2-4-2 "Columbian" Locomotives in the USA

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.

Railroads that used 2-4-2 "Columbian" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Railroads that used 2-4-2 locomotives in other countries

Surviving Examples of 2-4-2 "Columbian" Locomotives in the USA

No.	F.M. Whyte	Gauge	Railroad Line	Location	Status	Builder Info	Notes
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 0-4-0.
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.
	2-4-2T	36"		Animal Kingdom, Bay Lake, FL	operational	Severn Lamb #04982, 1997	Converted to diesel-hydraulic.
	2-4-2T	36"		Animal Kingdom, Bay Lake, FL	operational	Severn Lamb #00174, 1997	Converted to diesel-hydraulic.
	2-4-2T	36"		Animal Kingdom, Bay Lake, FL	operational	Severn Lamb #02594, 1997	Converted to diesel-hydraulic.
4	2-4-2	15"	Redwood Valley Railway	Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CA	operational		Named Laurel.
799	2-4-2	36"	Lehigh Stone	Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, NC	stored	Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3714, 1926	From Hillbilly World, then Doe River Gorge; Frame only.
1	2-4-2	42"	Rio Grande	Historic Brownsville Museum, Brownsville, TX	display	Baldwin #2664, 1872
6	2-4-2	30"	DMT	Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CA	stored	Tom Terning, 1990	From Shaker Woods Festival, Columbiana, OH.
2	2-4-2T	30"	Ft. Wilderness	Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CA	restoration	WDI, 1973	From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad.
3	2-4-2T	30"	Ft. Wilderness	Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CA	restoration	WDI, 1973	From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad.
1	2-4-2	4'-8½"	Cherokee Brick & Tile	Cowan Railroad Museum, Cowan, TN	display	H.K. Porter #6557, 1920
3	2-4-2T	4'-8½"	Cherokee Brick & Tile	Spring Street Park, East Point, GA	display	H.K. Porter #6990, 1925
4	2-4-2ST	36"	Hawaii Railway Company	Kapaau Gulch (private property), Kohala, Hawaii, HI	abandoned	Baldwin #38854, 12/1912	Named Hawaii. Retired in 1945.
242	2-4-2	24"	C&O	Hesston Steam Museum, Hesston, IN	operational	Sandley (Janesville), 1972	From Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, not really a C&O locomotive.
6	2-4-2	36"	Carbon Limestone	near former Erie mainline, Hubbard, OH	display	H.K. Porter	0-4-0T, owned by J.P. Marsh, from Youngstown, OH.
5	2-4-2	4'-8½"	CO&E	St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, Jackson, MO	stalled restoration	H.K. Porter #7995, 1946
5	2-4-2	36"	Tahoe, Trout Creek and Pacific (Hawaii Railway Company)	Connecticut Antique Machinery Association, Kent, CT	operational	Baldwin #58686, 1925	From Hawaii, Stanford, CA, Lake Tahoe, New Mexico, then Richard May, Georgetown, CA.
5	2-4-2ST	4'-8½"	EB&L	WMCRR, Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, NH	operational	Baldwin #29575, 1906
4	2-4-2T	30"	Ft. Wilderness	Michael Campbell, Ida Ct, Livermore, CA	restoration	WDI, 1973	From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad.
12	2-4-2T	4'-8½"	T. R. Miller (DeBardelaben Coal)	Historic Pensacola Village, Pensacola, FL	display	Baldwin (Burnham) #24404, 06/1904
1	2-4-2T	30"	Ft. Wilderness	John Lasseter Disney/Pixar, Reedley, CA	restoration	WDI, 1973	From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad, then Jim Zordich, Boring, OR.
2	2-4-2T	4'-8½"	Bear Harbor	Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CA	stored	Burnham, Williams #15832, 1893	Was abandoned in woods for many years along with 'Falk' (now in Eureka). From Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale.
15	2-4-2	4'-8½"	Holly Hill Lumber (Scott Lumber)	Georgia State Railroad Museum, Savannah, GA	restoration	Baldwin #41648, 08/1914	From Western Heritage USA Silver Spring, FL, loco being restored in Decatur, AL.
7	2-4-2T	4'-8½"	Groveton Paper (Berlin Mills)	Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA	display	Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #1679, 1911	From the Blackmount & Haverhill Railroad, North Haverhill, NH.
12	2-4-2	4'-8½"	GTW	Township Offices/Police Department, Shelby Township, MI	display	Alco (Cooke) #61605, 1920	Donated by the Lions club in 1977. Originally built as an 0-4-0T.