One of the first 2-4-2s built was displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. Both tender and tank flavors of this wheel
arrangement were used in the USA, however, 2-4-2s were not very popular.
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Information | Notes |
|---|
| 4 | | 2-4-2 | 15" | Redwood Valley Railway |  Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CA | operational | |  Named Laurel |
| 3 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | Camarillo, CA | restoration | WDI, 1973 | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad |
| 2 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | Camarillo, CA | restoration | WDI, 1973 | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad |
| 4 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | Livermore, CA | restoration | WDI, 1973 | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad |
| 2 | | 2-4-2T | 4'-8½" | Bear Harbor | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | Burnham, Williams #15832, 1893 | from Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale |
| 5 | | 2-4-2 | 36" | Hawaii Railway | Connecticut Antique Machinery Association, Kent, CT | operational | Baldwin #58686, 1925 |  from Richard May, Georgetown, CA |
| 12 | | 2-4-2T | 4'-8½" | T. R. Miller | Marine Museum, Pensacola, FL | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #24404, 1904 | |
| 3 | | 2-4-2T | 4'-8½" | Cherokee Brick & Tile | East Point Historical Society, East Point, GA | display | H.K. Porter #6990, 1925 | |
| 15 | | 2-4-2 | 4'-8½" | Holly Hill Lumber (Scott Lumber) | Roundhouse Railroad Museum, Savannah, GA | restoration | | |
| 242 | | 2-4-2 | 24" | C&O | LaPorte Co Historical Steam Society, Hesston, IN | operational | Sandley, 1972 | from Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, not really a C&O locomotive |
| 12 | | 2-4-2 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Township Offices/Police Department, Shelby Township, MI | display | ALCO #61605, 1920 | donated by Lions club, 1977, built as 0-4-0T |
| 5 | | 2-4-2 | 4'-8½" | CO&E | St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Jackson, MO | stalled restoration | H.K. Porter #7995, 1946 | |
| 5 | | 2-4-2ST | 4'-8½" | EB&L | WMCRR, Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, NH | operational | Baldwin | |
| 6 | | 2-4-2 | ng | Carbon Limestone | near former Erie mainline, Hubbard, OH | display | H.K. Porter | 0-4-0T, owned by J.P. Marsh, from Youngstown, OH |
| 1 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | unknown, OR | restoration | WDI, 1973 | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad |
| 7 | | 2-4-2T | 4'-8½" | Groveton Paper | Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA | display | Vulcan (Wilkes-Barre) #1679, 1911 | |
| 1 | | 2-4-2 | 4'-8½" | Cherokee Brick & Tile | Cowan Railroad Museum, Cowan, TN | display | H.K. Porter #6557, 1920 | |
| 799 | | 2-4-2 | 36" | Lehigh Stone | Doe River Gorge, Johnson City, TN | restoration | Vulcan (Wilkes-Barre) #3714, 1926 | From Hillbilly World |
| 2 | | 2-4-2 | 36" | M.A. Patout & Son | Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX | operational | H.K. Porter #1754, 1897 | Originally named Lydia, renamed to Charles Jefferson Patton, known as the "Red Train", built as an 0-4-0T |
| 3 | | 2-4-2 | 36" | M.A. Patout & Son | Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX | operational | ALCO (Dickson) #1280, 1901 | Originally named Mary Ann, renamed to General Sam Houston, known as the "Green Train", built as an 0-4-4T |
| 1 | | 2-4-2 | 42" | Rio Grande | Historic Brownsville Museum, Brownsville, TX | display | Baldwin #2664, 1872 | |
| | 2-4-2T | 30" | Palmajero Mining Company | plaza, Chinipas, CHH | display | Manning Wardle (Leeds, England) #1609, 1903 | abandoned on mining line in 1912, found in Sierra Madres |
| 2501 (7) | L-1 | 2-4-2T | 4'-8½" | NdeM (Hinds Con Min) | Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, NLE | display | | Named La Clarines |
| 11011 (5) | | 2-4-2T | 36" | International Nickel | Robica Nothof Railway, St. Marys, ON | stored | Vulcan #536, 1904 | from Minnie Thompson Museum, Stratford, ON, built as an 0-4-0T |
Named Laurel
from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad
abandoned on mining line in 1912, found in Sierra Madres
Named La Clarines