Surviving Steam Locomotives in Michigan, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Michigan, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-4-0 | 15" | Eden Springs Park | Eden Springs Park, Benton Harbor, MI | operational | Cagney, 1904 | Painted gray. | ||
| 7 | 4-4-0 | 15" | Eden Springs Park | Eden Springs Park, Benton Harbor, MI | operational | Cagney, 1904 | Rebuilt by House of David 1920. Painted black. | |
| 1444 | 4-4-4 | 15" | Spring Hill & Northern | Eden Springs Park, Benton Harbor, MI | operational | Charles Bowen, 1960 | ||
| 903 | 2-6-2 | 15" | Hanson Technology Center, Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI | display | House of David | Stored off site. | ||
| 4 | 4-6-0 | 15" | Hanson Technology Center, Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI | restoration | House of David | Being restored from frame. | ||
| 207 (200) | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Detroit Edison (Delray Power Plant) | Buckley Old Engine Show, Buckley, MI | stored | Alco, 1924 | From Belleville Pointe Park. | |
| 7 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | US Ordinance | Buckley Old Engine Show, Buckley, MI | operational | Alco (Cooke) #59402, 06/1918 | ||
| 400 | 4-4-2 | 15" | Buckley Old Engine Show, Buckley, MI | operational | Lawrence Witherill | From the Clinch Park Zoo, Traverse City, MI. | ||
| Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Cadillac-Soo Lumber | city park, Cadillac, MI | display | #549, 1898 | |||
| 1 | 42 ton | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Sweetline RR (Continental Can) | Depot Restaurant, Caro, MI | display | Heisler #38, 1936 | From Carson City, MI. |
| 1 (124) | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Little River (Youngstown Steel) | Little River Railroad, Coldwater, MI | operational | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre), 1908 | From LaPorte & Hesston, IN. | |
| 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. | |
| 1395 | H-6-g | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Coopersville & Marne Railway, Coopersville, MI | display | Montreal Locomotive Works #52590, 1913 | |
| 8 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Detroit & Mackinac (Michigan Alkali) | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI | stored | Baldwin #41228, 03/1914 | Used for the Detroit & Mackinac's executive trains in the 1970s. Awaiting restoration. | |
| 3 (518) | 0-6-4T | 4'-8½" | H&TL (C&HM) | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI | operational | Mason Machine Works #518, 1873 | Named Torch Lake. Only surviving Mason Bogie type locomotive. Oldest operating steam locomotive in the USA. | |
| 7 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | DT&I (Detroit & Lima Northern) | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI | operational | Baldwin #15317, 1897 | Henry Ford's personal locomotive. Restored in 2012. | |
| 1 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Ford | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI | operational | Manchester Locomotive Works, 1875 | Named Edison. Rebuilt at the Rouge Shops from an 0-4-0 type in 1932 to represent an 1800's William Mason by Henry Ford. | |
| 45 (8085) | I-80a | 4-4-2 | 4'-8½" | DT&I (NYC) | Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #25887, 03/1902 | Beautifully restored. |
| Rocket | 0-2-2 | 4'-8½" | Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI | display | Robert Stephenson & Co. (Darlington Works), 1929 | Replica built by original builder of the Rocket which is in London. | ||
| De Witt Clinton | 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | NYC | Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI | display | NYC, 1893 | Replica built from fragments of the original which was built in 1831. | |
| 1601 | H-8 | 2-6-6-6 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI | display | Lima #7821, 1941 | One of only two surviving C&O Alleghenies, the other one being C&O 1604 at the B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD. |
| 154 | C3B | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | B&LE | Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI | display | Baldwin #33370, 1909 | |
| 110 (3) | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | J.J. McDonough Lumber (Atlantic & Gulf) | Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI | display | Rogers #812, 01/1858 | Named Sam Hill, operated in the 1930s when Henry Ford opened and carried President Hoover to the opening of Greenfield Village in 1929. | |
| 7 | 0-4-0ST | 24" | Wayne County Roads | John D. Dingell Transit Center, Dearborn, MI | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #1898, 01/1922 | From the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI. | |
| 3003 | 4-6-2 | 30" | Detroit Zoo, Detroit, MI | display | Cagney, 1931 | Gasoline. | ||
| 5632 | K-4-b | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | GTW | near water tower, Durand, MI | display | Baldwin #61073, 1929 | |
| 6 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | EJ&S | Sportsmen's Park, East Jordan, MI | display | Alco (Pittsburg) #45920, 1909 | From Memorial Park. Cosmetic restoration completed in 2024. | |
| 6 | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | J Neils Lumber | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad, Escanaba, MI | restoration | Lima #2938, 1917 | ||
| 3 | B-3 | 2-6-0 | 36" | Q&TL | Huckleberry Railroad, Flint, MI | dismantled | Brooks #2475, 1894 | May return to Hancock. |
| 464 | K-27 | 2-8-2 | 36" | D&RGW | Huckleberry Railroad, Flint, MI | out of service | Baldwin #21796, 1903 | From Knott's Berry Farm. One of only two surviving D&RGW class K-27 locomotives, the other one being D&RGW (C&TS) 463. Restored to operation in 1989. Taken out of service in late 2019. Undergoing mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
| 152 (2) | 4-6-0 | 36" | Alaska RR | Huckleberry Railroad, Flint, MI | operational | Baldwin #53296, 1920 | Restored to operation in 1976. Taken out of service in 2002. Returned to operation in 2018. | |
| 4 | 2-8-0 | 36" | Potosi & Rio Verde | near Huckleberry Railroad, Flint, MI | display | Baldwin #24306, 1904 | ||
| 999 | 4-4-0 | 15" | Gaines, MI | stored | Armitage-Herschell, 1904 | |||
| 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. |
| 1223 | N-1 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | PM | North Harbor Drive, Grand Haven, MI | display | Lima #7837, 1941 | Formerly displayed at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit, MI. Moved to Grand Haven in 1981. |
| 1 | 2-6-0 | 36" | Q&TL | Quincy Mine Association, Hancock, MI | display | Brooks #1535, 1889 | Named Thos F. Mason. | |
| 6 | 2-8-0 | 36" | Q&TL | Quincy Mine Association, Hancock, MI | display | Baldwin #38920, 1912 | From Farmingdale, NJ. Only outside frame locomotive ordered by the Q&TL. Cosmetic restoration in 2022. | |
| 5 (34) | 2-8-0 | 36" | Q&TL (Hancock & Calumet) | Quincy Mine Association, Hancock, MI | display | Baldwin #11534, 1891 | Named Opechee. | |
| 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Huron Milling | Hercules Powder Co., Harbor Beach, MI | display | H.K. Porter #8123, 1947 | |||
| 2 | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | WTCarter Lumber (Behring) | Harbor Springs Historical Society, Harbor Springs, MI | restoration | Lima #2005, 1907 | From Nacogdoches, TX. Relocation work began Oct 6, 2021. Restoration work being performed at a machine shop in Onaway, MI. | |
| 5002 | 4-6-4 | 15" | Ramona & Burley Park | Burley Park, Howard City, MI | operational | Wagner & Sons Miniature Train Co | From East Grand Rapids, later Lowell. | |
| 3 | B-MINE | 0-4-0T | 36" | C&HM | Lake Linden & Torch Lake RR, Lake Linden, MI | out of service | H.K. Porter #5649, 1915 | Awaiting new boiler flues. |
| 300 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Augusta RR (Virginia Central) | Historic White Pine Village, Ludington, MI | display | Alco (Cooke) #65200, 1924 | Built for Virginia Central but was never delivered. Purchased by the Augusta RR in 1926. Displayed in Paragould, AR. Donated to Iron Mountain RY, Jackson, MO. Stored in Coopersville. Sold and restored in Grand Rapids, MI. | |
| 203 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Detroit Edison | Marysville Municipal Park, Marysville, MI | display | Baldwin #56524, 1924 | Placed in the park in 1958. | |
| 9 | 4-4-0 | Little Smokey RR | Monroe County Fairgrounds, Monroe, MI | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) | |||
| 5 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Nahma&No RR | Nahma Township Park, Nahma, MI | display | Baldwin #38846, 1912 | ||
| 0-4-0VB | 4'-8½" | Cleveland-Cliffs Iron (Jackson Iron) | MI Iron Industry Museum, Negaunee, MI | display | Cuyahoga Steam Furnace, 1868 | Named Yankee. | ||
| 1225 | N-1 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | PM | Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso, MI | operational | Lima #7839, 1941 | Test fired in 1985. Restored to operation in 1988. Appeared in 'The Polar Express' (2004 movie). Taken out of service for a running gear overhaul in early 2022. Returned to operation on October 25, 2023. |
| 175 | R-1 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | C&NW | Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso, MI | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #45727, 1908 | NP tender; from Ripley. |
| 5000 | R-67a | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | CRI&P | Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso, MI | operational | Alco, 1929 | Tender only. Used as an auxiliary water tender for PM 1225. |
| mouth of Black River at St. Clair River, Port Huron, MI | sunk | Only a rumor initiated by an accident in the early 1900s. | ||||||
| 1 | 2-4-0 | 42" | Port Huron & Northwestern | Port Huron Museum, Port Huron, MI | display | H.K. Porter #323, 12/1878 | Named D. B. Harrington. | |
| 12 | 2-4-2 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Township Offices/Police Department, Shelby Township, MI | display | Alco (Cooke) #61605, 1920 | Donated by the Lions club in 1977. Originally built as an 0-4-0T. | |
| 7456 | O-18a | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | GTW (CNR) | Montcalm Community College, Sidney, MI | display | GTR #1500/8, 1920 | Cosmetic restoration completed in 2023. |
| 1 | 6x10 | 0-4-0T | 24" | Standard Mining | Liberty Farms and Flour Mill, Skandia, MI | private | H.K. Porter #1715, 1896 | Converted from compressed air. From Bow Hill Railroad, Bow, WA. |
| 902 | 2-6-2 | 15" | Michigan Flywheelers Museum, South Haven, MI | restoration | House of David | From Eden Springs Park, Benton Harbor, MI. | ||
| 6 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CIC | John Larkin, Wells, MI | restoration | Baldwin #43340, 1916 |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in Michigan, United States
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