0-6-2 Locomotives in the USA

In the USA this wheel arrangement was used mainly for tank locomotives with large fireboxes. The greatest number may have been used on Hawaiian sugar cane railroads.


Railroads that used 0-6-2 Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Surviving Examples of 0-6-2 Locomotives in the USA

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
170-6-2T36"Gwelo & District Light (Rhodesia Chrome Mines) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CA
stored
John Fowler
60-6-2T4'-8½"Barre Chelsea Rock of Ages Granite Quarry, Graniteville, VT
display
Baldwin #37527, 1912 Named Hercules, to be moved next to the Rock of Ages Visitors Center.
628 ton0-6-2T30"Lihue Plantation (McBryde Sugar) Grove Farm Homestead Museum, Puhi, Kauai, HI
stored operational
Baldwin #42401, 1915 Named Wainiha.
30-6-2T30"Hawaiian Sugar Grove Farm Homestead Museum, Puhi, Kauai, HI
stored operational
Baldwin, 1925Named Kaipu. Previously named Kokee.
0-6-2T30"McBryde Sugar (Kauai Railway) Grove Farm Homestead Museum, Puhi, Kauai, HI
stored
Baldwin, 1921Named Wahiawa.
18 ton0-6-2T36"Honolulu Plantation Co.Kauai Plantation Railway, Lihue, Kauai, HI
restoration
Baldwin, 1899Named Halawa. Currently located somewhere in California.
18 ton0-6-2T36"Honolulu Plantation Co.Kauai Plantation Railway, Lihue, Kauai, HI
restoration
Baldwin, 1916Named Manana. Currently located somewhere in California.
0-6-2T30"Makee Sugar near Kauai Multiuse Path, Kealia, Kauai, HI
abandoned
Baldwin
1 (1791)0-6-2T30"Westfield Plantationprivate, Los Angeles, CA
stored
H.K. Porter, 1897 Named Bertha, from Ponchatoula, LA then Lampasas, TX moved to southern CA in 2011, to be restored with a new boiler. May be located at the Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CA.
50-6-2T36"Oahu Sugar Lahaina Kaanapali & Pacific, Lahaina, Maui, HI
display
Baldwin #54719, 1921Named Waikakalaua. On display near turntable.
70-6-2T36"Oahu Sugar Hawaii's Plantation Village, Waipahu, Oahu, HI
display
Baldwin #19741, 11/1901Named Puuloa.
625 ton0-6-2T36"Waialua Agr Co Hawaiian Railway Society, Ewa, Oahu, HI
display
Waialua Agricultural, 1918
395.1043950-6-2T30"CFR Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE
operational
Krauss (Linz) #2360, 1890 Named Austrian (from Austria). Restored by the UP.
10-6-2T36"M.A. Patout & Son M. A. Patout & Son, Patoutville, LA
stored
Alco (Dickson) #1005, 1898 Named Stephanie. Completely rebuilt.
20-6-2T30"Dugas & LeBlanc Plan B Burger Bar, Simsbury, CT
display
H.K. Porter #1877, 07/1898 Named Sartola.
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