Surviving Steam Locomotives in North Carolina, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in North Carolina, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 799 | 2-4-2 | 36" | Lehigh Stone | Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, NC | stored | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3714, 1926 | From Hillbilly World, then Doe River Gorge; Frame only. | |
| 190 | S118 | 2-8-2 | 36" | Tweetsie Railroad (USATC) | Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, NC | operational | Baldwin #69425, 1943 | Named Yukon Queen. |
| 12 | 4-6-0 | 36" | Tweetsie Railroad (ET&WNC) | Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, NC | operational | Baldwin #45069, 1917 | Named Tweetsie. | |
| 17 | 50 ton | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Carbon Limestone (New York Shipbuilding Corp) | New Hope Valley Railway, Bonsal, NC | restoration | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #4309, 1941 | |
| 110 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Cliffside (Swamp Rabbit) | New Hope Valley Railway, Bonsal, NC | restoration | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3738, 07/1927 | From Stone Mountain where is was named Yonah II. | |
| 1752 | 4-4-0 | 24" | Portsmouth City RR | Mideast Railroad, Carthage, NC | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) #33324, 1963 | Named Pokey Smokey. From Portsmouth, VA. | |
| 301 (930) | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GM (SAL) | Freedom Park, Charlotte, NC | display | Baldwin #53315, 1920 | ||
| 1894 (3525) | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Southern (IC) | Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC | display | Baldwin #55643, 09/1922 | Operated briefly at the Stone Mountain Railroad in 1969 until it was found to have too long of a wheelbase for the curves. From the North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC. | |
| 9 | B-S-I | 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Handy Dandy (US Navy) | Handy Dandy Railroad, Denton, NC | restoration | H.K. Porter #7372, 1942 | Taken out of service in July 2019. Requires a new boiler. Restoration back to operation began in January 2024. |
| 1702 | S-160 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GSMR (USATC) | Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Dillsboro, NC | operational | Baldwin #64641, 1942 | From a tourist railroad in Nebraska. Converted to burn oil. Previously operated in 2004. Restored back to operation in July 2016. |
| 722 (208) | Ks | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GSMR (Southern) | Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Dillsboro, NC | restoration | Baldwin #24729, 1904 | From Asheville, NC. Restoration work back to operating condition began on May 19, 2023 with an estimated completion date sometime in 2026. Will be converted to burn oil during the restoration. |
| 1 | 0-4-0ST | 4'-8½" | Solvay Process Works | Whistle Stop Antique Mall, Franklin, NC | gone | Alco (Cooke) #56972, 03/1917 | From N FL Chapter NRHS, Jacksonville, FL, sold to dealer in Georgia in 2006, current location unknown. | |
| 119 | 0-4-4T | 4'-8½" | NYE (WACC) | under intersection of US301 & 186, Garysburg, NC | buried | Rhode Island Locomotive Works #750, 1879 | Burried in 1933. | |
| 4-2-0 | 5' | Raleigh & Gaston | Tornado Locomotive Building, Hamlet, NC | display | Non-functional replica named Tornado. | |||
| 7 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Dixie Construction | Killians Hardware, Hickory, NC | display | Alco (Cooke) #65375, 12/1923 | May be 65376. | |
| 1 | A-C-A | 2-6-2 | 18" | Timnath Northwestern | John Blue Complex, Laurinburg, NC | out of service | Alex Schneider and Roger Mitchell (Loveland CO) #1, 1984 | From the Swetsville Zoo, Timnath, CO. |
| 1 (10) | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Atlantic & Western | Camp Willow Run, Littleton, NC | display | Baldwin #37162, 1911 | ||
| 6 (5) | 0-4-0F | 36" | Apache Powder | Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum, Newton, NC | restoration | H.K. Porter #7110, 1924 | From the Bucksgahuda & Western Railroad, St. Marys, PA, then the Doe River Gorge, Hampton, TN, then Rails End, Hurtsboro, AL. | |
| 50 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | VA-Carolina Chemical Co. (Osceola Cypress Lumber) | Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum, Newton, NC | display | Alco (Cooke) #62634, 1922 | From Lakeland, FL in 2011. | |
| 3 (7) | Climax2Tr | 36" | Champion Fiber | Cradle of Forestry, Pisgah National Forest, NC | display | Climax #1323, 1915 | ||
| 4-2-4 | 24" | Pullen Park, Raleigh, NC | operational | Chance | ||||
| 12 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Atlantic & Western | Depot Park, Sanford, NC | display | Baldwin #37161, 1911 | ||
| 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Raleigh & Gaston | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | display | SAL, 1927 | Non-functioning replica. | ||
| 3 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Carolina Power & Light | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | display | H.K. Porter #7239, 1937 | ||
| 111 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Duke Power | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | display | Alco (Cooke) #62759, 1922 | ||
| 7 (5012) | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Bonsal Sand (US Army) | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | stored | H.K. Porter #7486, 1942 | ||
| 544 (206) | Russian | 2-10-0 | 4'-8½" | SAL (GM) | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | display | Alco (Brooks) #58902, 1918 | |
| 542 | J | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Southern | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #22570, 1903 | From Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC. |
| 1031 | K-15-S | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | ACL | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | display | Baldwin #39884, 1913 | |
| 1925 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Graham County | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | stored | Lima #3256, 1925 | One of the best candidates of all engines at this location to be made operable. | |
| Pole2Tr | 48" | (lumber) | Swanquarter, NC | private | Tanner & Delaney #1657, 1887 | Dismantled. | ||
| 250 | K | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | ACL | Wilmington Railroad Museum, Wilmington, NC | display | Baldwin #35351, 1910 | The cab and the tender were moved to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Dillsboro, NC for a cosmetic restoration in November 2002. |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in North Carolina, United States
- View North Carolina, United States page from www.steamlocomotive.info