Surviving Steam Locomotives in Illinois, United States

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List of Steam Locomotives in Illinois, United States

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
8376P-5-g0-8-04'-8½"GTW Amboy Depot Museum, Amboy, IL
display
Baldwin #61007, 1929One 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)2-6-04'-8½"Coeur d'Alene (T&SL)Sanfilippo Foundation Collection, Barrington Hills, IL
private
Grant Locomotive Works #1459, 03/1882 From Devine, TX.
180-6-04'-8½"Chicago Gravel Veteran's Park, Bensenville, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #63274, 04/1922
639H-6d2-8-24'-8½"NYC&StL Miller Park, Bloomington, IL
display
Lima #6642, 1923
30-4-0T4'-8½"Laclede Steelpark, Carlinville, ILscrappedAlco (Cooke) #63299, 1921
250025004-8-24'-8½"IC Age of Steam Memorial, Fairview Park, Centralia, IL
display
IC, 1937 Built from IC 2953 2-10-2 boiler (Lima).
74-2-04'-8½"C&NW (U&S)Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
display
Baldwin #37, 1837 Named Pioneer. Oldest surviving C&NW steam locomotive.
0-2-24'-8½"Liverpool & Manchester Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL
display
Robert Stephenson & Co. (Darlington Works), 1931 Replica. Named Rocket.
999C-14a4-4-04'-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).
310-6-04'-8½"Michigan Limestone & Chemical B C Matthews Co., Crystal Lake, IL
display
Baldwin #60468, 1928
886 (887)P-314-6-24'-8½"CRI&P Wheels O' Time Museum, Dunlap, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #46026, 1909
984-4-015"Little Toot Railroad Charley Brown Park, Flora, IL
operational
Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) #1, 1959 Named Little Toot.
236 tonHeisler2Tr4'-8½"SC&S Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad, Freeport, IL
operational
Heisler #1260, 1912
3006S-44-6-44'-8½"CB&Q Galesburg Railroad Museum, Galesburg, IL
display
Baldwin #61527, 1930
8305P-5-b0-8-04'-8½"GTW Tetten's Grain, Galt, IL
abandoned
Alco (Richmond) #65623, 06/1924 One of 16 ex-GTW locomotives used by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Sterling, IL. Originally was to be sent to Quincy, IL for restoration. The tender is no longer at this location. Rumored to be for sale in 2024.
20-4-0T4'-8½"Central IL Public Service Devil's Backbone Park, Grand Tower, IL
display
H.K. Porter
4-4-215" American Farm Heritage Railroad, Greenville, IL
restoration
Wagner, 1926
162-4-0ngGreat America Scenic Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL
operational
Custom Fabricators #3Converted to diesel hydraulic. Vulcan frame. Painted red.
222-4-0ngGreat America Scenic Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL
operational
Custom Fabricators #4Converted to diesel hydraulic. Vulcan frame. Painted blue.
4978O-1A2-8-24'-8½"CB&Q Union Depot Railroad Museum, Mendota, IL
display
Baldwin #56974, 09/1923
80-4-2T4'-8½"US NavyThompson Winery, Monee, ILscrappedH.K. PorterThompson Winery photos
1D110-4-0T4'-8½"MG Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL
display
Alco (Cooke) #65477, 1924
1910-6-04'-8½"Republic Steel Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #55995, 1916
401H-42-8-04'-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-D4-6-04'-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.
4-4-015" American Threshermens Show, Pinckneyville, IL
operational
Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) Named Little Toot. From Marion, IL.
3000S-44-6-414"CB&Q Dekalb County Fairgrounds, Sandwich, IL
operational
AC Augie, 1973Replica.
5511TTT632-10-24'-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 Apr 28, 2022. To be restored to operation by RRHMA after the restoration of UP 3985 is complete.
3985466444-6-6-44'-8½"UP Railroading Heritage of Midwestern America, Silvis, IL
restoration
Alco (Schenectady) #70174, 1943 Restored to operation in Apr 1981. Masqueraded as UP 3967 in 1993 and 2003. Taken out of service in Oct 2010. Retired from the UP's steam excursion program in Jan 2020. The tender is being used behind UP 4014. Donated to RRHMA, Silvis, IL on Apr 28, 2022.
ng private, Sorento, IL
abandoned
email for info
4-4-024" Prairie Land Heritage Village, South Jacksonville, IL
operational
Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth)From Prairie Run, IL.
8373P-5-g0-8-04'-8½"GTW PW Dillon Museum, Sterling, IL
display
Baldwin #61004, 1929
1892 (2)0-4-0F4'-8½"Swift Metra Station, Tinley Park, IL
display
H.K. Porter #7202, 1931
40-4-0F4'-8½"UTCO Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
H.K. Porter #8082, 1946
70-4-0T4'-8½"ACW (USATC) Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2644, 1917
50-6-04'-8½"CE Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #55626, 1922
2070-6-04'-8½"L&NE Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #61922, 1936
70-6-0T4'-8½"PSC Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #59309, 1926
8380P-5-g0-8-04'-8½"GTW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #61011, 1929One of 16 ex-GTW locomotives used by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., Sterling, IL.
1630Russian2-10-04'-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 USA, the other one being Great Western 90 at the Strasburg Railroad. Previously operated in 2004. Restored back to operation in late Oct 2013.
975F-12-10-24'-8½"SP (T&NO) Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco (Brooks) #57978, 1918 From Beaumont, TX. Brought to IRM in 1995. Cosmetic restoration completed in 2021.
2012-4-4T4'-8½"IC Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Rogers #2588, 1880 This is the only 2-4-4T in North America. From Peoria, IL, then Heritage Halls, Owatonna, MN.
262-6-04'-8½"N-K (GN&A) Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
restoration
Baldwin #59532, 1926 In great shape, except for the firebox.
3719 (560)2-6-04'-8½"Bevier & Southern (IC) Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
restoration
Brooks #3697, 12/1900Underwent a cosmetic restoration in 2019 and is undergoing another one in 2023.
1012-6-24'-8½"Tuskegee Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
restoration
Baldwin #58057, 1924Served as the museum's mainline locomotive until 1989, when the Illinois Railway Museum decided to retire 101 and placed it on static display.
92-6-2T4'-8½"Coronet Phosphate Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
H.K. Porter #6992, 1925From the Thompson Winery, Monee, IL.
35 (19)2-8-04'-8½"LS&I Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #43106, 1916
992-8-04'-8½"L&A Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #52292, 1919
428 (1648)C-572-8-04'-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.
4963O-1A2-8-24'-8½"CB&Q Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #56812, 1923 Cosmetic restoration in 2018.
2707K-42-8-44'-8½"C&O Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #70856, 1943Once displayed in Brookside Park, Cleveland, OH.
759G-22-8-8-04'-8½"KCS Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Tender only. The engine itself was scrapped after retirement in February 1952. This tender survived by being converted to MOW service. It was later paired with a former GTW locomotive and used for switching at Northwest Steel & Wire.
2050Y3a2-8-8-24'-8½"N&W Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco (Richmond) #64070, 1923Came 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.
164-4-04'-8½"DT&I (Toledo-Detroit) Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #41653, 1914
637 (309)K-24-6-04'-8½"CB&Q (B&MR) Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Rogers #4788, 11/1892
938P-334-6-24'-8½"CRI&P Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #1910, 1910 From Fort Worth, TX. Cosmetic restoration in 2018.
3007S-44-6-44'-8½"CB&Q Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #61528, 1930
6323U-3-b4-8-44'-8½"GTW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #69629, 1942 Last steam locomotive operated by the GTW.
265S-34-8-44'-8½"CMStP&P Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco #71978, 1944
290329004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #69791, 1943 From the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL.
H4-8-44'-8½"C&NW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
stored
Baldwin, 1929 Tender only. It had been converted into either a sand car or auxiliary water tender. Sold in January, 2025.
U4-8-44'-8½"GTW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
stored
Alco, 1941 Tender only. It was probably used as an auxiliary water tender.
570t CShay3Tr4'-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.
10-4-0T36"Western Brick Jones Estate, Villa Grove, IL
display
H.K. Porter
4-6-415" Lions Park, Waterman, IL
stored
From Riverside & Great Northern RY shops, Wisconsin Dells, WI.

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