steam 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" | 1899 built | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Operational (as of 2022) | |
CO-14 | Denver Leadville & Gunnison No. 191 | Steam 2-8-0 "Consolidation" narrow-gauge | 1880 built | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | The oldest locomotive in the state of Colorado. | |
CO-15 | Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD F9A #5771 & F9B #5762 | Diesel | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | |||
CO-16 | Denver & Rio Grande Western Davenport 0-4-0 #50 | Diesel | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | |||
CO-17 | Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD GP30 #3011 | Diesel | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | |||
CO-18 | Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD SD40T-2 #5401. | Diesel | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Donated to the museum in 2018. | ||
CO-19 | West Side Lumber Company #12 (Shay locomotive) | Shay | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | |||
CO-20 | West Side Lumber Company #14 (Shay locomotive) | Shay | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | |||
CO-21 | Royal Gorge 40 | 2-8-0 | 1921 built | Photographed at Colorado Railroad Museum in 2007. | ||
CO-22 | Union Pacific 4455 | 0-6-0 | 1920 built | Photographed at Colorado Railroad Museum in 2007. | ||
CO-23 | Big Boy Union Pacific #4005 | Steam 4-8-8-4 | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | One of the few remaining examples of the world's largest steam locomotives, a 4-8-8-4 type, of which only 25 were ever built, and eight remain in museums | ||
CO-24 | Forney Locomotive, F&CPV 108 | 0-4-4T | 1897 built | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | A Forney locomotive with number 108. | |
CO-25 | another locomotive at Forney Transportation Museum | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO 39°46′41″N 104°58′14″W / 39.77795°N 104.97064°W |
Photographed in 2012. | |||
CO-26 | Chicago & North Western Railway 444 | class R-1 4-6-0 (Alco 38526 of 1906) | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | Photographed at Forney as of summer 2012 | ||
CO-27 | Colorado and Southern Railway #9 | 2-6-0 | 1884 built | Georgetown Loop Railroad, Georgetown to Silver Plume, CO 39°41′42″N 105°43′27″W / 39.69495°N 105.72413°W |
Was preserved, used & damaged, now on static display. This engine was originally built as #72 for the Denver, South Park & Pacific RR. | |
CO-28 | CCVNGR Engine No. 1 | Steam 0-4-4-0T coal-fired | 1902 built | Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad | Operational. An Orenstein & Koppel articulated mallet built in 1902. | |
CO-29 | CCVNGR Engine No. 2 | Steam 0-4-0T+T coal-fired | 1936 built | Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad | Operational. Henschel. | |
CO-30 | CCVNGR Engine No. 3 | Steam 0-4-0T built in 1927. | 1927 built | Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad | Operational. H. K. Porter tank. | |
CO-31 | CCVNGR Engine No. 4 | Steam 0-4-4-0T | 1947 built | Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad | Under long term overhaul. W. G. Bagnall. | |
CO-32 | Rio Grande 463 | Steam 2-8-2, narrow-gauge | 1903 built 1975 NRHP-listed |
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Operational | |
CO-33 | C&TSRR No. 484 | Steam 2-8-2, narrow-gauge | 1925 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Operational | |
CO-34 | C&TSRR No. 487 | Steam 2-8-2, narrow-gauge | 1925 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Operational | |
CO-35 | C&TSRR No. 488 | Steam 2-8-2, narrow-gauge | 1925 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Operational | |
CO-36 | C&TSRR No. 489 | Steam 2-8-2, narrow-gauge | 1925 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Operational | |
CO-37 | C&TSRR No. 497 | Steam 2-8-2, K-37, narrow-gauge | 1902 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Operational. Was restored to operating condition for the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in 1984 and was traded to the C&TSRR in late October 1991 in exchange for class K-36 locomotive 482. Locomotive 497 was later taken out of service in late 2002 and currently sits in storage in the Chama roundhouse awaiting an overhaul. | |
CO-38 | C&TSRR 489 | Steam 2-8-2, K-36, narrow-gauge | 1925 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | In 2019 went down for Federal Railroad Administration-mandated inspection and replacement of smokebox. Also under conversion to burn oil instead of coal, with completion expected in 2021. | |
CO-40 | D&RGW No. 315 also operates on Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad | C-18 2-8-0 "Consolidation" narrow-gauge | 1895 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Owned by the Durango Railroad Historical Society, but on indefinite loan to the C&TSRR.[3] Restoration work on No. 315 was completed in August 2007, and it continues to operate on occasional special excursions on both the D&SNG and the C&TSRR. | |
CO-41 | D&RG Engine 494 or C&TSRR 494 | 2-8-2, narrow-gauge | 1902 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | Photo from 2016 labelled "D&RG Engine 494" but in Commons category for Cumbres and Toltec. | |
CO-42 | D&RG 495 or C&TSRR 494 | 2-8-2, K-37, narrow-gauge | 1902 built | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | ||
CO-43 | a C&TSRR diesel locomotive | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | ||||
CO-44 | another C&TSRR diesel locomotive | Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, CO/NM | ||||
CO-45 | D&RG 473 | Steam 2-8-2 K-28 | 1923 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Converted from burning coal to burning oil in 2021. | |
CO-46 | D&RG 476 | Steam 2-8-2 K-28 | 1923 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational as of May 2022; converted to oil. | |
CO-47 | D&RG 478 | Steam 2-8-2 K-28 | 1923 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational, but taken out of service in 2016; on display at the D&SNG Museum, awaiting a future overhaul. | |
CO-48 | D&RG 480 | Steam 2-8-2 K-36 | 1925 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Restored in 1985, converted to oil in 2021. | |
CO-49 | D&RG 481 | Steam 2-8-2 K-36 | 1925 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Was the first K-36 class to go to Silverton under its own power. | |
CO-50 | D&RGW 482 | Steam 2-8-2 K-36 | 1925 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Restored in 1992. Converted from a coal burner to an oil burner in 2021. | |
CO-51 | D&RGW 486 | Steam 2-8-2 K-36 | 1925 built by BLW | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Restored in 2000. | |
CO-52 | D&RGW 493 | Steam 2-8-2 K-37 | 1928 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Was on display in Silverton until moved to Durango in 2016 for restoration. Restored to operating condition in 2020.[4] Converted from burning coal to burning oil.[4] | |
CO-53 | D&RGW 498 | Steam 2-8-2 K-37 | 1930 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Stored in Durango, serving as a parts source for other locomotives. Tender was sent with K-37 class No. 499 when traded to the Royal Gorge Park in 1999. | |
CO-54 | No. 1 | Diesel (B-B) 45-Ton (Center-Cab) | 1957 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Nicknamed the "Hotshot". | |
CO-55 | No. 5 | Diesel (B-B) 45-Ton (Center-Cab) | 1960 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Stored in Durango. | |
CO-56 | No. 11 | Diesel (B-B) 98-Ton (Center-Cab) | Unknown built date | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational. Built at or for U.S. Steel using General Electric parts. | |
CO-57 | No. 101 | Diesel (C-C) DL-535E | 1969 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 1] | |
CO-58 | No. 103 | Diesel (C-C) DL-535E | 1969 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 2] | |
CO-59 | No. 106 | Diesel (C-C) DL-535E | 1969 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 3] | |
CO-60 | No. 107 | Diesel (C-C) DL-535E | 1969 | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 4] | |
CO-61 | No. 1201 | Diesel (B-B) MP2000NG | 2018–2020 | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 5] | |
CO-62 | No. 1202 | Diesel (B-B) MP2000NG | 2018–2020 | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 6] | |
CO-63 | No. 1203 | Diesel (C-C) 80-Ton | 1946 | D&SNG, Durango, CO | Operational.[note 7] | |
CO-64 | PPCR No. 1 | Cog steam 0-4-2T | 1890 built by BCW | On display at the Colorado Railroad Museum | Originally built as the "John Hulbert", rebuilt as a Vauclain compound and numbered 1 in 1893. | |
CO-65 | PPCR No. 2 | Cog steam 0-4-2T | 1890 by BCW | On display in Manitou Springs, Colorado | Originally built as the "Manitou", renamed to "T.F. Richardson" at some point before 1898. Rebuilt as a Vauclain Compound and numbered #2 in 1893. | |
CO-66 | PPCR No. 3 | Cog steam 0-4-2T | 1890 built by BLW | PPCR, Manitou Springs, CO | Scrapped for parts. Originally built as "Pike's Peak", rebuilt as a Vauclain Compound and numbered #3 in 1893. | |
CO-67 | PPCR No. 4 (1st) | Cog steam 0-4-2T | 1892 built by BLW | Wrecked August 31, 1896, scrapped | The smallest engine the railway owned, was known as the "little 4". First engine delivered as a Vauclain Compound, and its superiority over the previous 3 engines resulted in them being sent back to Baldwin to be rebuilt. Broke a side rod and ran away in August 1896. | |
CO-68 | No. 4 (2nd) | Cog steam 0-4-2T | 1897 built by BLW | On display at the Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, AZ[5] | Built to replaced wrecked #4. Built to the specifications of the original larger engines. #4 Was sent to the Colorado Railroad Museum after retirement in October 1968. It was then traded for #1 in November 1979. | |
CO-69 | No. 5 | Cog steam 0-4-2T | 1901 by BLW | On display at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO | First engine built with an automatic brake. Displayed at the Cog Railway Depot in Manitou for many years before being moved to the Broadmoor Hotel and put on display. | |
CO-70 | No. 8 | Cog diesel electric | 1939 by GE | Sold to the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO | First GE Unit delivered to the railway. It had 3 2 stroke General Motors 71 engines and internal Dynamic brakes. Was retired with the arrival of the Swiss units and robbed of parts to maintain other engines. | |
CO-71 | No. 9 | Cog diesel electric | 1946 by GE | On display at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | Unit 9 was powered by 2 Cummins NHS diesels as built. Later rebuilt to have twin Cummins 855 Diesels. | |
CO-72 | No. 10 | Cog diesel electric | 1950 by GE | [Rebuilt as No. 22, so this row should be deleted if there is row for 22] | Rebuilt as No. 22. Unit 10 was powered by 2 Cummins NHS diesels as built. The frame of this unit was the basis for snowplow 22. | |
CO-73 | No. 11 | Cog diesel electric | 1950 by GE | Sold to the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO | Unit 11 was powered by 2 Cummins NHS diesels as built. Later rebuilt with Cummins 855 diesels. | |
CO-74 | No. 12 | Cog diesel electric | 1955 by Manitou and Pikes Peak railroad shops | Rebuilt as No. 23 PPCR, Manitou Springs, CO | Built by the railroad shops, unit 12 was powered by 2 General Motors 110 diesels. Was built to the same body style as the GE built units. Rebuilt to Unit 23 in 1982. | |
CO-75 | Rio Grande Southern 42 (aka Denver & Rio Grande 420) | Steam 2-8-0 | 1887 built | D&SNG, Durango, CO | On display in the Durango roundhouse. | |
CO-76 | Denver & Rio Grande 268 | Steam 2-8-0 | 1882 built | Gunnison Pioneer Museum, Gunnison, Colorado | Restored to its appearance in the mid-20th-century. | |
Canadian Pacific 1246 | Railroad Museum of New England, Thomaston, Connecticut | |||||
FL-01 | Florida East Coast Railway Locomotive No. 153 | Steam 4-6-2 | 1922 built by ALC 1985 NRHP |
Miami, FL | ||
IL-01 | New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999 | Steam 4-4-0 | 1893 built | Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois | Set world speed record of 112.5 miles per hour (181.1 km/h), claimed to be first over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). | |
IN-01 | Milwaukee Road 1416 steam locomotive | 0-6-0 | 1908 | Evansville Museum Transportation Center, Evansville, Indiana 37°57′52″N 87°34′23″W / 37.96436°N 87.57298°W |
The locomotive is a 1908 Milwaukee Road I-5 switcher steam engine, believed to be the last of its kind, preserved under a shed roof.[6] | |
IN-02 | New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 765 | 1944 built | New Haven, IN | |||
IA-01 | Great Northern Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1355 | 4-6-0 then 4-6-2 | 1909 built 1924 rebuilt 2004 NRHP |
3400 Sioux River Rd., Sioux City, Iowa 42°31′45″N 96°28′36″W / 42.52917°N 96.47667°W |
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KS-01 | ATSF 3415 | 4-6-2 | 1919 built | Abilene, Kansas | In service on the Abiliene & Smokey Valley RR. | |
KY-01 | L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152 | 1905 built 1974 NRHP |
Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, Kentucky 37°39′25″N 85°35′33″W / 37.65694°N 85.59250°W |
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KY-02 | Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587 | 1918 built 1985 NRHP |
Ravenna, Kentucky 37°41′02.2″N 83°51′21.3″W / 37.683944°N 83.855917°W |
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LA-01 | Southern Pacific 745 | Steam 2-8-2 Mk-5 | 1921 built 1998 NRHP |
Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, LA | Operational. Last surviving locomotive built in Louisiana. Asserted to be the only operating steam locomotive in Louisiana. | |
MD-01 | Chesapeake and Ohio 1309 | 2-6-6-2 | 1949 built | Western Maryland Scenic Railroad | Last-built of BLW's Class 1 mainline locomotives, it pulled coal trains. One of few articulated locomotive operating in the United States, on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. | |
MD-02 | Western Maryland Railway Steam Locomotive No. 202 | 1984 NRHP | Hagerstown, MD | |||
MI-01 | Pere Marquette Railway Locomotive No. 1223 | 2000 NRHP | Grand Haven, MI | |||
MI-02 | Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive No. 5 | 2005 NRHP | Nahma Township, MI | |||
MI-03 | Pere Marquette Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1225 | 2004 NRHP | Owosso, MI | |||
MN-01 | Soo Line Locomotive 2719 | 4-6-2 "Pacific" type | 1923 built by ALCO 2003 NRHP |
On static display, in Duluth, Minnesota | Hauled the Soo Line's last steam-powered train, a June 21, 1959 round-trip excursion between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Ladysmith, Wisconsin. It was then displayed in Eau Claire, Wisconsin until 1996. Then based in Duluth, it was restored and operated in excursion service from 1998 until 2013 when its boiler certificate expired. Today, the locomotive remains on display in Duluth, Minnesota. | |
MO-01 | Southern Pacific 4460 | Steam 4-8-4 GS-6 | 1943 built by LLW | Static display, National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri | nicknamed "Black Daylight" and "War Baby", and also known as the "Forgotten Daylight" | |
NE-01 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Steam Locomotive No. 710 | 1997 NRHP | Lincoln, NE | |||
NV-01 | Virginia and Truckee Railway Locomotive No. 27 | 2004 NRHP | Carson City, NV | |||
NV-02 | Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Locomotive House and Machine Shop | 1983 NRHP | Reno, NV | |||
NV-03 | Southern Pacific 8 | 4-6-0 narrow-gauge | 1907 built by BLW | Lillard Park, Sparks, Nevada | ||
NJ-01 | United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039 | 2002 NRHP | Hanover Township, NJ | |||
NJ-02 | New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive No. 206 | 2009 NRHP | Maywood, NJ | |||
NM-01 | ATSF Locomotive No. 2926 | 1944 built 2007 NRHP |
Albuquerque, NM | |||
NM-02 | D&RGW 463 | 2-8-2 | 1903 built 1975 NRHP |
Chama 36°54′10.4″N 106°34′40.7″W / 36.902889°N 106.577972°W |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | |
NC-01 | East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12 | 1917 built by BLW 1992 NRHP-listed |
Blowing Rock, North Carolina | |||
Canadian Pacific 1278 | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio | |||||
Canadian Pacific 1293 | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio | |||||
OR-01 | McCloud River Railway No. 25 | |||||
OR-02 | Southern Pacific 4449 | Steam 4-8-4 GS-4 | Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, Oregon | Operational. | ||
PA-01 | Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Streamlined Electric Locomotive No. 4859 | 2004 NRHP | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |||
PA-02 | Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 1187 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-03 | Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 2846 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-04 | Consolidation Freight Locomotive No. 7688 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-05 | DDI Electric Locomotive No. 36 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-06 | Electric Locomotive No. 4859 | Electric | 1937 built | Strasburg, PA | ||
PA-07 | Freight Locomotive No. 5741 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-08 | Locomotive No. 6755 | 2001 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-09 | Mikado Freight Locomotive No. 520 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-10 | Passenger Locomotive No. 1223 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-11 | Passenger Locomotive No. 1737 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA-12 | Passenger Locomotive No. 7002 | 1979 NRHP | Strasburg, PA | |||
PA- | Canadian Pacific 2317 | Static display, Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania | ||||
SC-01 | Hampton & Branchville 44 | 4-6-0 ten wheeler steam locomotive | 1927 built | South Carolina Railroad Museum, South Carolina 34°20′25″N 81°04′46″W / 34.34034°N 81.07946°W[7] |
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OR-01 | Polson Logging Co. 2 | 2-8-2 Mikado | Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad | A locomotive of Polson Logging Company or Polson Logging Co., preserved. | ||
TN-01 | Wilmington and Western 58 | 1907 built[10] | Wilmington and Western / Wilmington & Western RR | [10] | ||
TN-02 | Cherokee Brick & Tile 1 | 2-4-2 | 1920 built[11] | Cowan Railroad Museum, Cowan, Tennessee | ||
TN-03 | Mikado Locomotive No. 4501 | 1979 NRHP | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||
TX-01 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Depot and Locomotive No. 5000 | Amarillo, Texas | ||||
TX-02 | EP&SW 1 | Steam 4-4-0 | 1857 built | Static display, Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso, El Paso, Texas | Wood-burning. Only surviving locomotive of Breese, Kneeland, and Company of New Jersey | |
TX-03 | Texas & Pacific Steam Locomotive No. 610 | 1977 NRHP | Fort Worth, Texas | |||
TX-04 | No. 771 | Steam 2-8-2 Mk-5 | Static display, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas | [Not mentioned by this name at Grapevine Vintage Railroad, may be 2199 or another, per List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock.] | ||
TX-05 | Grapevine Vintage Railroad 2199 ("Vinny") | Diesel EMD GP7u | 1953 built | Operational, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas | Originally owned by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, it was purchased by the Grapevine Vintage Railroad in 2005. Vinny is the most used locomotive on the line while 2248 is down for repair. | |
TX-06 | Grapevine Vintage Railroad 2248 ("Puffy") | 1896 built by Cooke Locomotive Works | Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas | Originally owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad for mixed passenger and freight use in California. Later in its life, it was converted into a fire train, and eventually ended up as a ceremonial engine in a private collection. Although at one point Walt Disney was eyeing it for a project that never came to be, it ended up in the hands of the Texas State Railroad in 1976. In 1990, #2248 was purchased by the FWWR and restored to operational condition in 1991. Since early 2016, the 2248 has been out of service. Grapevine expects to see the locomotive return to steam by 2023. | ||
TX-07 | Southern Pacific 786 | Steam 2-8-2 Mk-5 | 1916 built by Brooks Locomotive Works | Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas | ||
TX-08 | Southern Pacific 794 | Steam 2-8-2 Mk-5 | Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas | |||
UT-01 | Texas and New Orleans 146 | Steam 0-6-0 S-13 | Ogden, Utah | Of the T&NO, per Per List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock | ||
UT-02 | Grant Steam Locomotive No. 223 (or D&RGW 223) | 2-8-0 | 1881 built 1979 NRHP |
Salt Lake City, UT or Ogden 41°13′19.9″N 111°58′47.6″W / 41.222194°N 111.979889°W |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | |
VA-01 | Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works | 2007 NRHP | Richmond, Virginia | |||
VT-01 | Phenix Marble Company 1 | see this pic | Passumpsic Railroad, Passumpsic, Vermont[12] | A locomotive of Phenix Marble Company, preserved.[13] | ||
VT-02 | Lowville and Beaver River Railroad 8 | [14] | Shay | 1918 built Shay locomotive[14] | Steamtown USA, Vermont (see here) | A locomotive of the Lowville and Beaver River Railroad, preserved. YouTube "Lowville and Beaver River Shay #8 at Steamtown" |
WA-01 | Hillcrest Lumber Company 10 | 3-truck Climax | 1928 | Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, Washington | Climax Locomotive Works | |
WA-02 | Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 | Shay locomotive | 1924 built 2004 NRHP |
Shelton, Washington | ||
WI-01 | Steam Locomotive No. 1385 | 4-6-0 | 1907 built 2000 NRHP |
North Freedom, Wisconsin 43°27′31″N 89°52′29″W / 43.45861°N 89.87472°W |
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WV-01 | Chesapeake and Ohio 1308 | 2-6-6-2 | 1949 built by BLW 2003 NRHP |
1401 Memorial Blvd, Huntington, West Virginia 38°24′18.5″N 82°28′38″W / 38.405139°N 82.47722°W |
One of the last Class 1 mainline locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, closing out more than 100 years of production, a total of more than 70,000 locomotives. [Was in WV, but may now be in MD.] | |
WV-02 | Elk River Coal and Lumber Company No. 10 | 2-8-2 | 1924 built 2006 NRHP |
Huntington, West Virginia 38°25′25.1″N 82°26′27.1″W / 38.423639°N 82.440861°W |
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company | |
WV-03 | Chesapeake and Ohio 2755 | 2-8-4 | 1947-built | Chief Logan State Park, Logan County, West Virginia 37°53′34″N 82°0′34″W / 37.89278°N 82.00944°W |
Built by Lima Locomotive Works; pulled coal trains until 1956. | |
Unk-99 | DV&S 50 | GE 45-ton switcher | 1954 built 2001 NRHP |
Location unknown | Delta Valley and Southern Railway |
Others at museums and heritage railways
editThere are many preserved locomotives in the United States which are not individually listed above. Numerous ones are preserved at railway museums and heritage railways,[note 8] These include:
California
edit- A number at Niles Canyon Railway
Colorado
edit- A number at Colorado Railroad Museum
- A number at Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
- A number at Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
- None at Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad beyond those listed above[note 9]
- A number at Fort Collins Municipal Railway
- A number at Georgetown Loop Railroad
- A number at Pikes Peak Cog Railway
- A number at Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
- A number at Royal Gorge Route Railroad
Pennsylvania
edit- 12 at East Broad Top Railroad, a narrow gauge railway headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, which has six preserved Mikado locomotives, all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and six others. The railroad operated from 1871 to 1956. It operated as a heritage railroad from 1960 until 2011, and was reopened in 2021 as a tourist attraction. These locomotives include:
- East Broad Top #12 (1911), its oldest, the railroad's first Mikado-class locomotive, and
- East Broad Top #18 (1923), its newest, a model BLW 12-341⁄4-E, which used Southern valve gear and had boilers equipped with superheaters.
Washington
edit- More than 3 steam locomotives (vs just one listed above) and multiple diesels at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway and its related museum.
See also
edit- List of preserved locomotives in Canada
- List of locomotives (includes preserved locomotives in the United Kingdom and elsewhere)
Notes
edit- ^ Recently acquired from the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y) in April 2020. Arrived in Durango in late September 2020.
- ^ Recently acquired from the White Pass and Yukon Route in May 2021. Arrived in Durango in September 2021.
- ^ Recently acquired from the White Pass and Yukon Route in May 2021. Arrived in Durango in September 2021.
- ^ Recently acquired from the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y) in April 2020. Arrived in Durango in late August 2020.
- ^ Acquired from Motive Power and Equipment Solutions (MP&ES) in 2018 in response to the 416 Fire. Arrived in Durango in early November 2020. Rebuilt from an ex-Tri-Rail F40PHL-2. Originally announced to have the number 550, in reference to the highway linking Durango and Silverton.
- ^ Acquired from Motive Power and Equipment Solutions (MP&ES) in 2018 in response to the 416 Fire. Arrived in Durango in late October 2020. Rebuilt from an ex-Tri-Rail F40PHL-2. Originally announced to have the number 416, in recognition of the extraordinary effort that was undertaken by firefighters to fight the 416 Fire.
- ^ Acquired from the Georgetown Loop Railroad in 2017 in trade for GE 92-ton center cab diesel No. 9.
- ^ See Category:Railroad museums in the United States and Category:Heritage railroads in the United States.
- ^ DSNG has 19 per Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad#D&SNG engines vs. 19 tabulated above
References
edit- ^ Ralph S. Wilcox (September 28, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Central Texas Gravel Locomotive No. 210 / Site #JE0688". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ Bob Trennert. "Southern Pacific 2562 - The Story of a Display Locomotive".
- ^ Papas, Efstathios. Personal Interview. March 11, 2020
- ^ a b Franz, Justin (February 5, 2020). "Tests continue on first Durango & Silverton oil-burner; second conversion to begin". Trains. Kalmbach Media. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ^ "Railway becomes keeper of Pikes Peak Cog engine". Grand Canyon News. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "Evansville Museum".
- ^ "Location of Hampton & Branchville #44 - www.rgusrail.com". www.rgusrail.com.
- ^ "Hampton & Branchville #44 - www.rgusrail.com". www.rgusrail.com.
- ^ "Pictures of HB 44". www.rrpicturearchives.net.
- ^ a b "Wilmington & Western Railroad - Delaware's Operating Railroad Museum". www.wwrr.com.
- ^ "Cherokee Brick & Tile #1 - www.rgusrail.com". www.rgusrail.com.
- ^ "Surviving Steam Locomotives in Vermont, United States". www.steamlocomotive.com.
- ^ "All Aboard - Volume 7, Number 1 June-July 1992 Pages 1-7" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Pictures of LBR 8". www.rrpicturearchives.net.