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. | |
| 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 | restoration | Alco (Pittsburg) #45920, 1909 | From Memorial Park. | |
| 6 | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | J Neils Lumber | 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 | |
| 1 | 2-6-0 | 36" | Q&TL | Quincy Mine Association, Hancock, MI | display | Brooks #1535, 1889 | Named Thos F. Mason. | |
| 5 (34) | 2-8-0 | 36" | Q&TL (Hancock & Calumet) | Quincy Mine Association, Hancock, MI | display | Baldwin #11534, 1891 | Named Opechee. | |
| 6 | 2-8-0 | 36" | Q&TL | Quincy Mine Association, Hancock, MI | restoration | Baldwin #38920, 1912 | From Farmingdale, NJ. Only outside frame locomotive ordered by the Q&TL. Cosmetic restoration only. | |
| 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. | |
| 2425 | F-21 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Mineral Range Railroad, Ishpeming, MI | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #46577, 1909 | From Baxter Park, Enderlin, ND then Chisago City, MN. |
| 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 | From Jackson, MO then Grand Rapids, MI, then Coopersville. | |
| 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 | restoration | GTR #1500/8, 1920 | Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 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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