Surviving Steam Locomotives in Colorado, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Colorado, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | T-12 | 4-6-0 | 36" | D&RGW (D&RG) | Cole Park, Alamosa, CO | display | Baldwin #7028, 1883 | Underwent a cosmetic restoration between 2009 and 2021. Original tender is up for sale as of 2024. |
| 315 (425) | C-18 | 2-8-0 | 36" | D&RGW (F&CC) | C&TS yard, Antonito, CO | operational | Baldwin #14352, 1895 | DRHS Owned by the Durango Railroad Historical Society, Durango, CO. On loan to the C&TS until at least 2025. Restored to operation in August 2007. Taken out of service in October 2021. Returned to operation on March 8, 2023. |
| 494 | K-37 | 2-8-2 | 36" | C&TS (D&RGW) | C&TS yard, Antonito, CO | display | Baldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20748, 1928 | |
| 495 | K-37 | 2-8-2 | 36" | C&TS (D&RGW) | C&TS yard, Antonito, CO | display | Baldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20522, 1928 | |
| 168 | T-12 | 4-6-0 | 36" | C&TS (D&RG) | C&TS yard, Antonito, CO | operational | Baldwin #6670, 1883 | From Antlers Park, Colorado Springs, CO. Owned by the city of Colorado Springs, CO. Restored to operation in October 2019. Used primarily for special events and charters hosted by the Friends of the C&TS. |
| 61 | 2-8-0 | 36" | WP&Y | Stockton Locomotive Works, Antonito, CO | restoration | Baldwin #17814, 1900 | Recovered from the Skagway River in 1988. Moved to North Lake, WI in 2007, then to Antonito, CO in 2018. | |
| 2-6-0 | 18" | Meadows and Lake Kathleen | Michael Barth, Black Forest, CO | restoration | Oscar Coffman, 1949 | From Meadows and Lake Kathleen, Deadwood, OR. | ||
| 71 (12) | 2-8-0 | 36" | CO Cen (CyZ) | Colorado Central Station Casino, Black Hawk, CO | display | Baldwin #35990, 07/1911 | From Palmer Lake, CO. Operated out of Central City in the late 1980s. | |
| 9 (72) | B-3A | 2-6-0 | 36" | C&S (DSP&P) | Rotary Snowplow Park, Breckenridge, CO | display | Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works #1555, 1884 | From Historical Society, Strasburg, CO, then the Georgetown Loop RR, Georgetown, CO, then Palisade. Previously operated at the Georgetown Loop RR in Sep 2006. Acquired in trade for GL (ICRA) 111 in Sep 2006 after retirement from excursion service. |
| 499 | K-37 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&RGW | Royal Gorge Park, Canon City, CO | display | D&RGW (Burnham) #20753, 1930 | From the D&S, Durango, CO. Acquired in trade for D&S 486 in May 1999. Uses the tender of sister K-37 locomotive 498 on the D&S. Damaged in a fire in 2013. |
| 71 (74) | B-4E | 2-8-0 | 36" | C&S (DSP&P) | Fortune Valley Hotel, Central City, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #15142, 1897 | |
| 278 | C-16 | 2-8-0 | 36" | D&RGW | Morrow Point Dam Road, Cimarron, CO | display | Baldwin #6030, 1882 | |
| 5 | 0-4-2cog | 4'-8½" | M&PP | Summit Restaurant, Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #18939, 1901 | From Manitou Springs, CO. | |
| 4 | 2-6-2 | 36" | WP&Y (Klondike Mines) | South Park Rail Society, Como, CO | out of service | Baldwin #37564, 1912 | From the Petticoat Junction Railroad, then El Reno, OK, then Dry Gulch USA, Adair, OK, then Silver Plume, CO. Wood-fired. Out of service for boiler repairs. To be restored by the D&S, Durango, CO. | |
| 6 | B-P-O | 0-4-0CA | 18" | Homestake Mining | Underground Mining Museum, Creede, CO | display | H.K. Porter #3291, 12/1905 | |
| 2 | 0-4-0 | 24" | CCV | CC&V ng Railroad, Cripple Creek, CO | operational | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #28490, 1936 | From a Hanseatische Kieswerke quarry, Germany. | |
| 3 | 0-4-0T | 24" | CCV | CC&V ng Railroad, Cripple Creek, CO | operational | H.K. Porter #7063, 1927 | Formerly named Vista Grande. From Zacatecas. | |
| 1 | 0-4-4-0 | 24" | CCV | CC&V ng Railroad, Cripple Creek, CO | operational | Orenstein & Koppel (Berlin) #2797, 1902 | 1960 photo from Avalos, Zacatecas Formerly named Goldfield. From Germany. | |
| 4 | 0-4-4-0T | 24" | Reynolds Brothers Sugar | CC&V ng Railroad, Cripple Creek, CO | stored | W. G. Bagnall #2831, 1947 | Meyer type mallet from a South African sugar plantation. | |
| 0-4-0CA | Judge Raymond Drake, Cripple Creek, CO | private | Universal Dredge Mfg. | |||||
| 0-4-0CA | Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine | Judge Raymond Drake, Cripple Creek, CO | private | Universal Dredge Mfg. | ||||
| 0-4-0CA | Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine | Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, Cripple Creek, CO | private | Universal Dredge Mfg. | ||||
| 7 | 0-4-0 | 600mm | Denmark | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | display | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #21839, 1930 | From Germany. | |
| 1 (805) | 0-4-4T | 36" | Cora-Texas Plantation | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | display | H.K. Porter #1783, 1897 | Lettered F&CPV 108. | |
| 4-4-0 | 15" | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | display | Cagney | ||||
| 444 | R-1 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | C&NW | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | display | Alco (Schenectady) #38526, 1906 | From the Black Hills Central Railroad, Hill City, SD. |
| 4005 | 48841 | 4-8-8-4 | 4'-8½" | UP | Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO | display | Alco (Schenectady) #69576, 10/1941 | First UP Big Boy to be converted to burn oil before UP 4014. Converted back to burn coal in March 1948. Only UP Big Boy to be involved in an accident. |
| 17 | 4-4-0 | 22" | Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, CO | unknown | Cagney, 1896 | |||
| 18 | 4-4-0 | 22" | Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, CO | unknown | Cagney, 1896 | |||
| 5x10 | 0-4-0CA | 18" | Mine, Smelter & Supply | Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Denver, CO | display | H.K. Porter #2048 | ||
| 42 (420) | C-17 | 2-8-0 | 36" | RGS (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | display | Baldwin #8626, 1887 | Placed on display in the D&S roundhouse museum. |
| 493 | K-37 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | operational | Baldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20550, 1928 | From the D&S Freighthouse Museum, Silverton, CO. Restored to operation on January 24, 2020. Converted to burn oil during the restoration. Temporarily used the throttle of sister K-37 locomotive 497 on the C&TS. |
| 473 | K-28 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | operational | Alco (Schenectady) #64984, 1923 | Appeared in Love Those Trains. Damaged by a runaway truck on June 25, 1987. Converted to burn oil in late May 2021. Suffered a piston failure on September 25, 2021. |
| 476 | K-28 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | operational | Alco (Schenectady) #64987, 1923 | Restored to operation in 1981. Previously operated in September 1999. Restored back to operation in February 2018. Taken out of service in late December 2021. Returned to operation on May 25, 2022 and converted to burn oil. |
| 478 | K-28 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | out of service | Alco (Schenectady) #64989, 1923 | Restored to operation in 1981. Taken out of service in April 2016. Temporarily on display in the D&S roundhouse museum. Restoration back to operation and conversion to burn oil are scheduled to begin in early 2024. |
| 480 | K-36 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | operational | Baldwin #58558, 1925 | Restored to operation in July 1985. Converted to burn oil in early June 2021. Temporarily used the tender of sister K-36 locomotive 486. |
| 481 | K-36 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | out of service | Baldwin #58559, 1925 | Restored to operation in 1981. Taken out of service for major maintenance in March 2022. Returned to operation in December 2022. Was the last operable coal burner on the D&S until March 23, 2024. Undergoing conversion to burn oil. |
| 482 | K-36 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | out of service | Baldwin #58541, 1925 | Acquired from the C&TS in trade for 497 in 1991. Restored to operation in 1992. Taken out of service in 2017. Returned to operation in 2018. Converted to burn oil in 2021. Taken out of service in 2023. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
| 486 | K-36 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | out of service | Baldwin #58587, 1925 | Acquired from Royal Gorge Park in trade for 499 in 1999. Restored to operation in Aug 2000. Taken out of service in Oct 2019. Temporarily on display in the D&S roundhouse museum. Awaiting overhaul and conversion to burn after D&S 478 and 481 get converted. |
| 498 | K-37 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&S (D&RGW) | Durango & Silverton, Durango, CO | stored | Baldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20640, 1930 | The tender is being used behind D&RGW sister K-37 locomotive 499 at the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park, Canon City, CO. |
| 22 (39) | 2-6-0 | 36" | Agricola de Guatemala (United Fruit) | South Park City, Fairplay, CO | display | H.K. Porter #5518, 1914 | ||
| 13 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | GWSCX | Great Western Sugar Plant, Ft. Morgan, CO | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #2148, 1929 | ex Loveland engine. | |
| 41 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | GWSCX | Riverside Park, Main St, N of I-76, Ft. Morgan, CO | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #2176, 1930 | Original Ft. Morgan engine. | |
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | American Oil (Stardard Oil) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Alco (Cooke) #62754, 1920 | ||
| 1 | 0-4-2cog | 4'-8½" | M&PP | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #10835, 1890 | ||
| 4455 | S-6 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | UP | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Lima #5992, 1920 | |
| 74 (30) | B-4F | 2-8-0 | 36" | RGS (Colorado & North Western) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Brooks #2951, 1898 | From Central Park, Boulder, CO, then the Uhrich Locomotive Works, Strasburg, CO. |
| 44 | B-4G | 2-8-0 | 36" | GL (IRCA) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | dismantled | Baldwin #55086, 1921 | From El Salvador, then Central City, CO, then the Georgetown Loop RR, Georgetown, CO. Previously operated at the Georgetown Loop RR in 1986. Sold in 2021. |
| 191 (51) | B-4A | 2-8-0 | 36" | DSP&P (C&S) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #4919, 1880 | Oldest surviving steam locomotive in Colorado. |
| 318 (8) | C-18 | 2-8-0 | 36" | D&RGW (F&CC) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #14769, 03/1896 | Operated at the museum from 1978 to 1982. Cosmetically restored in 2011. Cab partially rebuilt in 2019. |
| 346 (406) | C-19 | 2-8-0 | 36" | D&RGW (D&RG) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | out of service | Baldwin (Burnham) #5712, 1881 | Operated at the museum since July 29, 1962. Taken out of service in October 2021. Trucked to Durango, CO in late April 2024. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
| 683 (583) | C-28 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | D&RG | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Baldwin #11207, 09/1890 | Only surviving standard gauge D&RGW steam locomotive. |
| 491 | K-37 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&RGW | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | operational | D&RGW (Burnham) #20829, 1928 | Restored to operation on August 28, 2014. Largest operating narrow gauge steam locomotive in the Western Hemisphere. |
| 20 | T-19 | 4-6-0 | 36" | RGS (F&CC) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | operational | Alco (Schenectady) #5007, 1899 | From Alamosa, CO. Restored to operation in July 2020. Operated at the C&TS from late August to early October 2021. |
| 5629 | O-5B | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | CB&Q (West Burlington) #66104, 1940 | Donated by the CB&Q in September 1963. |
| 12 | Shay3Tr | 36" | GL (WSL) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | stored | Lima #3302, 1926 | Appeared in Great American Train Rides I. From the Georgetown Loop RR, Georgetown, CO. Previously operated in 2009. Currently owned by Lindsey and Rosa Ashby. Up for sale as of 2023. | |
| 14 | Shay3Tr | 36" | GL (WSL) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | stored | Lima #2835, 1916 | From the Georgetown Loop RR, Georgetown, CO. Previously operated in 2009. Currently owned by Lindsey and Rosa Ashby. Underwent a cosmetic restoration between early January and late February 2022. Up for sale as of 2023. | |
| 8 | Shay3Tr | 36" | Royal Gorge Route (WSL) | Moffat Road Railroad Museum, Granby, CO | display | Lima #3176, 1922 | From Georgetown, CO, then the Royal Gorge Depot, Canon City, CO. | |
| 268 | C-16 | 2-8-0 | 36" | D&RGW | Pioneer Museum, Gunnison, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #6002, 1882 | |
| 0-4-0CA | ng | Colorado School of Mines, Edgar Mine, Idaho Springs, CO | unknown | No longer here. Current location unknown. | ||||
| 60 (263) | B-4C | 2-8-0 | 36" | C&S (DL&G) | Harold A. Anderson Park, Idaho Springs, CO | display | Rhode Island Locomotive Works #1595, 1886 | Possible candidate for restoration to operation. |
| 1024 | 1014 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Warren Ave Park, La Junta, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #19684, 1901 | |
| 1819 | 1800 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | behind Amtrak depot, Lamar, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #29425, 1906 | |
| 641 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | C&S | LC&S Depot, Leadville, CO | display | Alco (Brooks) #40268, 1906 | ||
| 4 | 0-4-2cog | 4'-8½" | M&PP | M&PP, Manitou Springs, CO | stored operational | Baldwin (Burnham) #15173, 1897 | Closed. | |
| 2 | 0-4-2cog | 4'-8½" | M&PP | Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #10919, 1890 | Builder plate on tank says 14050, 12/1923, builders plate on smokebox says 13319. | |
| 10 | 2-6-0 | 15" | Tiny Town, Morrison, CO | operational | Uhrich Locomotive Works (Strasburg) | Named Cinder Belle. | ||
| 12 | 2-6-6 | 15" | Tiny Town, Morrison, CO | operational | 2014 | Named Mary Ross. | ||
| 22 | 4-6-2 | 15" | Tiny Town, Morrison, CO | out of service | Uhrich Locomotive Works (Strasburg) | Named Occasional Rose. Receiving a new chassis. | ||
| 4109 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | GWSCX | Near high school, Ovid, CO | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #2150, 1929 | ||
| 36 | 8-18-C | 4-4-0 | 36" | RGS | Mammoth Locomotive Works, Palisade, CO | construction | Mammoth Locomotive Works, 2017 | This replica was to be built and completed in 2017 and to be operated at the Ridgeway Railroad Museum. As of 2024, the disposition of this project is unknown. |
| 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | GWSCX | Co Rd 88, Pierce, CO | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #2089, 1928 | Named Brush. Owned by Ken Kafka. | ||
| 2912 | 2900 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Pueblo Union Depot, Pueblo, CO | display | Baldwin #69800, 1944 | Cosmetically restored in 2023. Received a non-operational air compressor from C&O 2716 in Ravenna, KY. |
| 40 | 0-4-0T | 24" | Koppers Co | Salida Museum, Salida, CO | display | H.K. Porter #6999, 1926 | ||
| 12 | B-3-E | 2-6-2 | 36" | GL (Kahului Railroad) | Georgetown Loop RR, Silver Plume, CO | out of service | Baldwin #60690, 1928 | From Hawaii, then the C&TS, then Mt. Pleasant, IA, then Silverwood amusement park, Athol, ID, then Georgetown, CO. Loaned to the Midwest Central Railroad from 2012 to 2019. Returned from the MCRR and placed on temporary display in Silver Plume, CO in 2019. |
| 40 | B-4G | 2-8-0 | 36" | GL (IRCA) | Georgetown Loop RR, Silver Plume, CO | operational | Baldwin #53777, 1920 | From El Salvador, then Central City, CO, then Skagway, AK, then the Georgetown Loop RR, then the Colorado Railroad Museum. Taken out of service in 2013. Returned to the Georgetown Loop RR in 2017. Returned to operation in 2019. |
| 111 (116) | 10-26E | 2-8-0 | 36" | GL (IRCA) | Georgetown Loop RR, Silver Plume, CO | operational | Baldwin #59164, 1926 | From El Salvador, then the Sundown & Southern Railroad, then Boreas Pass Road, Breckenridge, then Uhrich Strasburg. Acquired in trade for C&S 9 in September 2006. Restored to operation in May 2017. |
| 2121 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | GWSCX | City Park, Sterling, CO | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #2121, 1928 | ||
| 1 | 2-6-0 | 15" | CC&E | Comanche Crossing & Eastern RR, Strasburg, CO | operational | Virgil Uhrich, 1948 | ||
| 463 | K-27 | 2-8-2 | 15" | D&RGW | Uhrich Locomotive Works, Strasburg, CO | stored | Uhrich Locomotive Works (Strasburg) | Replica. From the Rio Golden Railroad. |
| 638 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | C&S | near Safeway parking lot, Trinidad, CO | display | Alco (Brooks) #40265, 1906 | Last coal-burning steam locomotive on the C&S. | |
| 37 | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Carbon Limestone | Birney Watts, Backshop Enterprises, Wheat Ridge, CO | restoration | H.K. Porter #7455, 1943 |
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