Surviving Steam Locomotives in California, United States

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List of Steam Locomotives in California, United States

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
2718C-82-8-04'-8½"SP Rachael Dorris Park, 524 S Main St, Alturas, CAdisplayBurnham, Williams #23890, 1904
4 (10)2-4-036"Raritan River Sand Co. Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalBaldwin #58367, 1925Named Ernest S. Marsh.
3 (1)2-4-4T36"Godchaux Sugar (Reserve Plantation) Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalBaldwin (Burnham) #14065, 1894Named Fred Gurley.
52-4-4T36"Barker & LePine Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalBaldwin #20925, 1902Named Ward Kimball (formerly Maud L). From the Cedar Point amusement park. Originally built as an 0-4-4T type.
14-4-036" Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalWED Enterprises, 1955Named Cyrus K. Holliday.
24-4-036" Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalWED Enterprises, 1955Named EP Ripley.
11004-4-04'-8½"SP (SF&ARR)Deschutes Road, Sacramento River, Anderson, CAsunkStevens, 1868Named J.G. Kellogg.
80-4-0T600mmHans Vatter AG Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CArestorationOrenstein & Koppel (Berlin) #13164, 1938 From Germany, then Dorris, CA.
21 (9)0-4-0T600mmHans Vatter AG Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstored operationalHenschel & Sohn (Kassel) #24508, 1939From Germany, then Golden, CO, then Nevada City, CA.
20-4-0T24"Lonely Mine (Gweru & District Light) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredOrenstein & Koppel (Berlin) #4103, 1910Named Margaret. From Germany.
130-4-0T600mmF.Harriefeld AG Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAdisplayHanomag (Hannover-Linden) #9368, 1923From Germany, then the High Country Railroad, Golden, CO.
30-4-0T24"Hibernia Ag Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAdisplayHenschel & Sohn (Kassel) #25212, 1943From Charles Davies, Marquette, IA.
50-4-0T600mmGruen & Bilfinger AG Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredOrenstein & Koppel (Berlin) #12675, 1936From Germany, then the Alton & Pacific Railroad; also reported as 12676.
60-4-0T+T24"Lonely Mine (Gweru & District Light) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstored operationalOrenstein & Koppel (Berlin) #12709, 1934Named Buckeye, from Germany; also reported as 12708.
120-6-0ST600mmSena Sugar (S. Africa) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredPeckett & Sons (Bristol) #2144, 1953From England.
100-6-0ST24"Sena Sugar (S. Africa) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredPeckett & Sons (Bristol)
16 (1)14 ton0-6-0T-T24"Colonial Sugar / Lautoka Mill (Alton & Pacific) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredJohn Fowler #9460, 1903 From England, then the Alton & Pacific, Eureka, CA, then Tony Nott.
170-6-2T36"Gwelo & District Light (Rhodesia Chrome Mines) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredJohn Fowler
4 (918)0-8-024" Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredHenschel & Sohn (Kassel) #2725
1 (8)0-8-0T24"Imperial German Army Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredHartmann #4140, 1918 From Germany then Longview, TX then High Country Railroad, Golden, CO.
110-8-0T24"Sena Sugar (S. Africa) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CArestorationOrenstein & Koppel (Berlin) #11831, 1929Named Lucky.
2967 (5240)2-6-024"Byron RR (U.S. Army) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAoperationalDavenport Locomotive Works #1695, 05/1919 From Ridgefield, WA. Davenport 2-6-2T frame. Custom boiler.
2968 (5245)2-6-224"Byron RR (U.S. Army) Norgrove Gardens, Arroyo Grande, CAstoredDavenport Locomotive Works #1700 From Monroe, WA, then Watertown, NY. Rebuilt in Creston, IA by Byron Hiatt.
25B-P-O0-4-0CA18"Homestake Mining Walton Wickett, Atherton, CAprivateH.K. Porter #4762, 12/1910
5x100-4-0CA36"Hidden Splendor Minepark, Auburn, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #4560, 04/1910Possibly at the Gold Country Mining Museum.
2914 (2024)TW-84-8-04'-8½"SP Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CAdisplaySchenectady Locomotive Works #4807, 1898
50-4-0ST30"Calico & Odessa (Chase-Malcome Enterprizes) Calico Ghost Town, Barstow, CAoperationalC.W. LovesteadConverted from steam to gasoline power.
Shay4'-8½" Buried under Hwy 70 near the Belden powerhouse in the Feather River Canyon, Belden, CAburiedLimaPossibly the same as one rumored to be buried in Delleker off Hwy 70 at the site of an old mill.
42-4-215"Redwood Valley Railway Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CAoperational Named Laurel.
72-6-215"Redwood Valley Railway Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CAoperational Named The Oak; Drive wheels were borrowed to build model of Sierra Railway #3 used in filming Back To The Future III.
54-4-015"Redwood Valley Railway Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CAoperationalNamed Fern.
114-6-015"Redwood Valley Railway Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CAoperational Named Sequoia.
9NG-34-6-036"SP Laws Railroad Museum, Bishop, CAdisplayBaldwin #34035, 1909
4 (5)0-6-04'-8½"State Belt (Modesto & Empire Traction) Bayshore Roundhouse, Brisbane, CAstored restorationVulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #1759, 1911Moved from an empty field west of Salt Lake City, UT in 1995, then to San Francisco, CA.
30-4-0T24"P&S Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAdisplayVulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #1002, 1906
2 (5)B-S2-4-036"CP&LE (Acme Brick) Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAstoredH.K. Porter #7084, 1940Built as an 0-4-0T, Rebuilt at Cedar Point as a 2-4-0 renamed "Jennie K.", Sent to Knott's Berry Farm for restoration assesment, Sold in 2017 in auction at Knotts to Garner Holt Production, under restoration renamed "B.C. Holt".
340 (400)C-192-8-036"D&RGW Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAoperationalBurnham, Parry, Williams #5571, 1881
41 (409)C-19 (70)2-8-036"RGS (D&RG) Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAout of serviceBurnham, Parry, Williams #5731, 1881Taken out of service in September 2018. Trucked to Durango, CO in February 2022. Undergoing overhaul.
834-4-024" Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAoperationalCrown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1982
70-4-2T30"Imperial Forestry Bureau (Kiso Forest Railway) Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CAunknownBaldwin #60069, 1927Named Dagny, once owned by Phil Goldmans, Goleta then Sal Luis Obispo Railroad.
62-4-230"DMT Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CAstoredTom Terning, 1990 From Shaker Woods Festival, Columbiana, OH.
22-4-2T30"Ft. Wilderness Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CArestorationWDI, 1973 From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad.
32-4-2T30"Ft. Wilderness Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CArestorationWDI, 1973 From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad.
10060-T-1230-6-0T4'-8½"EJ Lavino & Co Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CAdisplayAlco (Cooke) #64764, 1923 From Perris.
46 (110)2-6-6-24'-8½"CWR (Weyerhaeuser) Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CAdisplayBaldwin #62064, 1937 Appeared in There Goes A Train.
104 (2720)C-82-8-04'-8½"SD&A (SP) Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CAdisplayBurnham, Williams #23899, 1904 Appeared in There Goes A Train.
112-8-2T4'-8½"Coos Bay Lumber Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CArestorationAlco (Schenectady) #68276, 1929
2353T-314-6-04'-8½"SP Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, CArestorationBaldwin #38221, 1912 Featured in 'Pearl Harbor'. Operated in excursion service until 2000. Cosmetic restoration only.
10-4-0ST30"Great Western Power (Nevada Mill) Main Street, Chester, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #848, 05/1887 Named Dinky, abandonded in Butt Valley Reservoir by contractor, recovered in 1997.
30-4-0T4'-8½"Edison Portland Cement Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CAstored operationalVulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3370, 1923 Fron San Jose, owned by Louis R. Chiaramonte?
10-4-0T4'-8½"Redwood Valley Railway Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CAdisplay
10-4-0T4'-8½"Henry J Kaiser (Santa Cruz Portland Cement) Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CAprivate storedH.K. Porter #3578, 09/1906
35C-70Shay3Tr4'-8½"Brimstone RR Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CAprivate dismantledLima #2366, 1910 Sold to Eskbank Rail Heritage Centre, Lithgow, NSW, AUS.
174010-4-0CA18"Nevada Gold Mineunknown, Colfax, CAprivateEIMCO
2706C-82-8-04'-8½"SP 14th St. and Parkhill St., Colusa, CAprivate restorationBaldwin #23809, 02/1904 From Oakland. Owned by John Manley.
0-6-0T30"Apollo Consolidated MiningWarren Roberts, Corona, CAprivate restorationBaldwin #15273, 04/1897From Alaska.
40-4-2T36"Wiaminlo Plantation (Kaiwiki Sugar) Sandstone Crag Loop Line, Coto de Caza, CAoperationalBaldwin #11900, 05/1891 Named Deanna.
10-4-0ST24"Merced Gold Co Northern Mariposa County History Center, Coulterville, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #1896, 1898
15000-6-0T19"Overfair Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CArestorationLouis MacDermot, 1914 Damaged in a fire in August 2020. Will eventually be converted into a 2-6-0.
19124-6-219"Swanton Pacific (Overfair) Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CAoperationalLouis MacDermot, 1914 Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
19134-6-219"Swanton Pacific (Overfair) Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CArestorationLouis MacDermot, 1914 Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Damaged in a fire in August 2020.
19144-6-219"Swanton Pacific (Overfair) Swanton Pacific, Davenport, CAoperationalLouis MacDermot, 1914 Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Damaged in a fire in August 2020.
22-8-036"US Potash (DVRR) Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, CAdisplayBaldwin #42864, 1916
0-4-0T600mmDeutsche Tiefbau AG Butte Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad, Dorris, CAprivateCeskomoravska Kolben Danek #2056, 1941From Czech Republic.
Shay2Tr4'-8½"Siskiyou Lumber?west of, Dorris, CAabandonedLima
1727M-62-6-04'-8½"SP Dunsmuir Park, Dunsmuir, CAdisplayBurnham, Williams #19539, 1901
7 (2)70-3Willamette3Tr4'-8½"Ed Hines Lumber (Westfir Lumber) Railroad Park Resort, Dunsmuir, CAdisplayWillamette Iron & Steel #21, 1926
12-6-218"Venice Miniature Railwayunknown, El Monte, CAstoredJohnson Machine Works (Los Angeles), 1905
6Shay3Tr4'-8½"PLC (HH) El Portal Transportation Museum, El Portal, CAdisplayLima #3170, 1921
10524-4-012" Emerald Hills Railway, Emerald Hills, CAprivate operationalOttaway, 1948
10-4-04'-8½"ERM&LC (Dolly Varden) Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Eureka, CAstored operationalMarshutz & Cantrell, 1884 Named Falk.
10-4-0RT4'-8½"Bear Harbor Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Eureka, CAstored operationalMarshutz & Cantrell #8100, 1892 Geared.
50-4-036"Robinson Clay Products North County & Pacific Creek Railroad, Fallbrook, CAoperationalH.K. Porter #6536, 09/1921
20-4-0F36"Apache Powder North County & Pacific Creek Railroad, Fallbrook, CAstoredH.K. Porter #6828, 1923
0-2-236" Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAdisplayLocomobile Vertical boiler track inspection car.
30-4-2T36"Kuhuku Plant Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAoperationalBurnham, Parry, Williams #10756, 1890
5 (3)Climax2Tr48"WM Ritter (ERM&LC) Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CArestorationClimax #1692, 1928Named Bloomsburg.
2 (3)37 tonHeisler2Tr36"WSL Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAoperationalStearns Manufacturing #1041, 1900Named Tuolumne.
1 (2593)42-2Shay2Tr36"CPC Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAoperationalLima #2593, 1912Named Dixiana.
6 (7)32-2Shay2Tr36"WMRL&Co (Elk & Little Kanawha) Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAdisplayLima #2519, 02/1912From George Morrison, Maryville, TN.
7 (4)60-3Shay3Tr36"WSL (B&PRY) Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAoperationalLima #2465, 1911 Named Sonora.
142-8-04'-8½"D&NE Fillmore & Western Railway, Fillmore, CAoperationalBaldwin #40875, 1913
1070-3 PCShay3Tr36"WSL Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CAoperationalLima #3315, 1928
15 (9)50-2Shay3Tr36"WSL Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CAoperationalLima #2645, 1913
30"Frontier Village Burke Junction Express RR, Folsom, CAunknownArrow Dynamics, CASteam outline built for Frontier Village Amusement Park in San Jose. Current location unknown.
14-4-012"Folsom Valley Railway (Ottaway) Folsom Valley Railway, Folsom, CAoperationalErich Thompsen (Berkeley), 1950Named Cricket, from Tilden Park.
30014-4-212"Folsom Valley Railway Folsom Valley Railway, Folsom, CAoperationalAlan Shelly (Sacramento), 1949 From Seattle, WA.
20-4-0T4'-8½"Santa Cruz Portland Cement Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, Folsom, CAoperationalH.K. Porter #4390, 09/1909 Named Chiggen. From Chicken Kitchen Restaurant, Pollardville, then Stockton, CA, then Snoqualmie, WA.
0-4-0CA24"Red Point Mine Foresthill Divide Museum, Foresthill, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #2085, 12/1899
1227S-110-6-04'-8½"SP CA Western Railroad, Fort Bragg, CAstored privateLima #1494, 1914From the Golden Gate Railroad Museum, Sunol, CA, then Oakdale, CA.
45 (3)12-32 1/4-E2-8-24'-8½"CWR (Owen-Oregon Lumber) CA Western Railroad, Fort Bragg, CAout of serviceBaldwin #58045, 1924 Restored to operation in 1983. Taken out of service in 2009. Undergoing overhaul.
20-4-2RT4'-8½"CSF&E (Caspar & Hare Creek) Depot Mall Museum, Fort Bragg, CAdisplayBurnham, Parry, Williams #7558, 1885Named Daisy.
1 (3)4-10 1/2 C 180-4-0T4'-8½"Union Lumber (Glen Blair Redwood) Guest House Museum, Fort Bragg, CAdisplayBaldwin #5009, 1888Named Dinkey. Steam dummy.
52-6-236"Argent Lumber Ardenwood Railroad, Fremont, CAdisplayLima #1116, 1910From the Nevada County NG Railroad Museum, Nevada City, CA.
1238S-100-6-04'-8½"SP Roeding Park, 890 W Belmont Ave, Fresno, CAdisplayBaldwin #49304, 1918
0-4-0T4'-8½"ballpark N of town, Georgetown, CArestoration
0-4-0ngGreat American Scenic Brook Rother, Georgetown, CAstoredCustom Fabricators #16Built as a 2-4-0 diesel hydraulic. From Great America, Santa Clara, CA.
50-4-0ST31"Slidell Brick Brook Rother, Georgetown, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #3609, 1906
70-6-4T36"Godchaux Sugar Brook Rother, Georgetown, CArestorationH.K. Porter #4969, 1911
68 (2)25 ton4-4-036"UP (Astroworld) Brook Rother, Georgetown, CArestorationHarpur, 1968Replica. From Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston, TX, then Silverwood amusement park, Athol, ID, then Laramie, WY.
206 (123)4-2-424"Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy, CAoperationalChance From Dutch Wonderland, Lancaster, PA. Gas-powered. C.P. Huntington replica. Up for sale as of 2022.
4-2-424"Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy, CAoperationalChanceGas-powered C.P. Huntington replica.
4-4-024"Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy, CAoperationalCrown Metal Products (Elizabeth) sold, whereabouts unknown.
4-4-024"Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy, CAoperationalCrown Metal Products (Elizabeth) sold, whereabouts unknown.
4590-4-0CA24"Empire Gold Mine State Park, Grass Valley, CAdisplayUniversal Dredge Mfg.
0-4-0T36"Gold Strike Express (Cortez Mines) Tom Gazsi and Gary Smith, Hayward, CAstored operationalH.K. Porter #1196, 07/1890 Named Anne Marie. Originally built as 30" gauge. From Hacienda Hotel & Casino, Boulder City, NV, then Hayward, CA.
151 (1)0-4-0ST-T4'-8½"Imperial Irrigation District Pioneers Museum, Imperial, CAdisplayAlco (Cooke) #59389, 10/1918Acquired CP slope back tender.
18 (12)NG-64-6-036"SP (NV-CA-OR) Eastern California Museum, Independence, CAoperationalBaldwin #37395, 1911 Named Slim Princess. From Dehy Park. Restored to operation in October 2016. Debuted in excursion service in July 2017. Suffered a piston failure on April 9, 2019 on the D&S. Operated on loan at the D&S in 2019 and 2021.
7 (8)2-6-24'-8½"Amador Central (MCR) Police Department Park, Main St, Ione, CAdisplayBurnham, Williams #1895, 1901
94010-4-0CA18"Matt Shaug, Jamestown, CAprivateEIMCO
282-8-04'-8½"Sierra Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CAout of serviceBaldwin #55246, 1922 Featured in 'Little House on the Prairie' and 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' (1984). Previously operated in May 2008. Restored back to operation in June 2019. Taken out of service in 2023 for its 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.
342-8-24'-8½"Sierra Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CAstoredBaldwin #58679, 1925 From the Fred Kepner collection at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Garibaldi, OR.
34-6-04'-8½"Sierra Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CAout of serviceRogers #4493, 1891 Nicknamed Movie Star Locomotive. Featured in 'Back to the Future III' and many other movies. Previously operated in 1995. Restored back to operation in July 2010. Taken out of service in late 2022. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.
290-3Shay3Tr4'-8½"Sierra (Feather River) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CAout of serviceLima #3177, 1922 Restored to operation in 1979. Taken out of service in 2010. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.
7Shay3Tr4'-8½"PLC Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CAdisplayLima #3286
30-6-0ST4'-8½"Mojave No. La Mesa Depot, Spring St &La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CAdisplayDavenport Locomotive Works #1972, 1923
7170-6-0T4'-8½"USATC Ave G just off Sierra Highway, Lancaster, CAstoredH.K. Porter #7376, 1942 From the Bluegrass Railroad Museum, Versailles, KY. Previously operated in 1997. To Palmdale, CA.
10-4-0T4'-8½"National Pole & TreatingLaytonville, CAprivateDavenport Locomotive Works #2071, 1926
42-4-2T30"Ft. Wilderness Michael Campbell, Ida Ct, Livermore, CArestorationWDI, 1973 From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad.
5320J-1e4-6-416"NYC Panella Pacific Railroad (private), Lodi, CAout of serviceMercer Locomotive Works (Hamilton, NJ), 1947
1765M-62-6-04'-8½"NtnlMtls (SP) Lomita Railroad Museum, 250th St & Woodward Ave, Lomita, CAdisplayBaldwin #19805, 1902
10-4-2T36"Kahului & Wailuku RailroadJohn Bothwell, Los Angeles, CArestorationBaldwin #4906, 12/1879
2 (3)0-4-4RT30"Westfield Plantation (Dugas & Le Blanc)private, Los Angeles, CAoperationalH.K. Porter #4183, 09/1908Named Rosa, moved from Lampasas, TX to southern CA in 2011. May be located at the Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CA.
1 (1791)0-6-2T30"Westfield Plantationprivate, Los Angeles, CAstoredH.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.
310-4-0T4'-8½"LAHD Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayDavenport Locomotive Works #1868, 1921
32 (1)0-4-0T4'-8½"LAHD Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayAlco (Rogers) #53115, 06/1913
219 (20)6-18 1/2 C-40-4-0T4'-8½"Southern CA Motor (Market St, Park & Cliff) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CArestorationBurnham, Parry, Williams #5357, 11/1880 Originally built as an 0-4-2 type tram locomotive. Currently dismantled. To be restored to operation.
1273S-120-6-04'-8½"SP Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplaySP (Sacramento), 1921
4439S-510-6-04'-8½"UP Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayBaldwin #48273, 1918
10-6-0T4'-8½"Conrock Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayAlco (Cooke) #66168, 1925
7 (13)2-6-24'-8½"S&F (DV&RL) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayAlco (Dickson) #26264, 12/1902Originally built as a 2-6-0 type.
26C-432-8-04'-8½"WP Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #46456, 1909
664 (891)6642-8-04'-8½"AT&SF Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayBurnham, Williams #17187, 1899
1000 (4)2-8-24'-8½"SMV (HH) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #61535, 1920
1 (1193)4-4-04'-8½"ST&E (SP) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayJA Norris-Lancaster #12, 1864Named Mariposa.
3025A-34-4-24'-8½"SP Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #30005, 1904
2 (6)75 tonHeisler3Tr4'-8½"PLC (HH) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayHeisler #1369, 1918
2 (4)70-3Shay3Tr4'-8½"Camino-Placerville & Lake Tahoe Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayLima #3172, 1922
674'-8½"Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CAstoredNon-working studio prop.
22-6-218"BJWRR (Venice Miniature Railway) Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, CAoperationalJohnson Machine Works (Los Angeles), 1905
54-6-218"BJWRR Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, CAoperationalMerrick Light Railway Equipment, 2013
1258S-120-6-04'-8½"SP Southern Pacific Depot, Martinez, CAdisplaySP (Sacramento), 1921
1014-4-015" B.A.D. Great Northern Railway, Millville, CAprivate operationalHarris Locomotive WorksNamed Little Bubba.
1024-4-015" B.A.D. Great Northern Railway, Millville, CAprivate operationalHarris Locomotive WorksNamed Big Bubba.
292129004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Amtrak Station, Modesto, CAdisplayBaldwin #69809, 1944 From Beard Brook Park.
1285S-140-6-04'-8½"SP El Estero Park, Monterey, CAdisplayLima #6753, 1924
10-4-0T36"Sacramento Brick Nevada County NG Railroad Museum, Nevada City, CAoperationalH.K. Porter #1018, 03/1889From Rancho Cordova then Marysville. On loan from Leslie Wilmunder, Palermo, CA.
52-6-036"NCNG Nevada County NG Railroad Museum, Nevada City, CArestorationBaldwin (Burnham) #3709, 1875Named Tahoe.
1629M-42-6-04'-8½"SP William S Hart Park, Newhall, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #5680, 1900
0-4-0WT18"John Knowles Richard Farmer, Northridge, CAoperationalHunslet Engine Co. #1404, 1920 Named Gwen. From England.
2852C-102-8-04'-8½"SP Glenn Co. Fairgrounds, Orland, CAdisplaySP (Sacramento), 1919
164S-340-6-04'-8½"WP Hewitt Park, Oroville, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #58786, 1919
1Shay3Tr4'-8½"Hutchinson Lumber (Feather River) Hewitt Park, Oroville, CAdisplayLima #3169, 1931 Located way in the back, atop of some stairs, behind some bushes.
21 (20)0-4-0T36"Merry Brothers Brick & Tile (Wayne Coal)Mike Bayly, Paicines, CAstoredVulcan Iron Works #3258, 10/1922
118 tonHeisler2Tr36"Richardson Lumber Leslie Wilmunder, Palermo, CAprivate restorationHeisler #1225, 1911From Rancho Cordova, then Marysville.
1 (2)0-4-2T36"Waimanalo Sugar Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CAdisplay serviceableBaldwin (Burnham) #30340, 02/1907Named Chloe, from Grizzly Flats RR, San Gabriel. Had the wrong builder plates (6944, 1883).
10-4-4RT36"Belle Point & Reserve Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CAdisplayBurnham, Williams #14064, 1894 Owned by Tom Gazi; Part of Grizzly Flats Exhibit. From Oxnard, CA.
20-6-0T4'-8½"Mojave Northern Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CAstoredDavenport Locomotive Works #1584, 1917
22-6-036"NV Central Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CArestorationBaldwin #5575, 1881Named Emma Nevada. Being restored to operating condition.
2 (107)2-6-24'-8½"Ventura County Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CAout of serviceBaldwin #55415, 1922 Taken out of service in October 2021. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.
2564MK-102-8-24'-8½"UP Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CAdisplayAlco (Brooks) #62881, 1921
0-4-4T36"Wil.B.IsaacsInformation Center, Pioneer Town, CAdisplay
1 (6)0-4-0T36"Michigan California Lumber (El Dorado Lumber) El Dorado Historical Museum, Placerville, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #2049, 1899
4Shay2Tr36"Diamond & Caldor El Dorado Historical Museum, Placerville, CArestorationLima #1896, 1907Owned by El Dorado Western Railway Foundation.
2 (2285)0-6-04'-8½"OHT (AT&SF) RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #2409, 1887
32-8-036"US Potash RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona, CAdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #21882, 1903
5021SP-24-10-24'-8½"SP RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #66793, 1926Three cylinder.
900090004-12-24'-8½"UP RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona, CAdisplayAlco (Brooks) #66544, 1926 Three cylinder. Displayed with UP Centennial 6915 and SD40-2 3105. Only surviving 4-12-2 type steam locomotive in the US.
345034504-6-44'-8½"AT&SF RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona, CAdisplayBaldwin #59993, 1927
3Climax3Tr4'-8½"FruitGrowers RailGiants Train Museum, Pomona, CAdisplayClimax #932, 1909
165S-340-6-04'-8½"WP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CAoperationalAlco (Schenectady) #58787, 1919 From the Pleasanton Fairgrounds, then PLA. Restored to operation on April 23, 2022. Debuted in excursion service on May 15, 2022. Currently the only operational WP steam locomotive.
484GS-644-8-44'-8½"WP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CAdisplayThe engine was scrapped after retirement in 1953, but the tender still survives today. The tender was later converted into a steam generator for their rotary snowplow.
34-11C0-4-042"Cowell Cement Poway Midland RR, Poway, CAout of serviceBaldwin (Burnham) #30646, 4/1907 Originally built as a tank locomotive. Boiler being replaced.
30-4-0T30"Yellow Aster Desert Museum, Randsburg, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #4468, 1909 Smallest surviving complete steam locomotive built for domestic use.
22-6-2T4'-8½"SV&E Shasta Cascade Rail Preservation Society, Redding, CAdisplayBaldwin #32651, 1908 From Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, NV.
213-2Shay2Tr36"MI-CA Lumber (Hart & Horn)Turtle Bay Park & Museum, 800 Auditorium Dr, Redding, CAdisplayLima #122, 1884
2825C-92-8-04'-8½"SP San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CAdisplayAlco (Brooks) #44984, 1908
30-4-0T36"Deer Lake Park & Julian (Wilkeson Coal) John Lasseter Disney/Pixar, Reedley, CAdisplayH.K. Porter #2472, 11/1901 Named Marie E. Previously owned by Oliver Johnston.
12-4-2T30"Ft. Wilderness John Lasseter Disney/Pixar, Reedley, CArestorationWDI, 1973 From the Ft. Wilderness Railroad, then Jim Zordich, Boring, OR.
6051C-22-8-04'-8½"UP Fairmont Park, Market & Hwy 60, Riverside, CAdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #31539, 1907
2252T-14-6-04'-8½"SP East end of UP yard, Roseville, CAdisplayAlco (Cooke) #2360, 1897From the Placer County Fairgrounds.
12B-P-O0-4-0CA18"Homestake Mining California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstoredH.K. Porter #4085, 01/1908From Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad.
10-4-2T36"Mattole Lumber California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAoperational#1240, 1908Donated by Henry Sorensen.
6 (17)0-4-2T36"Kiso Forest Railway (Imperial Forestry Bureau) California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAoperationalBaldwin #60873, 06/1926Donated by Henry Sorensen.
4466S-60-6-04'-8½"UP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstored serviceableLima #6003, 1920Restored to operation in 1984. Retired from excursion service in 1999 due to California's ban on operating coal-fired steam locomotives.
212-4-04'-8½"V&T California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayBaldwin #3689, 1875Named J.W. Bowker.
1 (6)2-6-036"Nevada Short Line (Utah & Northern) California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #4562, 1879
132-6-04'-8½"V&T California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayBaldwin #3091, 1873Named Empire.
101010002-6-24'-8½"AT&SF California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstoredBaldwin (Burnham) #19630, 1901Scott Special
1903 (233)2-6-2T4'-8½"SP (Central Pacific) California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstoredCP (Sacramento), 01/1882From the Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA.
1 (3)4-2-4T4'-8½"SP (Central Pacific) California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayDanforth, Cooke & Co. #277, 1863Named C.P. Huntington.
14-4-04'-8½"Central Pacific California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayRichard Norris & Son #1040, 1863Named Governor Stanford.
124-4-04'-8½"V&T California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayM. Baird & Co #3090, 1873Named Genoa.
124-4-015" California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstoredNamed Sonoma, from Orland Newville & Pacific RR, Glenn Co. Fairgrounds, Orland.
124-4-036"NPC California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #3843, 1876Named Sonoma.
1124-6-04'-8½"NWP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #44956, 1908Only surviving North Western Pacific steam locomotive.
19154-6-219"Overfair California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayLouis MacDermot, 1914 Built for 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition. Never operated.
2467P-84-6-24'-8½"SP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstored serviceableBaldwin #54472, 01/1921Restored to operation in June 1999. Operated in excursion service until 2001.
4294AC-124-8-8-24'-8½"SP California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayBaldwin #70101, 1944Became the last Cab Forward built for the SP. Became the only surviving SP Cab Forward in preservation.
1771M-82-6-04'-8½"SPinside CSRM boiler and erecting shops, Sacramento, CArestorationBaldwin (Burnham) #20389, 1902
10 (5001)0-6-0T4'-8½"Granite Rock (USATC)near CSRM's locomotive works building, Sacramento, CAoperationalH.K. Porter #7461, 1942
502150112-10-44'-8½"AT&SF Old Sacramento, Sacramento, CAstoredBaldwin #70827, 1944
292529004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Old Sacramento, Sacramento, CAstoredBaldwin #69813, 1944
1237S-100-6-04'-8½"SP Amtrak (SP) Depot, Salinas, CAdisplayBaldwin #49245, 1918From Central Ave Park.
22-4-2T4'-8½"Bear Harbor Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CAstoredBurnham, Williams #15832, 1893Was abandoned in woods for many years along with 'Falk' (now in Eureka). From Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale.
292-6-24'-8½"Pacific Lumber Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CAstoredBaldwin #34484, 1910From Eureka, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale.
32-6-24'-8½"ST&E (Delbeer & Carson Lumber) Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CAstoredBaldwin #55248, 01/1922From the California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA.
15 (4)90 ton2-8-24'-8½"Hammond Lumber (Humbird Lumber) Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CAstoredBaldwin #43563, 1916From Eureka, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale.
7 (1)50-2Shay2Tr4'-8½"Arcata & Mad River (Lamson Logging) Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CAstoredLima #3014, 1918From Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale.
3390-3Shay3Tr4'-8½"Hammond Lumber Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CAstoredLima #3180, 1922From Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale.
E4-4-022" San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, CAoperationalCagney, 1904
5 (9419)0-4-04'-8½"AT&SF (Santa Fe Terminal) History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CAdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #17333, 01/1900Named Little Buttercup. From the California State Railroad Museum.
1215S-100-6-04'-8½"SP History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CAdisplayBaldwin #39832, 1913 From Portola.
1298S-100-6-04'-8½"SP Harvey West Park, Santa Cruz, CAdisplayBaldwin #46313, 1917Displayed without tender.
870 (874)8702-8-04'-8½"AT&SF Heritage Park at Mora Dr, Santa Fe Springs, CAdisplayBaldwin #27706, 1906 From Madrid, NM. Displayed with tender from #874.
2 (800)2-4-036"Lehigh Stone Pacific Coast Railroad, Santa Margarita, CAprivateVulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3837, 1921 From Cedar Point, then Wild World, Largo, MD, then Cleveland, then became the Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman engine.
3 (1)2-6-236"Laurel Valley Plantation (Barker & LePine) Pacific Coast Railroad, Santa Margarita, CAprivateH.K. Porter #1790, 1897 Named Melodia, from Space City USA then Carowinds Amusement Park, Charlotte. Converted from an 0-6-2RT to 2-6-2.
125 ton4-4-036"Astroworld Pacific Coast Railroad, Santa Margarita, CAout of serviceGuiberson-Harpur, 1968Named Caroline. From Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston, TX. Awaiting boiler replacement.
5 (82)0-4-0ST4'-8½"Pacific Gas & Electric (CRI&P)Santa Maria, CAdisplayCRI&P (Silvis) #1884Built as an 0-4-0T T, from Railtown 1897 State Historic Park.
4-2-424"Neverland Valley Railroad Neverland Ranch, Santa Ynez, CAunknownChanceC.P. Huntington replica; From Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
1 (2)4-4-036"Neverland Valley Railroad (Carowinds) Neverland Ranch, Santa Ynez, CAout of serviceCrown Metal Products (Elizabeth) #37936, 1973From Carowinds Amusement Park, Charlotte, then Timber Rail Village, White River Junction, VT, Helm & Sons Amusement Co, and Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
2472P-84-6-24'-8½"SPunknown, Schellville, CAoperationalBaldwin #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.
9 (5)36 tonHeisler2Tr4'-8½"TPLCo (Mt. Tamapais & Muir Woods) Pacific Lumber Co, Scotia, CArestorationHeisler #1446, 1920 Operated on the MT&MW from 1921 to 1924; currently in Sonoma County being restored.
4'-8½"riverbank, Soda Springs, CAsunk
12-6-015" Traintown Railroad Park, Broadway, Sonoma, CAoperationalWinton Engineering, 1960
52124-6-415" Traintown Railroad Park, Broadway, Sonoma, CAoperational
3Shay2Tr4'-8½"PLC Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Sonora, CAdisplayLima #2297, 1910
737 (216)E-314-4-04'-8½"UP (SP) The Double T, Stevenson, CAdisplayBaldwin #8395, 1887 From Portola. Some list this engine in Merced or Turlock.
334MK-712-8-24'-8½"WP Western Railway Museum, Suisun City, CAstoredAlco (Schenectady) #67972, 1929
94TP-294-6-04'-8½"WP Western Railway Museum, Suisun City, CAstored serviceableAlco (Brooks) #46419, 1909Featured in Pollyanna.
1269S-120-6-04'-8½"SP Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAstoredSP (Sacramento), 1921
72-4-4-24'-8½"Deep River Logging (Columbia River Belt Line) Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAoperationalBaldwin #33463, 1909Named Skookum. From Mineral, WA, then the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Garibaldi, OR. Restored to operation by the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad in late 2018. May go to Willits, CA.
1744M-62-6-04'-8½"SP Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CArestorationBaldwin #19671, 1901 From the Tarantula Train, Fort Worth, TX, then the New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Company, Belle Chase, LA, then the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad, Alamosa, CO. Will debut at the Niles Canyon Railway soon.
302-6-24'-8½"Sierra Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAfuture restorationBaldwin #55412, 05/1922
22-6-2T4'-8½"Quincy RR Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAout of serviceAlco, 1924
32-6-2T4'-8½"Robert Dollar Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAoperationalAlco (Schenectady) #67544, 11/1927Traded to PLA from the Western Railway Museum, Suisun City, CA.
42-6-6-2T4'-8½"Clover Valley Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAoperationalBaldwin #57684, 03/1924Ran test runs in the summer of 2012.
2479P-104-6-24'-8½"SP Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CArestorationBaldwin #57228, 1923From the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA. To be restored to operation.
586 tonHeisler3Tr4'-8½"PLC Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAfuture restorationHeisler #1268, 1913
1275 tonShay3Tr4'-8½"PLC (Sierra) Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CAstored operationalLima #789, 1903 From Peralta & Shinn, Fremont, CA.
2839H1c4-6-44'-8½"Atlantic Central (CPR) The Nethercutt Collection and Museum, Sylmar, CAdisplayMontreal Locomotive Works, 1937From Allentown, PA. Appeared in Coal Miner's Daughter.
1293S-140-6-04'-8½"SP Powers Park, Tracy Blvd, Tracy, CAdisplayLima #6761, 1924
237 tonHeisler2Tr4'-8"WSL West Side Memorial Park, Tuolumne, CAdisplayStearns Manufacturing #1038, 1899 Built as 36" gauge.
30-4-0T36"Detroit Yukon MiningTom Gazi, unknown, CAprivate restorationH.K. Porter #3024, 04/1904Incorrectly identified as Northern Light, Power, Coal & Transportation; currently somewhere in southern California.
375137514-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Amtrak/Redondo Junction Shops, Vernon, CAoperationalBaldwin #60004, 1927SBRHS Restored to operation in late 1991. Featured in 'Boots Malone', 'Key to the City', 'There Goes a Train', 'Pearl Harbor', and more. Taken out of service in 2017. Returned to operation on September 21, 2022. Equipped with Positive Train Control.
4Shay3Tr4'-8½"Yosemite Lumber Sierra Nevada Logging Museum, White Pines, CArestorationLima #3092, 1920 From Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City.
114010-4-0CA18"Socrates Mine Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAdisplayEIMCO
10-4-0T4'-8½"Henry J Kaiser (Folsom State Prison) Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAdisplayAlco (Cooke) #66311, 02/1926
202 (3)14 ton0-4-0T4'-8½"Pacific Portland Cement Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAprivateH.K. Porter #5512, 1913 From Clarksburg.
72-6-2T4'-8½"Port of Olympia Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAprivate operationalBaldwin #34666, 1910Restored to operation by the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad.
142-6-2T4'-8½"CA Western Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CArestorationBaldwin #58050, 1924 From Fort Bragg, CA.
82-6-6-2T4'-8½"Rayonier Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CArestorationBaldwin #58064, 1924 From Shelton, then Chehalis, WA.
4 (38)BClimax2Tr4'-8½"Pacific Lumber (Holmes-Eureka Lumber) Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAdisplayClimax #1621, 1922
1 (6)47 tonHeisler2Tr4'-8½"Bluestone Mining & Smelting (Blake Brothers) Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAoperationalHeisler #1351, 1916 From Eureka, CA, then the Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CA.
2978Shay2Tr4'-8½"Robert Dollar Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CAdisplay#2978 From Rio Vista Jct.
7 (2)Shay3Tr4'-8½"KL&LC (St. Regis Paper) Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CArestorationLima #3346, 11/1929 From Tacoma, WA.
1233S-100-6-04'-8½"SP SP Depot, Woodland, CAdisplayBaldwin #49160, 1918Once used on the Yolo Shortline, Clarksburg, CA. Awaiting possible restoration.

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