The 4-6-2 type, or "Pacific", as the class was known, was the predominant steam passenger locomotive during the first five decades of the 20th century. Between 1902 (when the first North American locomotives of this wheel arrangement were produced) and 1930, about 6800 locomotives of the type were built for US and Canadian service. One reasonably accurate estimate of the number of steam locomotives produced for Class 1 US and their Canadian equivalents are 75,000 units. Thus, Pacifics made up about 9% of total steam locomotives built. To put this figure in perspective, a reasonable figure for US domestic Class 1 steam locomotives installed between 1931 to 1949 is 2500/2600. 1
Everyone is aware of Pennsylvania's fleet of 425 K4s locomotives, the largest such class in the world. However, for another example of the pervasiveness of the Pacific locomotive type, consider this: as of January 1, 1946, in the New York Central diagram book, the number of J class 4-6-4 passenger locomotives was 274; the number of K class 4-6-2s was 368, although, in all fairness, 102 of the Pacifics were class K11, built as fast freight locomotives, and used for local freight to a certain extent. Forget about numbers for the moment: Of the "Trunk Lines" serving New York City, the "Anthracite Roads" and the New England lines, the New Haven and the Boston & Maine in particular, only the New York Ontario & Western did not roster Pacifics for passenger service. Of the four principal passenger-carrying railroads of the South, only one did not rely on Pacifics as their main passenger power. On the Atlantic Coast Line, the Louisville & Nashville and the Southern, Pacifics, supplemented on the Southern and the L&N by a modest fleet of 69 inch drivered 4-8-2s, and on the ACL by 12 marginally successful 4-8-4s with 80 inch drivers, the Pacifics were the passenger locomotive until the arrival of the diesel. It should be noted that Pacifics came in a wide variety of designs, not too surprising for a class built for so many different roads over such a long period of time, They were built with driver diameters of as low as 67 inches up to 80 inches, and with steam pressures from 170 up to 250 psi. Further, they were built for many services; some for fast freight, others for dual service and many more, probably the most, for express passenger service. Tractive efforts ranged from 25/26.000 lbs to over 50,000 lbs.
West of the Mississippi, there was a similar pattern, although the transcontinentals tended to begin purchasing of 4-8-2s with relatively high (73 - 74 inch) drivers in the 1920s. One interesting sidelight is that the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific both had Pacifics on a design similar to those on the Illinois Central. This was a result of all of these roads being controlled, from 1902 to 1913 by Edward H. Harriman, who was a great believer in standardization. 2
The Pacific, as a type, is generally considered to be an enlargement of the Atlantic (4-4-2), although it also had a direct relationship to the Ten-Wheeler (4-6-0) as well. 3 To show the relationship between the three classes, and to also show how rapidly locomotive designs were developing, consider the following examples:
Note that the LS&MS 4-6-0 had its firebox inside the drivers. Effectively, high drivered locomotives of this wheel arrangement had gone as far as they could go, for there was no way in which locomotives with such high drivers could mount their boilers on top of the fireboxes and still meet clearance requirements, and, probably more significant, have sufficient stability. A few years later, the NYC was building dual service 4-6-0s with a 55 square foot grate, but these locomotives were equipped with 69-inch drivers, and the firebox would fit over the drivers.
The NYC&HR 4-4-2 was a remarkable locomotive. All were equipped with superheaters during their career, and were very close in capability to the much larger Pennsylvania E6s Atlantic. But, the continued growth in the length of passenger trains, as well as the universal use of all steel cars, caused train weights to exceed the capacity of any two axle locomotive, even given the excellent track of the NYC.
ALCO's 50,000, which, as many readers are aware, had a long and successful career after its service as a demonstration locomotive as Erie 2509. It was one of, if not the first, example, of the "heavy" Pacific, designed and built to handle the passenger trains which were approaching 800/900 tons behind the tender, and at a time when such heavy trains were required to operate at speeds in the 60 mph range. It was the only one of the three examples to be superheated, with a superheating surface of 900 square feet. By later standards, it would have been considered "over cylindered", with 185 psi. and 27 x 28 inch cylinders. Possibly, the relatively low working pressure was a product of an attitude prior to the First World War that superheated locomotives could operate successfully with lower boiler pressure, resulting in lower fuel costs and less boiler maintenance, and, also, because of lubricating problems with high pressure superheated steam. Another possibility may have been nothing more complicated than a desire to keep a good factor of adhesion for a locomotive which, as a demonstrator, was going to operate on some railroads which did not have the sturdiest track in the United States.
The reason for the decline of the compound rigid frame locomotive in the United States was the general introduction of the Schmidt type superheater, which offered both fuel economy and better performance without the maintenance and construction costs of the compounds, although, in all truth, superheaters presented problems as well. So, most of the Santa Fe compound Pacifics were converted to two cylinder superheated locomotives, and enjoyed a long and successful service life. (During the mid 1920s, largely promoted by ALCO, there was considerable interest in three cylinder simple locomotives. There were a few three cylinder Pacifics built for Mexican service, but there was no series production of such Pacifics for any US or Canadian line.)
The "light" 4-6-2 was a beautifully balanced locomotive. It had a large boiler, as, indeed, did all of the USRA locomotives. 73 inch drivers were ideal for a period when train speeds (and, particularly, under wartime restrictions) when 70/75 mph speeds were sufficient. 25 x 28 cylinders were a good proportion, but the locomotive design had a starting tractive effort of over 40,000 lbs, at time when relatively few Pacifics had such a high starting tractive effort. The railroads to which these locomotives were assigned were the Atlantic Coast Line, which received 45, plus 25 non-USRA follow-ups; the Baltimore & Ohio, 30 units from the USRA, 15 subsequently, and the L&N, which received 6, later ordering 20 more. One of the most interesting developments was on the ACL. This company ordered 165 further Pacifics, identical to the USRA ones, except that they had 69-inch drivers and 210 lbs boiler pressure. These Pacifics, with a starting tractive effort of 45,275 lbs. On the relatively flat route between Richmond and Savannah, these Pacifics had a freight tonnage rating of 4400 tons (unadjusted) in either direction. And, with their 69 inch drivers. they were more than capable of maintaining the moderate passenger train schedules of the 1920s and early 1930s. 5
The "heavy" was a somewhat more complicated design. Basically, it was a development of ALCO's 50,000, mentioned earlier, through ALCO built PRR 3395 of 1911, considered to be the precursor of the famous (deservedly so) PRR K4s class to what seems to have been a 79 inch drivered version of the K4s with a conventional firebox. The demand for Pacifics of such a capacity for tonnage and speed was rather limited; the NYC, for example, was content to compete successfully with the Pennsy with 79-inch drivers and only 30,000 or so pounds of starting tractive effort. Thus, the only railroad which received USRA 462B engines was the Erie, which got 20, and later ordered 11 more on its own. The only other railroad to order this design was the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, which required them for its part in handling Florida trains between Chicago and Evansville, Indiana. But, from the USRA heavy Pacific was developed one of the best known American steam locomotives, the Southern Railway Ps4 class. These engines, identical with the basic USRA designs except for 73-inch drivers, had a starting tractive effort of 45,000 lbs. Again, used in services which did not require maximum speeds with long trains on moderate grades, this was a type which, outside of the fact that they were one of the most attractive classes ever to run on steel rails, were outstanding performers. As was the case of all the classes enumerated above, they lasted as the main passenger power of their railroads until the diesel-electric came along to replace them. 6
Railroad Line | ALCO | Baldwin | Lima | Others | |
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Alabama Great Southern | 12 | 5 | - | - | |
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe | - | 272 | - | 2 AT&SF | |
Atlanta & West Point | 3 | - | 1 | - | |
Atlantic Coast Line | 81 | 275 | 2 | - | |
Baltimore & Ohio | 81 | 131 | - | 31 B&O | |
Bangor & Aroostook | 5 | - | - | - | |
Bessemer Lake Erie | 4 | - | - | - | |
Boston & Maine | 96 | - | 10 | - | |
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh | 22 | - | - | - | |
Canadian National | - | - | - | 313 MLW & CLC | |
Canadian Pacific | - | - | - | 498 CP, MLW & CLC | |
Central of Georgia | - | 25 | 4 | - | |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | - | 21 | - | - | |
Central Vermont | - | 3 | - | - | |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 56 | 17 | - | - | |
Chicago & Alton | 25 | 10 | - | - | |
Chicago & Eastern Illinois | 2 | 16 | 6 | - | |
Chicago & North Western | 242 | - | - | - | |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha | 40 | - | - | - | |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | 35 | 110 | - | - | |
Chicago Great Western | - | 8 | - | 29 CGW | |
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville | 25 | - | - | - | |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | 124 | - | - | 47 CMSt.P&P | |
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | 175 | - | - | - | |
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific | 23 | 10 | - | - | |
Clinchfield | - | 5 | - | - | |
Colorado & Southern | - | 11 | - | - | |
Delaware & Hudson | 10 | - | - | 3 D&H | |
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western | 69 | - | 14 | - | |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | - | 6 | - | - | |
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range | - | 7 | - | - | |
Erie | 92 | 53 | 5 | - | |
Florida East Coast | 87 | - | - | - | |
Fort Worth & Denver City | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
Georgia | 4 | - | - | - | |
Grand Trunk Western | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
Great Northern | 6 | 55 | 25 | 50 GN | |
Gulf, Mobile & Northern | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
Illinois Central | 169 | 11 | - | 62 IC | |
Kansas City Southern | 11 | - | - | - | |
Louisianna & Arkansas | 3 | - | - | - | |
Lehigh Valley | 12 | 58 | - | 51 LV | |
Louisville & Nashville | 49 | 14 | - | 83 L&N | |
Maine Central | 26 | - | - | - | |
Mexican Railway | 4 | - | - | 3 MLW | |
Minneapolis & St. Louis | 5 | - | - | - | |
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie | 62 | - | - | - | |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas | 49 | - | 15 | - | |
Missouri Pacific | 106 | - | - | - | |
Mobile & Ohio | - | 14 | - | - | |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis | - | 20 | - | - | |
Nacionales de Mexico | 7 | 28 | - | - | |
New York Central System | 835 | 145 | - | 53 NYC | |
New York, Chicago & St. Louis | 6 | - | 4 | - | |
New York, New Haven & Hartford | 111 | 27 | - | - | |
Norfolk & Western | 21 | 31 | - | 10 N&W | |
Northern Pacific | 134 | 47 | - | - | |
Ontario Northland | - | - | - | 8, CLC | |
Pennsylvania | 12 | 106 | - | 568 PRR | |
Pittsburgh & West Virginia | 3 | - | - | - | |
Reading Company | - | 15 | - | 35 Reading | |
Richmond, Federicksburg & Potomac | 24 | 37 | - | - | |
Rutland | 6 | - | - | - | |
St. Louis-San Francisco | 30 | 40 | - | - | |
Seaboard Air Line | 35 | 45 | - | - | |
Southern Pacific Lines | 16 | 92 | 2 | 2 SP | |
Southern | 98 | 108 | - | - | |
Spokane, Portland & Seattle | - | 7 | - | - | |
Texas & Pacific | 15 | 7 | - | - | |
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo | - | - | - | 1, MLW | |
Union Pacfic | 52 | 133 | 26 | - | |
Virginian | 6 | - | - | - | |
Wabash | 10 | 6 | - | 23 Wabash | |
Western Maryland | - | 19 | - | - | |
Western Railway of Alabama | 3 | - | 1 | - |
No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
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3415 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad, Abilene, KS | out of service | Baldwin #51861, 1919 | Restored to operation in 2009. Taken out of service in early October 2022. Returned to operation in late February 2023. Taken out of service again in early October 2023. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
107 (88) | 65 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | GAN (FEC) | Thronateeska Heritage Center, Albany, GA | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #50133, 1911 | Cosmetic restoration only. |
1361 | K4s | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | PRR | Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, PA | restoration | PRR #3475, 1918 | Previously placed on display at Horseshoe Curve. Operated in excursion service from 1987 to 1988. Restoration back to operation ceased in 2008, then resumed again in 2015. Official state steam locomotive of Pennsylvania alongside PRR 3750. |
736 | H-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Telulah Park, Appleton, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #53137, 1913 | |
5300 | P7 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | B&O | B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD | restoration | Baldwin #59881, 1927 | Named President Washington. Temporarily taken off display in August 2021. Cosmetic restoration only. |
2164 | Q-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | NP | Camp Hancock State Historic Site, Bismarck, ND | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #33679, 1909 | |
5030 | J-3-a | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Colebrookdale (GTW) | Colebrookdale Railroad, Boyertown, PA | restoration | Baldwin #38441, 1912 | From R.A. Greene Park, Jackson, MI. Cosmetic restoration only. Operational restoration is still being considered by the railroad in the near future. |
5288 (516) | J-7-b | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Colebrookdale (CNR) | Colebrookdale Railroad, Boyertown, PA | restoration | Montreal Locomotive Works #60483, 1918 | From Steamtown, Scranton, PA, then the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, TN. Cosmetic restoration only. Operational restoration is still being considered by the railroad in the near future. |
501 | F-3-A | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q (FW&D) | R. Wright Armstrong Park, Childress, TX | display | Baldwin #35798, 1910 | |
3417 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Hulen Park, Cleburne, TX | display | Baldwin #51889, 1919 | Cosmetically restored in 2022. |
148 | 151 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | US Sugar (FEC) | US Sugar, Clewiston, FL | operational | Alco (Richmond) #61769, 1920 | From Zerr's Historic Steam Train LLC, near the C&O engine house, Traverse City, MI, then Monte Vista, CO. Owned by Don Shank's D&RG Historial Foundation. Restored to operation in 2020. Converted to burn waste vegetable oil. |
1504 | USRAl | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | US Sugar (ACL) | US Sugar, Clewiston, FL | restoration | Alco (Richmond) #59314, 1919 | From Prime F. Osborn Convention Center, Jacksonville, FL. Acquired by the US Sugar Railroad in June 2021. Transferred to Chattanooga, TN for restoration. Will eventually operate alongside US Sugar (FEC) 148 when the restoration to operation is complete. |
110 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Little River | Little River Railroad, Coldwater, MI | operational | Baldwin #37303, 1911 | Smallest standard gauge 4-6-2 type ever built. Taken out of service in early 2018. Returned to operation in late 2020. | |
1914 | 4-6-2 | 19" | Swanton Pacific (Overfair) | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | operational | Louis MacDermot, 1914 | Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Damaged in a fire in August 2020. | |
1912 | 4-6-2 | 19" | Swanton Pacific (Overfair) | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | operational | Louis MacDermot, 1914 | Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. | |
1913 | 4-6-2 | 19" | Swanton Pacific (Overfair) | Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CA | restoration | Louis MacDermot, 1914 | Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Damaged in a fire in August 2020. | |
3003 | 4-6-2 | 30" | Detroit Zoo, Detroit, MI | display | Cagney, 1931 | Gasoline. | ||
2719 | H-23 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, MN | out of service | Alco (Schenectady) #64314, 1923 | From Altoona, PA, then the Chippewa Valley Railroad, Eau Claire, WI. Restored to operation in 1998. Taken out of service in late 2013. Awaiting mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
290 | USRAh | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | A&WP | Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA | restoration | Lima #7008, 1926 | Featured in 'Fried Green Tomatoes' (1991). Restored to operation in 1989 and replaced S&A 4-6-2 750 in excursion service, operating until late 1992. Cosmetic restoration on hold. No current plans for restoration back to operation. |
750 (80) | 65 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | S&A (FEC) | Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA | display | Alco (Schenectady) #46567, 1910 | Featured in Biloxi Blues. Previously operated in 1989. Succeeded in excursion service by A&WP 4-6-2 290. |
905 | P-33 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CRI&P | Fuqua Park, Hwy 81 & Beech Ave., Duncan, OK | display | Alco (Schenectady) #48122, 1910 | |
886 (887) | P-31 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CRI&P | Wheels O' Time Museum, Dunlap, IL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #46026, 1909 | |
5632 | K-4-b | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | GTW | near water tower, Durand, MI | display | Baldwin #61073, 1929 | |
2714 | H-22 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Lakeside Park, Fond Du Lac, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #54449, 1914 | |
999 | 4-6-2 | 15" | KCS | Creekmore Park, Fort Smith, AR | out of service | Park train. Suffered a tube failure in 2016. Awaiting repairs. | ||
730 | H-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Soo yard, Gladstone, MI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #49800, 1911 | Cosmetically restored at the E&LS shops, Escanaba, MI. |
403 | 4-6-2 | 12" | WF&P | Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad, Glencoe, MO | restoration | Frank Catanzariti, 1966-67 | May be a rebuild of a 1924 Willis E. Cowling, N&W, Bluefield, WV locomotive. | |
1501 (400) | 4-6-2 | 12" | Frisco (WF&P) | Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad, Glencoe, MO | restoration | Jackson-Rigby (Shalford, Surrey England), 1925 | Operated by the CP's Treasure Island exhibit at the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Expo. Operated until 1935 at Crystal City Amusement Park, Tulsa, OK. | |
401 | 4-6-2 | 12" | WF&P | Wabash, Frisco & Pacific Railroad, Glencoe, MO | restoration | Jackson-Rigby (Shalford, Surrey England), 1925 | Operated by the CP's Treasure Island exhibit at the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Expo. | |
3416 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Brit Spaugh Park, Great Bend, KS | display | Baldwin #51888, 1919 | |
2718 | H-23 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #64313, 1924 | Operated at the museum prior to 1965. |
60008 (4496) | A4 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | BR (LNER) | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Doncaster #1861, 1937 | Named Dwight D. Eisenhower. Previously named Golden Shuttle. From England. Three cylinder. |
202 | K-2 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | WM | Hagerstown City Park, Hagerstown, MD | restoration | Baldwin #38076, 1912 | The only surviving mainline Western Maryland steam locomotive. Cosmetic restoration only. |
470 | C-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MEC | Washington Junction, Hancock, ME | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #65555, 1924 | From Waterville, sold to New England Steam Co., Downeast Scenic Railroad, Ellsworth for restoration to operation. |
3424 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Edwards County Historical Museum, Kinsley, KS | display | Baldwin #54952, 1921 | |
5 | 4-6-2 | 18" | BJWRR | Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, CA | operational | Merrick Light Railway Equipment, 2013 | ||
4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | George Reddington, 1949 | Named Oakland Acorn. | ||
1956 | 4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | George Reddington, 1956 | Named Daylight. Formerly Gene Autry from Melodie Ranch. | |
1919 | 4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | Merrick Light Railway Equipment #1996 | Named Lee W. Merrick. | |
113 | 151 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | FEC | Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, FL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #53902, 1913 | Up for sale as of 2022. 'Friends of the 113' facebook group formed with stated purpose to buy and restore this locomotive. |
153 | 151 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | FEC | Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, FL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #63262, 1922 | |
1924 | 4-6-2 | 15" | Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, WI | operational | Sandley (Janesville), 1977 | |||
425 | 4-6-2 | 24" | Florida Southwestern | unknown, Minneapolis, MN | stored | From St. Augustine, FL. | ||
735 | H-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Roosevelt Park, Minot, ND | display | Alco (Schenectady) #53136, 1913 | asbestos removed in 2004. |
22 | 4-6-2 | 15" | Tiny Town, Morrison, CO | out of service | Uhrich Locomotive Works (Strasburg) | Named Occasional Rose. Receiving a new chassis. | ||
152 | K-2A | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | L&N | Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, KY | restoration | Rogers #6256, 1905 | Official state steam locomotive of Kentucky. On the National Register of Historic Places. Previously operated in September 2011. Restoration work started in April 2023. |
1316 (500) | 137 ton | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | TSRR (AT&SF) | Texas State Railroad, Palestine, TX | display | Baldwin #37332, 1911 | Previously operated in the late 2002. Mandated 1,472-day overhaul cancelled in early 2003. Cosmetically restored in 2020. Will eventually be restored back to operation again once the restoration of T&P (TSRR) 316 is complete. |
425 | G-1 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | RBM&N (GM&N) | RBM&N headquarters, Port Clinton, PA | out of service | Baldwin #60339, 01/1928 | Previously operated in October 1996. Restored back to operation in December 2007. Taken out of service on December 19, 2022. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
197 (3203) | P-2 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | OR&N (UP) | Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, OR | restoration | Baldwin #25717, 1905 | new cab Rebuilding in 2023. Awaiting flue installation prior to final restoration. |
3666 | P-2 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | B&M | Piscataqua River, Portsmouth, NH | sunk | Alco (Schenectady), 1913 | |
3206 | P-1 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | UP (OR&N) | Inland NW Rail Museum, Reardan, WA | display | Alco (Schenectady) #30037, 1904 | From Spokane, WA. |
1915 | 4-6-2 | 19" | Overfair | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | display | Louis MacDermot, 1914 | Built for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Never operated. | |
2467 | P-8 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA | stored serviceable | Baldwin #54472, 01/1921 | Restored to operation in June 1999. Operated in excursion service until 2001. |
2472 | P-8 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | unknown, Schellville, CA | operational | Baldwin #54477, 1921 | Owned by the GGRM. Previously operated at the Niles Canyon Railway. Taken out of service in September 2015. Returned to operation in October 2021. |
2317 | G3c | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA | out of service | Montreal Locomotive Works #64541, 1923 | Taken out of service in late 2010. Awaiting mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. Will eventually be restored back to operation when the restoration of B&M 3713 is complete. Currently displayed at roundhouse entrance. |
3713 | P-4 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | B&M | Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA | restoration | Lima #7625, 1934 | Named Constitution. Will replace CN 3254 in excursion service when the restoration to operation is complete. |
1355 | H-5 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | GN | Sioux City Railroad Museum, Sioux City, IA | display | Baldwin #33908, 1909 | Originally built as an E14 class 4-6-0 type. Rebuilt into a 4-6-2 type in 1924. |
5529 | K-1-d | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MO | display | Montreal Locomotive Works #38914, 1905 | |
2153 | Q-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | NP | Minnesota Transportation Museum, St. Paul, MN | stored | Baldwin #33278, 03/1909 | From East Grand Forks. Acquired by the MTM after the 1997 Grand Forks flood. |
2156 | Q-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | NP | Minnesota Transportation Museum, St. Paul, MN | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #33281, 1909 | |
2713 | H-21 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Veteran's Memorial Park, Stevens Point, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #49796, 1913 | |
3750 | K4s | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | PRR | Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA | display | PRR (Juniata) #3703, 1920 | Official state steam locomotive of Pennsylvania alongside PRR 1361. Temporarily numbered 1737 after retirement. To eventually be cosmetically restored. |
1278 (127) | G5d | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | CLC #2435, 04/1948 | Sold to Steamtown USA in 1965. Renumbered 127. Used on excursions, then traded to the Gettysburg RR for CN 3254 in 1987. Crown sheet failure on GRR in June 1995. Purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1998. Received a partial cosmetic restoration in 2016. |
1293 | G5d | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | out of service | CLC #2450, 1948 | Retired in 1959. Sold to Steamtown USA in 1964. Used in excursion service. Featured in 'Terror Train' (1980). Purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1996. Taken out of service in 2014. Awaiting future overhaul. |
2479 | P-10 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | SP | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | restoration | Baldwin #57228, 1923 | From the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA. To be restored to operation. |
3423 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Railroad & Heritage Museum, Temple, TX | display | Baldwin #54951, 1921 | Moved to the restored downtown depot. |
1246 | G5c | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | RMNE Yard, Thomaston, CT | stored | Montreal Locomotive Works, 1946 | Painted in April 2002. |
2152 | Q-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | NP | Northern Pacific Railway Museum, Toppenish, WA | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #33277, 1909 | From Auburn, WA. |
938 | P-33 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CRI&P | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #1910, 1910 | From Fort Worth. Cosmetic restoration only. |
1401 | Ps-4 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Southern | National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC | display | Alco (Richmond) #66888, 1926 | Served on the Charlotte division of the SR. Only surviving Ps-4 pacific. |
578 | E2a | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Ohio Railway Museum, Worthington, OH | display | Alco (Richmond) #46831, 1910 | Operated in excursion service until 1978. |