| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Notes |
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| 12676 | | 0-4-0T | 600mm | Gruen & Bilfinger | Alton & Pacific Railroad, Alton, CA | display |  |
| 14ton | 0-6-0T-T | 24" | Colonial Sugar | Alton & Pacific Railroad, Alton, CA | private | |
| 2718 | C-8 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Rachael Dorris Park, 524 S Main St, Alturas, CA | display |  |
| 4(10) | | 2-4-0 | 36" | Raritan River Sand Co. | Disneyland, Anaheim, CA | operational |  Named Ernest S. Marsh |
| 3 | | 2-4-4T | 36" | Godchaux Sugar | Disneyland, Anaheim, CA | operational | Named Fred Gurley |
| 5 | | 2-4-4T | 36" | Barker Lapine | Disneyland, Anaheim, CA | operational | Named Ward Kimball (formerly Maud L), built as 0-4-4T, from Cedar Point Amusement Park |
| 1 | | 4-4-0 | 36" | | Disneyland, Anaheim, CA | operational | Named Cyrus K. Holliday |
| 2 | | 4-4-0 | 36" | | Disneyland, Anaheim, CA | operational | Named EP Ripley |
| 1100 | | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | SP(SF&ARR) | Deschutes Road, Sacramento River, Anderson, CA | sunk | Named J.G. Kellogg |
| 2914 (2024) | TW-8 | 4-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA | display |  |
| 5 | | 0-4-0ST | ng | Calico & Odessa | Calico Ghost Town, Barstow, CA | operational | gasoline powered |
| 4 | | 2-4-2 | 15" | Redwood Valley RY | Redwood Valley RY, Berkeley, CA | operational | Named Laurel,  |
| 7 | | 2-6-2 | 15" | Redwood Valley RY | Redwood Valley RY, Berkeley, CA | operational | |
| 5 | | 4-4-0 | 15" | Redwood Valley RY | Redwood Valley RY, Berkeley, CA | operational | Named Fern |
| 11 | | 4-6-0 | 15" | Redwood Valley RY | Redwood Valley RY, Berkeley, CA | operational | Named Sequoia, |
| 9 | NG-3 | 4-6-0 | 36" | SP | Laws Railroad Museum, Bishop, CA | display | |
| 3 | | 0-4-0T | 24" | P&S | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA | display |  |
| 1 (55) | | 2-4-4RT | 36" | N&S Coal | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA | stored | Formerly named Ward Kimball, built as 0-4-2T, from Disneyland, Disneyworld, Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad |
| 83 | | 4-4-0 | 24" | | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA | operational | |
| 340(400) | C-19 | 2-8-0 | 36" | D&RGW | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA | operational | |
| 41(409) | C-19 | 2-8-0 | 36" | RGS(D&RG) | Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA | operational | |
| 2 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | Camarillo, CA | restoration | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad |
| 3 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | Camarillo, CA | restoration | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad |
| 10 | 060-T-123 | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | EJ Lavino & Co | Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA | display |  |
| 2353 | T-31 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA | cosmetic restoration | |
| 104 (2720) | C-8 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SD&A(SP) | Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA | display | |
| 11 | | 2-8-2T | 4'-8½" | Coos Bay Lumber | Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA | display | |
| 46 (110) | | 2-6-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CWR (Weyerhauser) | Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CA | display | |
| | 0-4-0ST | ng | Great Western Power | Main Street, Chester, CA | display | Named Dinky, from Butt Lake |
| 35 | | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Brimstone RR | Clarksburg, CA | private |  dismantled |
| 1 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Redwood Valley RY | Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CA | display | |
| 3 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Redwood Valley RY | Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CA | display | |
| 202(3) | 14ton | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Pacific Portland Cement | Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CA | operational, private |  |
| 4 | | 0-4-2T | ng | Wiaminlo Plantation | Sandstone Crag Loop Line, Coto de Caza, CA | operational | Named Deanna |
| 1 | | 0-4-0ST | 24" | Merced Gold Co | Wells Fargo Office, Coulterville, CA | display | |
| 1500 | | 0-6-0T | 19" | | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | restoration | to be rebuilt as a 2-6-0 |
| 1912 | | 4-6-2 | 19" | Swanton Pacific | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | operational | |
| 1913 | | 4-6-2 | 19" | Swanton Pacific | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | restoration | |
| 1914 | | 4-6-2 | 19" | Swanton Pacific | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | operational | |
| 2 | | 2-8-0 | 36" | US Potash (DVRR) | Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, CA | display | |
| | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Siskiyou Lumber? | west of Dorris, CA | abandoned | |
| 9 | | 0-4-0T | 600mm | Hans Vatter | Bob Edgar, Dorris, CA | private | |
| | 0-4-0T | 600mm | Deutsche Tiefbau AG | Bob Edgar, Dorris, CA | private | |
| 7(2) | 70-3 | Willamette3Tr | 4'-8½" | Ed Hines Lumber (Westfir Lumber) | Dumsmuir Transportation Park, US I-5, Dunsmuir, CA | display | |
| 1727 | M-6 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | ball park, US 99, Dunsmuir, CA | display | |
| 6 | | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC (HH) | El Portal Transportation Museum, El Portal, CA | display | |
| 1 | | 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | ERM&LC (Dolly Varden) | Fort Humboldt State Park, Eureka, CA | stored operational | named Falk, , , |
| 1 | | 0-4-0RT | 4'-8½" | Bear Harbor | Fort Humboldt State Park, Eureka, CA | stored operational | geared, , , |
| | Shay | 4'-8½" | | Hwy 70 near Belden powerhouse, Feather River Canyon, CA | buried | |
| 1(2593) | 42-2 | Shay2Tr | 36" | CPC | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | operational | Named Dixiana |
| 2(3) | 37 ton | Heisler2Tr | 36" | WSL | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | operational | Named Tuolumne |
| 6(5) | 32-2 | Shay2Tr | 36" | WMRL&Co | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | display | |
| 5(3) | | Climax2Tr | 48" | WM Ritter (ERM&LC) | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | restoration | Named Bloomsburg |
| 7(4) | 60-3 | Shay3Tr | 36" | WSL (B&PRY) | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | operational | Named Sonora, |
| 3 | | 0-4-2T | 36" | Kuhuku Plant | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | operational | |
| 1 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Lorane Valley Lumber | Fillmore & Western Railway, Fillmore, CA | operational | |
| 14 | | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | D&NE | Fillmore & Western Railway, Fillmore, CA | restoration | |
| 10 | 70-3 PC | Shay3Tr | 36" | WSL | Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CA | operational | |
| 15(9) | 50-2 | Shay3Tr | 36" | WSL | Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CA | operational | |
| | | 30" | | B J Express RR, Folsom, CA | unknown | |
| 1 | | 4-4-0 | 12" | Ottaway | Folsom City Zoo, 50 Natoma St., Folsom, CA | operational | Named Cricket, from Tilden Park |
| 45(3) | | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Owen-Oregon Lumber | CA Western Railroad, Fort Bragg, CA | operational | |
| 2 | | 0-4-2RT | 4'-8½" | CSF&E | Guest House Museum, Main & Laurel, Fort Bragg, CA | display | Named Daisey |
| 1(3) | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Glen Blair | Guest House Museum, Main & Laurel, Fort Bragg, CA | display | |
| 1 | 86ton | Heisler3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Peralta & Shinn, PLA, Fremont, CA | display | |
| 1238 | S-10 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Roeding Park, 890 W Belmont Ave, Fresno, CA | display | |
| 5 | | 0-4-0ST | 31" | Slidel Brick | Georgetown, CA | display | |
| | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | | ballpark N of town, Georgetown, CA | restoration | |
| 7 | | 0-6-4T | ng | Godchaux Sugar | Georgetown, CA | private | for sale |
| 4 | | 0-4-0WT | 600mm | Phillip Holzmann Ag | Humann Ranch, Gerber, CA | display | |
| | 4-4-0 | 24" | | Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CA | operational | |
| | 4-4-0 | 24" | | Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CA | operational | |
| | 4-2-4 | | | Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CA | operational | gas powered C.P. Huntington replica |
| | 4-2-4 | | | Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CA | operational | gas powered C.P. Huntington replica |
| 151 | | 0-4-0ST-T | 4'-8½" | Imp Irr Dist | Holton-Imperial Rwy, Imperial, CA | display | |
| 18(12) | NG-6 | 4-6-0 | 36" | SP (NV-CA-OR) | Dehy Park, US 395 N of town, Independence, CA | operational | , , , |
| 7(8) | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Amador Central (MCR) | Police Department Park, Main St, Ione, CA | display | |
| 2 | 90-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Sierra (Feather River) | Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | operational | |
| 7 | | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | display | |
| 3 | | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Sierra | State of CA, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | rebuild | |
| 28 | | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Sierra | Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | operational | |
| 34 | | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Sierra | Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | display | Fred Kepner collection |
| 3 | | 0-4-0T | ng | WilkesonCoal | Oliver Johnson, Julian, CA | display | |
| 3 | | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Mojave No. | La Mesa Depot, Spring St &La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA | display | |
| 717 | | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | USATC | Ave G just off Sierra Highway, Lancaster, CA | stored | from Bluegrass Railroad Museum, Versailles, KY, last ran in 1997, to Palmdale, CA, |
| 1 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | National Pole & Treating | Laytonville, CA | private | |
| 4 | | 2-4-2T | 30" | Ft. Wilderness | Livermore, CA | restoration | from Magic Kingdom, later Ft. Wilderness Railroad, |
| 1765 | M-6 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | NtnlMtls(SP) | Lomita Railroad Museum, 250th St & Woodward Ave, Lomita, CA | display | |
| 1 | | 0-4-2T | 36" | Lahaina | H.W. Brunskill, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 3 | | 0-4-2T | ng | Launiupoko | H.W. Brunskill, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| | 2-6-2 | ng | | 11500 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA | unknown | possibly from Hartselle, AL, may have been moved |
| 2(4) | 70-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CP< | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 2(6) | 75 ton | Heisler3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC (HH) | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 31 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | LAHD | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 32 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | LAHD | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 20(219) | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | SP(MoW) | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | restoration | Built as a 2-4-0 tram locomotive, to be restored to operation |
| 1(1193) | | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | ST&E(SP) | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 3025 | A-3 | 4-4-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 1 | | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Conrock | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 1273 | S-12 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 4439 | S-5 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | UP | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 7(13) | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | S&F(DV&RL) | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 26 | C-43 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | WP | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 664 (891) | 664 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 1000(4) | | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | SMV(HH) | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | |
| 67 | | | 4'-8½" | | Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | stored | non-working studio prop |
| 1(2) | | 4-4-0 | 36" | | Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson, Los Olivos, CA | operational | Named Katherine, from Carowinds Amusement Park, Charlotte |
| 2 | | 2-6-2 | ng | VMR | Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, CA | operational | |
| 1 | 18ton | Heisler2Tr | 36" | Richardson Lumber | Marysville, CA | private restoration | From Rancho Cordova |
| 1 | | 0-4-0T | 36" | Sacramento Brick | Marysville, CA | private operational | From Rancho Cordova |
| 1258 | S-12 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Martinez Amtrak station, Martinez, CA | display | |
| 25 | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MCR | McCloud Railway Co., McCloud, CA | operational | for sale? |
| 2921 | 2900 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Beard Brook Park, B St., Modesto, CA | display | |
| 1285 | S-14 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | El Estero Park, Monterey, CA | display | |
| 2438 (6) | | 4-6-0 | 36" | CyZ | unknown park on Annie Lu Circle, Between Sun City and Murrieta on I215, Murrieta, CA | display | From Claremont then Menifee Valley, |
| 9 | | 0-4-0T | 600mm | Hans Vatter | Nevada County Traction Company, Nevada City, CA | operational | |
| 5 | | 2-6-2 | ng | Argent Lumber | Nevada County Traction Company, Nevada City, CA | operational | |
| 5 | | 2-6-0 | ng | NCNG | Nevada County NG Railroad Museum, Nevada City, CA | display | |
| 1629 | M-4 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Hart Park, Newhall, CA | display | |
| | 0-4-0WT | 18" | John Knowles | Richard Farmer, Northridge, CA | operational | Named Gwen, |
| 1227 | S-11 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Sierra Railroad yard, Oakdale, CA | stored private | from Golden Gate Railroad Museum |
| 2706 | C-8 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | John Manley, Army base (80/Grand) Oakland, CA | restoration | being moved to the Sierra Railroad diesel shop, Oakdale, CA |
| 12 | | 4-4-0 | 15" | | Orland Newville & Pacific RR, Glenn Co. Fairgrounds, Orland, CA | display | named Sonoma |
| 2852 | C-10 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Orland Newville & Pacific RR, Glenn Co. Fairgrounds, Orland, CA | display | |
| 1 | | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Hutchinson Lumber (Feather River) | Hewitt Park, Oroville, CA | display | located way in the back, atop of some stairs, behind some bushes, |
| 164 | | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | WP | Hewitt Park, Oroville, CA | display | |
| 1 | | 0-4-4RT | 36" | Belle Point & Reserve | The Vintage Museum of Transportation, 1421 Emerson Ave, Oxnard, CA | display | |
| | 0-4-0T | ng | Merry Bros Brick | Mike Bayly, Paicines, CA | display | |
| 1(2) | | 0-4-2T | 36" | Waimanalo Sugar | Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CA | operational | Named Chloe, from Grizzly Flats RR, San Gabriel |
| 2 | | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Mojave No. | Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CA | display | |
| 2 | | 2-6-0 | 36" | NV Central | Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CA | display | Named Emma Nevada |
| 2(107) | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Ventura Co. | Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CA | operational | |
| 2564 | MK-10 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | UP | Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CA | display | |
| | 0-4-4T | ng | Wil.B.Isaacs | Information Center, Pioneer Town, CA | display | |
| 4 | | Shay2Tr | ng | Diamond & Caldor | El Dorado Western Railway Foundation, Fairgrounds, Placerville, CA | restoration | owned by El Dorado Western Railway Foundation, may operate in 2003/4 |
| 1(6) | | 0-4-0T | 36" | MI-CA Lumber (El Dorado Lumber) | El Dorado Co. Fairgrounds, Placerville, CA | display | |
| 2(2285) | | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | OHT(AT&SF) | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | |
| 3 | | Climax3Tr | 4'-8½" | FruitGrowers | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | |
| 3450 | 3450 | 4-6-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | |
| 3 | | 2-8-0 | ng | US Potash | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | |
| 5021 | SP-2 | 4-10-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | Three cylinder |
| 9000 | 9000 | 4-12-2 | 4'-8½" | UP | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | Three cylinder, |
| 4014 | 48841 | 4-8-8-4 | 4'-8½" | UP | Los Angeles Co. Fairplex, Pomona, CA | display | |
| 165 | | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | WP | Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA | restoration | from Pleasanton fairgrounds, then PLA |
| 3 | | 0-4-0 | 42" | Cowell Cement | Poway Midland RR, Poway, CA | operational | originally a tank locomotive, |
| 3 | | 0-4-0T | ng | YellowAster | museum, Randsburg, CA | display | |
| | 4-4-0 | 15" | | B.A.D. Great Northern RY, Redding, CA | private | |
| 2 | 13-2 | Shay2Tr | 36" | MI-CA Lumber (Hart & Horn) | Turtle Bay Park & Museum, 800 Auditorium Dr, Redding, CA | display | |
| 2 | | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | SV&E | Shasta Cascade Rail Preservation Society, Redding, CA | display | from Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, NV, |
| 2825 | C-9 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | 2024 OrangeTreeLn, NofCAst & I10, Redlands, CA | display | |
| 78 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | SCPC | Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Jct, CA | unknown | sold to private collector |
| 94 | | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | WP | Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Jct, CA | stored | |
| 334 | MK-71 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | WP | Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Jct, CA | stored | |
| 6051 | C-2 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | UP | Fairmont Park, Market & Hwy 60, Riverside, CA | display | |
| 2252 | T-1 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | East end of UP yard, Roseville, CA | display | From the Placer County Fairgrounds |
| 1(3) | | 4-2-4T | 4'-8½" | SP(Cent Pac) | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Named C.P. Huntington |
| 12 | | 0-4-0CA | 18" | Homestake Mining | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | stored | from Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad |
| 1 | | 0-4-2T | ng | Mattole Lumber | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | operational | on loan from Henry Sorensen |
| 6 | | 0-4-2T | ng | Kiso Lumber | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | operational | on loan from Henry Sorensen |
| 21 | | 2-4-0 | 4'-8½" | V&T | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Named J.W. Bowker |
| 1 | | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Central Pacific | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Named Governor Stanford |
| 12 | | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | V&T | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Named Genoa |
| 12 | | 4-4-0 | ng | NPC | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Named Sonoma |
| 5014 | | 0-6-0ST | 4'-8½" | USATC | near CSRM's locomotive works building, Sacramento, CA | restoration | from KY |
| 10 (5001) | | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Granite Rock (USATC) | near CSRM's locomotive works building, Sacramento, CA | operational | |
| 4466 | | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | UP | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | tender repair | |
| 1 | | 2-6-0 | ng | NSL | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | |
| 13 | | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | V&T | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Named Empire |
| 1771 | M-8 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | inside CSRM boiler and erecting shops, Sacramento, CA | restoration | |
| 1903 (233) | | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | SP (Central Pacific) | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | unknown | from the Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol |
| 1010 | 1000 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | |
| 112 | | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | NWP | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | |
| 1915 | | 4-6-2 | 19" | Overfair | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | |
| 2467 | P-8 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | on loan from PLA, Oakland |
| 2925 | 2900 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | CSRM boiler and erecting shops, Sacramento, CA | stored | Moved to a location about one mile south of the museum next to the river. , , |
| 5021 | 5011 | 2-10-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | CSRM boiler and erecting shops, Sacramento, CA | stored | Moved to a location about one mile south of the museum next to the river. , |
| 4294 | AC-12 | 4-8-8-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | |
| 1237 | S-10 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Amtrak (SP) Depot, Salinas, CA | display | From Central Ave Park |
| 7(1) | 50-2 | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Lamson Log | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | from Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale |
| 33 | 90-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Hammond Lumber | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | from Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale |
| 2 | | 2-4-2T | 4'-8½" | Bear Harbor | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | from Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale |
| 3 | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | ST&E | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | From CSRM |
| 29 | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | TPLCo | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | from Eureka, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale |
| 15 (4) | 90 ton | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Hammond Lumber (Humbird Lumber) | Hammond Lumber Roundhouse, Samoa, CA | stored | from Eureka, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale |
| 4(5) | | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | State Belt (Modesto & Empire Traction) | Golden Gate Railroad Museum, San Francisco, CA | stored restoration | Moved from empty field west of Salt Lake City in 1995. May be moved to Brisbane, CA. |
| | 4-4-0 | 22" | | Fleischhacker Zoo, San Francisco, CA | operational | |
| 3 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | EPC | Louis R Chiaramonte, San Jose, CA | operational | |
| 5(9419) | | 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, San Jose, CA | display | Named Little Buttercup. From the California State Railroad Museum |
| 1215 | S-10 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, San Jose, CA | restoration | from Portola |
| 2479 | P-10 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | Santa Clara Co Fairgnds, S Hwy 101, San Jose, CA | restoration | |
| 1298 | S-10 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Harvey West Park (Hwys9&1), Santa Cruz, CA | display | |
| 870 (874) | 870 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Heritage Park at Mora Dr, Santa Fe Springs, CA | display | from Madrid, NM. Displayed with tender from #874. |
| 800 | | 2-4-0 | 36" | Lehigh Stone | ranch north of, Santa Margarita, CA | private | from Cedar Point, then Wild World, Largo, MD, then Cleveland, then became the "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman engine" |
| 2 | 25 ton | 4-4-0 | 36" | | ranch north of, Santa Margarita, CA | private operational | from Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX |
| | 2-6-2 | 36" | | ranch north of, Santa Margarita, CA | private | |
| | 0-6-0 | 36" | | Goleta Museum, Santa Margarita, CA | private | |
| | 2-6-2 | 36" | Laurel Valley Plantation | Goleta Museum, Santa Margarita, CA | private | Named Melodia, from Carowinds Amusement Park, Charlotte. Converted from 0-6-2RT to 2-6-2 and back to an 0-6-2T. |
| 7 | | 0-4-2T | 30" | Kiso Forest RY | San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum, Santa Margarita, CA | restoration | Named Dagny, once owned by Phil Goldmans, Goleta |
| 5(82) | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | CRI&P | Santa Maria, CA | display | From Railtown 1897 State Historic Park |
| 1177 | | 0-4-4T | ng | Longview Sugar | Richard May, Santa Monica, CA | display | from Ponchatoula, LA |
| 9(5) | 36ton | Heisler2Tr | 4'-8½" | TPLCo (MT&MW) | Pacific Lumber Co, Scotia, CA | display | |
| | | 4'-8½" | | riverbank, Soda Springs, CA | sunk | |
| 1 | | 2-6-0 | 15" | | Traintown Railroad Park, Broadway, Sonoma, CA | operational | |
| 5212 | | 4-6-4 | 15" | | Traintown Railroad Park, Broadway, Sonoma, CA | operational | |
| 3 | | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Tuolumne Co. Fairgrounds, Sonora, CA | display | |
| 2 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | H J Kaiser | CCT yards, Stockton, CA | restoration | from Chicken Restaurant, US99, Pollardville, going to Vino Piazza, Lockeford, CA |
| 5 | 86ton | Heisler3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | display | |
| 12 | 75 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC (Sierra) | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | display | From Peralta & Shinn, Fremont |
| 3 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | SVM&S | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | display | |
| 1269 | S-12 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | display | |
| 2 | | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Quincy RR | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | operational | |
| 3 | | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Robert Dollar | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | operational | traded to PLA from Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Jct |
| 30 | | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Sierra | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | restoration | |
| 2472 | P-8 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | operational | owned by the GGRM, |
| 4 | | 2-6-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Clover Valley | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | restoration | |
| 2839 | H1c | 4-6-4 | 4'-8½" | AtlCtrl(CPR) | The Nethercutt Collection and Museum, Sylmar, CA | restoration | from Allentown, PA |
| 1293 | S-14 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Powers Park, Tracy Blvd, Tracy, CA | display | |
| 3 | | Shay2Tr | ng | Pioche Pacific | West Side Narrow Gauge Railway Preservation, Tuolumne, CA | display | from Hacienda Hotel & Casino, Boulder City, NV |
| 2 | 37ton | Heisler2Tr | ng | WSL | Depot Park, Tuolumne, CA | display | |
| 737 (216) | E-31 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | UP(SP) | Double T Agricultural Museum, Turlock, CA | display | from Portola. Some list this engine in Merced or Stevenson. Don't know which is correct. |
| | | 24" | | Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA | unknown | last ran around 1980, sold to an individual |
| | | 15" | NYC | Bell Gardens, Valley Center, CA | operational | |
| 3751 | 3751 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | SBRHS, Amtrak/Redondo Junction Shops, Vernon, CA | operational | securely stored with baggage car |
| 2 | | 0-4-0F | ng | Apache Powder | Robert Babcock, Vista, CA | display | |
| 5 | | 0-4-0 | ng | NY&PA | Robert Babcock, Vista, CA | operational | |
| 4 | | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Yosemite Lumber | Sierra Nevada Logging Museum, White Pines, CA | restoration | from Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City |
| 2978 | | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Robert Dollar | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | display | from Rio Vista Jct |
| 6(1) | 47ton | Heisler2Tr | 4'-8½" | Blake Bros (Mason Valley) | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | operational | from Eureka, later Timber Heritage Association., Glendale |
| 38 | | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Holmes Eure | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | operational | |
| 1 | | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | H J Kaiser | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | display | |
| 7 | | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Port of Olympia | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | private operational | restored at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad |
| 14 | | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | CA Western | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | restoration | from Fort Bragg |
| 7 | | 2-4-4-2 | 4'-8½" | Deep River Logging (Columbia River Belt Line) | Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Willits, CA | restoration | Named Skookum. From Mineral, WA |
| 1233 | S-10 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP | Yolo Shortline RR, Woodland, CA | operational | |
| 19 | | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | MCR | Yreka Western RR, Yreka, CA | operational | temporarily leased to the OP&E, returned in 1988, for sale |
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