Surviving Steam Locomotives in Illinois, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Illinois, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8376 | P-5-g | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Amboy Depot Museum, Amboy, IL | display | Baldwin #61007, 1929 | One of 16 ex-GTW locomotives used by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Sterling, IL. |
| 4'-8½" | C&NW | near Station St and tracks, Barrington, IL | buried | Rumored to be buried west of the train station. Information provided by Frank Cerny fcerny@sbcglobal.net. | ||||
| 5 (18) | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Coeur d'Alene (T&SL) | Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL | private | Grant Locomotive Works #1459, 03/1882 | From Devine, TX. | |
| 18 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Chicago Gravel | Veteran's Park, Bensenville, IL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #63274, 04/1922 | ||
| 639 | H-6d | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | NYC&StL | Miller Park, Bloomington, IL | display | Lima #6642, 1923 | |
| 3 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Laclede Steel | park, Carlinville, IL | scrapped | Alco (Cooke) #63299, 1921 | ||
| 2500 | 2500 | 4-8-2 | 4'-8½" | IC | Age of Steam Memorial, Fairview Park, Centralia, IL | display | IC, 1937 | Built from IC 2953 2-10-2 boiler (Lima). |
| 7 | 4-2-0 | 4'-8½" | C&NW (U&S) | Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL | display | Baldwin #37, 1837 | Named Pioneer, oldest surviving C&NW steam locomotive. | |
| 0-2-2 | 4'-8½" | Liverpool & Manchester | Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL | display | Robert Stephenson & Co. (Darlington Works), 1931 | Named Rocket. Replica. | ||
| 999 | C-14a | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | NYC&HRRR | Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL | display | NYC&HRR, 1893 | First steam locomotive in the USA claimed to have reached 100 mph (1893). |
| 31 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Michigan Limestone & Chemical | B C Matthews Co., Crystal Lake, IL | display | Baldwin #60468, 1928 | ||
| 886 (887) | P-31 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CRI&P | Wheels O' Time Museum, Dunlap, IL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #46026, 1909 | |
| 98 | 4-4-0 | 15" | Little Toot Railroad | Charley Brown Park, Flora, IL | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) #1, 1959 | Named Little Toot. | |
| 2 | 36 ton | Heisler2Tr | 4'-8½" | SC&S | Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad, Freeport, IL | operational | Heisler #1260, 1912 | |
| 3006 | S-4 | 4-6-4 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Galesburg Railroad Museum, Galesburg, IL | display | Baldwin #61527, 1930 | |
| 8305 | P-5-b | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Tetten's Grain, Galt, IL | restoration | Baldwin #65740, 1924 | One of 16 ex-GTW locomotives used by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Sterling, IL. Was to be sent to Quincy, IL for restoration. Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 2 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Central IL Public Service | Devil's Backbone Park, Grand Tower, IL | display | H.K. Porter | ||
| 4-4-2 | 15" | American Farm Heritage Railroad, Greenville, IL | restoration | Wagner, 1926 | ||||
| 16 | 2-4-0 | ng | Great America Scenic | Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL | operational | Custom Fabricators #3 | Converted to diesel hydraulic. Vulcan frame. Painted red. | |
| 22 | 2-4-0 | ng | Great America Scenic | Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL | operational | Custom Fabricators #4 | Converted to diesel hydraulic. Vulcan frame. Painted blue. | |
| 4978 | O-1A | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Union Depot Railroad Museum, Mendota, IL | display | Baldwin #56974, 9/1923 | |
| 8 | 0-4-2T | 4'-8½" | US Navy | Thompson Winery, Monee, IL | scrapped | H.K. Porter | Thompson Winery photos | |
| 1 | D11 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | MG | Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL | display | Alco (Cooke) #65477, 1924 | |
| 191 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Republic Steel | Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #55995, 1916 | ||
| 401 | H-4 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Southern | Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL | operational | Baldwin #32487, 1907 | Received a brand new boiler and cab in 2008. Restored to operation in 2010. Taken out of service in September 2019. Returned to operation on June 16, 2022. |
| 303 (32) | 10-32-D | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Mississippi Eastern (H&B) | Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL | display | Baldwin #43334, 1916 | Moved from Rockford, IL, June 2000. Once ownder by Richard Jensen. |
| 4-4-0 | 15" | American Threshermens Show, Pinckneyville, IL | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) | Named Little Toot. From Marion, IL. | |||
| 3000 | S-4 | 4-6-4 | 14" | CB&Q | Dekalb County Fairgrounds, Sandwich, IL | operational | AC Augie, 1973 | Replica. |
| 5511 | TTT63 | 2-10-2 | 4'-8½" | UP (LA&SL) | Railroading Heritage of Midwestern America, Silvis, IL | restoration | Baldwin #56999, 1923 | Appeared in Last of the Giants. Only surviving steam locomotive in the US equipped with Young Valve Gear. Donated to RRHMA, Silvis, IL on April 28, 2022. To be restored to operation by RRHMA after the restoration of UP 3985 is complete. |
| 3985 | 46644 | 4-6-6-4 | 4'-8½" | UP | Railroading Heritage of Midwestern America, Silvis, IL | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #70174, 1943 | Restored to operation in April 1981. Masqueraded as UP 3967 in 1993 and 2003. Taken out of service in October 2010. Retired from the UP's steam excursion program in January 2020. The tender is being used behind UP 4014. Donated to RRHMA, Silvis, IL. |
| ng | private, Sorento, IL | abandoned | email for info | |||||
| 4-4-0 | 24" | Prairie Land Heritage Village, South Jacksonville, IL | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) | From Prairie Run, IL. | |||
| 8373 | P-5-g | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GTW | PW Dillon Museum, Sterling, IL | display | Baldwin #61004, 1929 | |
| 1352 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | SLSF | I&M engine house, Taylorville, IL | stored | Alco (Schenectady) #51820, 09/1912 | Going to the American Steam Railroad Preservation Association, Groveport, OH. Awaiting restoration to operating condition. | |
| 1892 (2) | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Swift | Metra Station, Tinley Park, IL | display | H.K. Porter #7202, 1931 | ||
| 4 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | UTCO | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | H.K. Porter #8082, 1946 | ||
| 7 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | ACW (USATC) | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2644, 1917 | ||
| 5 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CE | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #55626, 1922 | ||
| 207 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | L&NE | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #61922, 1936 | ||
| 7 | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | PSC | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #59309, 1926 | ||
| 8380 | P-5-g | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #61011, 1929 | One of 16 ex-GTW locomotives used by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Sterling, IL. |
| 1630 | Russian | 2-10-0 | 4'-8½" | SLSF | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | operational | Baldwin #47953, 1918 | Appeared in A League of Their Own. One of only two 2-10-0 type steam locomotives in operation in the US, the other one being Great Western 90 at the Strasburg Railroad. Previously operated in 2004. Restored back to operation in late October 2013. |
| 975 | F-1 | 2-10-2 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Alco (Brooks) #57978, 1918 | Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 201 | 2-4-4T | 4'-8½" | IC | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Rogers #2588, 1880 | From Peoria, IL, then Heritage Halls, Owatonna, MN. | |
| 26 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | N-K (GN&A) | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Baldwin #59532, 1926 | In great shape, except for the firebox. | |
| 3719 (560) | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Bevier & Southern (IC) | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Brooks #3697, 12/1900 | Underwent a cosmetic restoration in 2019 and is undergoing another one in 2023. | |
| 101 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Tuskegee | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Baldwin #58057, 1924 | ||
| 9 | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Coronet Phosphate | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | H.K. Porter #6992, 1925 | From Thompson Winery, Monee. | |
| 35 (19) | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | LS&I | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #43106, 1916 | ||
| 99 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | L&A | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #52292, 1919 | ||
| 428 (1648) | C-57 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | UP | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Baldwin #18303, 10/1900 | Undergoing restoration to operating condition. Will operate alongside Frisco 2-10-0 1630 and J. Neils Lumber Co. Shay 5 when the restoration to operation is complete. |
| 4963 | O-1A | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | restoration | Baldwin #56812, 1923 | Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 2707 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #70856, 1943 | Once displayed in Brookside Park, Cleveland, OH. |
| 759 | G-2 | 2-8-8-0 | 4'-8½" | KCS | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Tender only. The engine itself was scrapped after retirement in February 1952. | |
| 2050 | Y3a | 2-8-8-2 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Alco (Richmond) #64070, 1923 | Came to the museum in the late 1970s. One of only two surviving N&W 2-8-8-2 type locomotives, the other one being N&W Y6a class 2156 at the Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MO. |
| 16 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | T&D | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #41653, 1914 | ||
| 637 (309) | K-2 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q (B&MR) | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Rogers #4788, 11/1892 | |
| 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. |
| 3007 | S-4 | 4-6-4 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #61528, 1930 | |
| 6323 | U-3-b | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Alco (Schenectady) #69629, 1942 | Last steam locomotive operated by the GTW. |
| 265 | S-3 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | CMStP&P | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Alco #71978, 1944 | |
| 2903 | 2900 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | display | Baldwin #69791, 1943 | From the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. |
| H | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&NW | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | stored | Baldwin, 1929 | Tender only. | |
| U | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | stored | Alco, 1941 | Tender only. | |
| 5 | 70t C | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | J Neils Lumber | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | operational | Lima #3336, 1929 | Taken out of service in 1999. Reflued and made a test run in June 2016. Returned to operation in 2018. |
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 36" | Western Brick | Jones Estate, Villa Grove, IL | display | H.K. Porter | ||
| 4-6-4 | 15" | Lions Park, Waterman, IL | stored | From Riverside & Great Northern RY shops, Wisconsin Dells, WI. |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in Illinois, United States
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