Surviving Steam Locomotives in Ohio, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Ohio, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4-0T | 24" | Gruen & Bilfinger AG | Quaker Square, Akron, OH | display | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #23033, 1936 | Owned by the University of Akron. Up for sale as of 2023. | ||
| 1548 | G-3 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Quaker Square, Akron, OH | display | Baldwin #38838, 1912 | Owned by the University of Akron. Poor condition. Up for sale as of 2023. |
| 2 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Ashland Iron & Mining (Ohio River Coal) | behind Sherry's Do Ups, Main St, Amelia, OH | restoration | Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works #61827, 1920 | From the Lunken Airport Playfield, Cincinnati, OH, then Oakley, OH. | |
| 9 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Wayne Coal | Ghost Town, Arlington, OH | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2981, 1919 | ||
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Cameron & Barclay | Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, Bellevue, OH | display | Baldwin #11051, 1890 | ||
| 7 | 0-6-0F | 4'-8½" | Cleveland Electric Illuminating | Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, Bellevue, OH | display | H.K. Porter #7350, 1943 | ||
| 757 | S2 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | NYC&StL | Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, Bellevue, OH | display | Lima #8665, 1944 | From the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA. Arrived in Bellevue, OH on February 14, 2019. Underwent a cosmetic restoration between 2019 and 2021. Reunited with sister NKP Berkshire locomotive 765 in early October 2021. |
| 4-2-0 | 4'-8½" | NJ RR | Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, Bellevue, OH | display | B&O (Mount Clare), 1904 | Named Sandusky, replica. Original built in 1837 by Rogers? | ||
| 917 | W2 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Buckeye Express Diner, Bellville, OH | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #21683, 1903 | For sale as of 2024. From Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal, Roanoke, VA. |
| 301 (5) | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Youngstown Sheet & Tube | Mahoning Valley Railroad Heritage Association, fairgrounds, Canfield, OH | display | Baldwin #42699, 1915 | ||
| 4-4-0 | Cincinnati Western | along I74 near downtown, Cincinnati, OH | buried | 1850s | Buried in a collapsed tunnel. Used in construction for a line running west that was never completed. Apartments are now built over the tunnel. -- Dennis Larrick | |||
| 12 | 4-4-0 | 36" | Kings Island, Cincinnati, OH | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1972 | Named Kenny Van Meter. | ||
| 19 | 4-4-0 | 36" | Kings Island, Cincinnati, OH | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1972 | Named Lew Brown. | ||
| 4070 | S-3-a | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | GTW | B&O Roundhouse, Cleveland, OH | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #60319, 1918 | MRPS Restored to operation in 1968. Previously operated in 1990. |
| 250 (2100) | T-1 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | AFT (Reading) | B&O Roundhouse, Cleveland, OH | restoration | Reading Shops, 1945 | Operated the Iron Horse Rambles excursions from 1959 to 1964. From Elgin Co. RY Museum, St. Thomas, ON, then Richland, WA. Restoration by American Steam RR Preservation Association. Will be painted in an American Freedom Train livery and renumbered to 250. |
| 2-8-8-4 | 14½" | Whiskey River | unknown, Cleveland, OH | stored | From Marshall, WI; being regauged to 16. | |||
| 755 | S2 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | NYC&StL | Conneaut Station, Conneaut, OH | display | Lima #8663, 1944 | |
| 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | NCR | Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, OH | display | Lima #1087, 11/1909 | Named Rubicon. | ||
| 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | NCR | Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, OH | display | Lima #1310, 06/1913 | Named Dayton. From Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA. | ||
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 30" | Armco Steel (Edgar Thomson Steel Works) | Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, OH | display | H.K. Porter #450, 1881 | Or possibly #451. | |
| 1 (6) | 0-4-0VB | 4'-8½" | B&O | Carillon Historical Park, Dayton, OH | display | B&O (Mount Clare), 1835 | Named John Quincy Adams. Oldest surviving American built locomotive. | |
| 4-4-0 | 24" | private backyard, Dayton, OH | private operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) | From either a California amusement park or possibly from Bonnie Springs Ranch, Nevada. No further information is available. | |||
| 29 | 0-4-0ST | 36" | Wheeling Steel | AuGlaize Village, Defiance, OH | restoration | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre), 1929 | ||
| 3 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric | Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Dennison, OH | display | Vulcan Iron Works #4759, 09/1946 | ||
| 2700 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Dennison, OH | display | Alco (Schenectady) #70849, 1943 | Underwent a cosmetic restoration between 2017 and 2018. |
| 1917 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | GreerSteelCo | Warther Woodcarving Museum, Dover, OH | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre), 1917 | ||
| 901 | 2-6-2 | 15" | NWORRP, Findlay, OH | operational | House of David, 1948 | |||
| 1 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | St. Albans Railroad (American Gas & Electric) | Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station, Gallipolis, OH | display | H.K. Porter #7971, 08/1945 | From the West Virginia State Farm Museum, Pt. Pleasant, WV. | |
| 63 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Gulf States Paper (Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks) | Kokosing Gap Trail, Gambier, OH | display | Alco (Schenectady) #69422, 1940 | Previously owned by the Bluegrass Railroad Museum, West Versailles, KY. | |
| 202 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Detroit Edison | TLE&W RY, Grand Rapids, OH | display | Baldwin #52792, 1920 | Possible candidate for restoration to operating condition. | |
| 19 | 65 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | GA Pacific | Veterans Park, Harrod, OH | display | Lima #1568, 1905 | |
| 6 | 2-4-2 | 36" | Carbon Limestone | near former Erie mainline, Hubbard, OH | display | H.K. Porter | 0-4-0T, owned by J.P. Marsh, from Youngstown, OH. | |
| 10 | 24 ton | Shay2Tr | 36" | Lima Stone Co | Allen County Historical Society Complex, Lima, OH | display | Lima #3288, 08/1925 | Partially scrapped and abandoned after retirement, but then fully restored by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in 1956. |
| 779 | S3 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | NYC&StL | Lincoln Park, Lima, OH | display | Lima #9380, 1949 | Last steam locomotive built by Lima. |
| 7 (30) | 4-4-0 | ng | Carbon Limestone | Land of Illusion, Middletown, OH | display | H.K. Porter #6792, 03/1923 | Built as a 2-4-0. Rebuilt by Custom Fabricators for Coal Town USA, Jacksboro, TN. May have served at Doe River Gorge then at the Tropicana Laughlin Hotel and Casino, Laughlin, NV. From Craig Ranch Park, Las Vegas, NV, then Lark Ranch, Greenfield, IN. | |
| 2 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Ohio Power | Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, Nelsonville, OH | display | H.K. Porter #7797, 07/1945 | ||
| 3 (13) | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Ohio Power (Beech Bottom Power) | Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, Nelsonville, OH | operational | Baldwin #53038, 1920 | ||
| 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Watoga Stone | unknown, Nelsonville, OH | private restoration | H.K. Porter, 1923 | From the C.P. Huntington RR Hist Soc, Huntington, WV. Full restoration to operation expected to be completed by 2026. | ||
| 8082 (100) | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Sturm & Dillard | Grand Pacific Junction Antique Mall, Olmsted Falls, OH | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3313, 1922 | ||
| 7 | 0-4-0F | 36" | Apache Powder | west of, Salem, OH | display | H.K. Porter | ||
| 4 (34) | 2-4-0 | 36" | Cherokee Wonderland (Carbon Limestone) | Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, Sandusky, OH | operational | H.K. Porter #7348, 03/1942 | To Cherokee Wonderland and named Victoria R., then to Cedar Point and named George R. | |
| 22 | 2-4-0 | 36" | Merry Bros Brick | Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, Sandusky, OH | operational | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre), 1922 | Named Myron H. | |
| 1 (55) | 2-4-0 | 36" | N&S Coal | Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, Sandusky, OH | out of service | Davenport Locomotive Works #2081, 1927 | Originally built as an 0-4-2T type. Rebuilt into a 2-4-4T type for Six Flags Great America. Sold to Bill Norred. Traded to Disneyland. Sent to Disneyworld. Traded to Cedar Point. Sent to Knott's Berry Farm and FMW Solutions, Inc. for repairs and overhaul. | |
| 5 (802) | 2-4-0 | 36" | Lehigh Stone | Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, Sandusky, OH | operational | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3333, 1923 | Named Judy K. From Marion, NC; Sold to Peter Burno then to Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad. | |
| 3 | 2-6-0 | 36" | St John Plantation | Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad, Sandusky, OH | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #1042, 1910 | Named Albert. From Arthur LaSalle at Cherokee Wonderland. Retired from operation in 1991. Placed on display near the Millennium Force roller coaster. | |
| 1187 (4) | A4B | 0-4-0C | 4'-8½" | Reading (Strasburg) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | restoration | Baldwin (Burnham) #21831, 1902 | Became the second steam locomotive to operate at the Strasburg Railroad but was found to have insufficient steaming capability. Previously operated in May 1967. Acquired from the Strasburg Railroad on July 15, 2020. Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 1 | PPP | 0-4-0CA | 4'-8½" | New Orleans Sewage & Water Board (Diebert, Bancroft & Ross, Camague) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | H.K. Porter #5731, 11/1915 | Compound operation at 800 psi using 250-psi hp cylinder and 150-psi lp cylinder; used in Cuban sugar cane fields; back to USA ca. 1925; sold to NOS&WB ca. 1935; to LSTA; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2015; only existing PPP loco. |
| 2 (110) | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Heisler #54, 03/1940 | Used at electric power plant in Groveport, Ohio; donated and moved to Youngstown in 1965; moved in 1974 to a restaurant in Sharon, Pa.; purchased by AoSRH and moved to Sugarcreek, Ohio, in 2018. | |
| 3 | 0-4-0ST | 4'-8½" | So Wood Pres Co | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | operational | Alco (Cooke) #66308, 01/1926 | Displayed at Tennessee Valley RR Museum in Chattanooga; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1994; operated during Steam Fest 97. | |
| 14 (727) | 0-4-0ST-T | 4'-8½" | Duquesne Slag Products (Carnegie Steel) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | H.K. Porter #1726, 04/1897 | Displayed at Station Square in Pittsburgh; to town of Sewickley, Pa., in 1979; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2013. | |
| 105 (51) | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Sturm & Dillard (Jones Contracting) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Baldwin #44886, 01/1917 | Used at gravel pit in Circleville, Ohio; sold to private party and stored in Orrville, OH; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2015. | |
| 12 (1643) | A-7 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | M&NF (Southern) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | operational | Alco (Pittsburg) #37672, 09/1905 | Sold in 1952 to M&NF; used in freight and tourist train service; stored in a shed at Clearfield, KY; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2011. |
| 3960 (384) | B-5 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | W&LE (NYC&StL) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | awaiting cosmetic restoration | W&LE (Brewster Shops) #33, 06/1935 | From Mother Goose Park, Canton, OH then S.T.E.A.M. Minerva, OH. |
| 1190 (152) | D-44 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | B&O (BR&P) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Alco (Brooks) #28753, 01/1904 | To Ohio River Sand & Gravel in 1953; retired in 1960 and displayed in New Martinsville, WV; to Mad River & NKP Museum in 1979; sold in 2008 to private owner in Dunkirk, NY; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2014. |
| 13 (4) | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | BEDT (US Navy South Brooklyn) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | H.K. Porter #6369, 03/1919 | Sold to BEDT in 1922; sold to Rail Tours in 1968; to Pa. State RR Museum in 1977; gift from PSRRM to AoSRH in 2011. | |
| 41 (401) | 12-42-F | 2-10-0 | 4'-8½" | Woodward Iron (AT&N) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Baldwin #60341, 1928 | Sold to Georgia Car & Loco Co. in 1946; sold to Woodward Iron Co. in 1948; sold to Mid-Continent RR Museum in 1964. |
| 643 | H-1-G | 2-10-4 | 4'-8½" | B&LE | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | restoration | Baldwin #70057, 1943 | Once owned by Glenn Campbell (not the singer). Previously stored at the P&LE yard, McKees Rocks, PA. Acquired by the Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH on August 5, 2019. Moved to the Age of Steam Roundhouse as of 2022. Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 96 | E-10-a | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | CLC #937, 1910 | Sold to Steamtown USA; sold to private owner in Canada; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1994. |
| 9 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Amador Central (MCR) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | stored serviceable | Baldwin #18596, 01/1901 | Sold to YWRR in 1939; sold to ACRR in 1944; sold to NP&I in 1945; to Mid-Continent RR Museum in 1966; to Kettle Moraine RY and operated until 2001; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2015. | |
| 33 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Hocking Valley Scenic (LS&I) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Baldwin #43108, 1916 | Sold to private owner in 1968. Operated on Hocking Valley Scenic Railway. Traded to Jerry Jacobson for diesel in 2003. Sidelined due to extensive firebox issues. Will likely be some time before she runs again. | |
| 13 (6) | G-7-S | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | BC&G (KC&NW) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | stored | Alco (Brooks) #61579, 1920 | Purchased by BC&G in 1954; in service until 1964; sold to several tourist RR operations; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1993; used on summer tourist trains; now needs repairs; awaiting restoration. |
| 612 (2630) | S-160 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | USATC | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Baldwin #69858, 1943 | Used at Ft. Eustis Military RR; donated to Cass Scenic RR in 1972; sold to private owner in 2010; stored at museum in Duluth, GA; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2015; awaiting restoration. |
| 19 (105) | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | MCR (Caddo & Choctaw) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | restoration | Baldwin #42000, 1915 | Sold to a Mexican railroad in 1920; sold to MRRR in 1924; sold to YWRR in 1953; to OP&ERR in 1973 for tourist train; used in movies Emperor of the North and Stand by Me; back to YWRR in 1988; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2016. | |
| 37 | 2-8-2T | 4'-8½" | Sugar Pine Lumber | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | stored | Alco, 1925 | From the Wilmington & Western Railroad, Wilmington, DE. Sold to the Timber Heritage Association, Glendale, CA in November 2003. Sold to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in 2023. | |
| 763 | S-22 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | NYC&StL | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Lima #8671, 1944 | Acquired by N&W in 1964 when NKP merged; to Wasena Park in Roanoke in 1966 for display; to Virginia Museum of Transportation; purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 2007. |
| 1551 (1354) | H-6-g | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CNR (Canadian Northern) | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Montreal Locomotive Works #50778, 1912 | From to Steamtown USA. Traded in 1986 to Jerry Jacobson for Jackson Iron & Steel 0-6-0 3 (ex-BLW plant switcher 26). Restored to operation in 1988. Used on the Ohio Central tourist trains. Retired from excursion service in 1998 in need of repairs. |
| 1278 (127) | G5d | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | CLC #2435, 04/1948 | Sold to Steamtown USA in 1965. Renumbered 127. Used on excursions, then traded to the Gettysburg RR for CN 3254 in 1987. Crown sheet failure on GRR in June 1995. Purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1998. Received a partial cosmetic restoration in 2016. |
| 1293 | G5d | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CPR | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | out of service | CLC #2450, 1948 | Retired in 1959. Sold to Steamtown USA in 1964. Used in excursion service. Featured in 'Terror Train' (1980). Purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1996. Taken out of service in 2014. Awaiting future overhaul. |
| 6325 | U-3-b | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | GTW | Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH | display | Alco (Schenectady) #69631, 1942 | 2001 photo Displayed in Battle Creek, MI in 1959. Local restoration effort failed. Purchased by Jerry Jacobson in 1993. Restored to operation in 2001 and used on fantrips. Retired from excursion service in 2006 in need of repairs. |
| 41260 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Valley City Railroad | Liverpool Township Office, Rt. 303, Valley City, OH | display | #41260 | ||
| 2776 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Jesse Eyman Park, Washington Court House, OH | display | Alco (Schenectady) #75189, 1947 | Being preserved by the Railroad Preservation Society of Fayette County, OH. |
| 384 (3984) | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | NYC&StL (W&LE) | Lorain & West Virginia Railway, Wellington, OH | stored | Alco (Schenectady) #71970, 06/1944 | ||
| 3002 | 0-4-0T | 36" | Wheeling Steel | 2 miles north on Hwy800 opp Water Works Rd, Woodsfield, OH | abandoned | H.K. Porter #7025, 09/1926 | ||
| 3003 | 0-4-0T | 36" | Wheeling Steel | 2 miles north on Hwy800 opp Water Works Rd, Woodsfield, OH | abandoned | H.K. Porter #7066, 08/1927 | ||
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Marble Cliff Quarries | Ohio Railway Museum, Worthington, OH | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3431, 1924 | Once displayed in Columbus. | |
| 578 | E2a | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Ohio Railway Museum, Worthington, OH | display | Alco (Richmond) #46831, 1910 | Operated in excursion service until 1978. |
| 58 | 46 ton | 0-4-0T | 24" | Jones & Laughlin Steel | Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum, Youngstown, OH | operational | H.K. Porter #7245, 1937 | Restored to operation in May 2019. Re-gauged from 23 inches. |
| 57 | 0-4-0T | 23" | Jones & Laughlin Steel | Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum, Youngstown, OH | restoration | H.K. Porter #7244, 07/1937 | From Campbellford, Ontario. Restoration work to operating condition began in late April 2023. Will operate alongside Jones & Laughlin Steel 58 when the restoration to operation is complete. | |
| 60 | 0-4-0T | 23" | Jones & Laughlin Steel | Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum, Youngstown, OH | stored | H.K. Porter #7613, 03/1944 | From Campbellford, Ontario. | |
| 62 | 0-4-0T | 23" | Jones & Laughlin Steel | Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum, Youngstown, OH | stored | H.K. Porter #7614, 03/1944 | From Mead, CO. |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in Ohio, United States
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