Surviving Steam Locomotives in Texas, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Texas, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | SC-4 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GCY (LS&I) | Allen Heritage Center, Allen, TX | display | Alco (Pittsburg) #46943, 1910 | From the Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, AZ. |
| 5000 | 2-10-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Railroad Artifact Preservation Society, Amarillo, TX | display | Baldwin #61524, 1930 | Named Madame Queen. Possible candidate for restoration to operation. | |
| 201 (1) | 200 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | MC&SA (ICC) | Sherley Heritage Park, Anna, TX | restoration | Alco (Cooke) #39094, 1906 | Built for the Panama Canal construction. From Eureka Springs, AR. Sold to the city of Anna, TX. Cosmetically restored in Reader, AR. |
| 2 | 2-4-2 | 36" | M.A. Patout & Son | Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX | operational | H.K. Porter #1754, 1897 | Originally named Lydia, renamed to Charles Jefferson Patton, known as the Red Train, built as an 0-4-0. | |
| 3 | 2-4-2 | 36" | M.A. Patout & Son | Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX | operational | Alco (Dickson) #1280, 1901 | Named General Sam Houston. Previously named Mary Ann. Colloquially known as the Green Train. Originally built as an 0-4-4T type. | |
| 786 | Mk-5 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Austin & TX Central, Austin, TX | restoration | Alco (Brooks) #55972, 1916 | ASTA Restored to operation in December 1991. Previously operated in July 1999. Suffered a cracked cylinder saddle block. |
| 895 (200) | C-25 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Roseland Park, Baytown, TX | display | Alco, 1913 | |
| 1 | 2-4-2 | 42" | Rio Grande | Historic Brownsville Museum, Brownsville, TX | display | Baldwin #2664, 1872 | ||
| 1080 | 1050 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Santa Fe Depot, Brownwood, TX | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #20376, 1902 | |
| 14 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | WTCarter Lumber | W. T. Carter Estate, Camden, TX | private display | Baldwin #56917, 1923 | ||
| 501 | F-3-A | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q (FW&D) | R. Wright Armstrong Park, Childress, TX | display | Baldwin #35798, 1910 | |
| 3417 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Hulen Park, Cleburne, TX | display | Baldwin #51889, 1919 | Cosmetically restored in 2022. |
| 13 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | TSE (Southern Pine Lumber) | The History Center, Diboll, TX | display | Baldwin #53599, 1920 | ||
| 1 | 4-4-0 | 36" | El Paso Connection, El Paso, TX | display | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth) #33136, 1963 | From the Legend City amusement park, Phoenix, AZ, then the Magic Landing amusement park, El Paso, TX. | ||
| 3420 (171) | C-19 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | SP (EP&SW) | Phelps Dodge Copper Refinery, El Paso, TX | stored | Baldwin #24586, 1904 | |
| 1 (111) | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | EP&SW (CM&StP) | Union Plaza Transit Terminal, El Paso, TX | display | Breese, Kneeland & Co. #73, 1857 | Cosmetically restored in the 2000s. | |
| 57 | 0-4-0CA | 18" | near welding shop, Fort Worth, TX | display | H.K. Porter | From the Pate Museum of Transportation, Fort Worth, TX. | ||
| 19 | SC-4 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | GCY (LS&I) | Heritage Park, Frisco, TX | display | Alco (Pittsburg) #46942, 1910 | From the Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, AZ, then the MGM Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. |
| 7 | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Dallas Union Terminal | Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, TX | display | Baldwin #57208, 1923 | ||
| 1625 | Russian | 2-10-0 | 4'-8½" | SLSF | Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, TX | display | Alco (Schenectady) #58903, 1918 | |
| 4501 | 4500 | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | SLSF | Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, TX | display | Baldwin #64450, 1942 | |
| 4018 | 48841 | 4-8-8-4 | 4'-8½" | UP | Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, TX | display | Alco (Schenectady) #69589, 01/1942 | Displayed with UP Centennial 6913. |
| 1 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | WBT&S | Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TX | display | Baldwin #53413, 1920 | ||
| 555 (5) | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | OP&E (MA) | Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TX | display | Alco (Cooke) #63549, 1922 | Appeared in 'Emperor of the North' (1973 movie). | |
| 1 (314) | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, TX | display | Alco (Cooke) #2197, 1892 | ||
| 2 | 2-4-4T | 36" | Stine Coal | Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, TX | stored | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3070, 1920 | Named Rachel. Originally built as an 0-4-0T type. From the Opryland amusement park, Nashville, TN, then the Tennessee Central Museum, Nashville, TN, then the ET&WNC Doe River Gorge, Hampton, TN. | |
| 771 | Mk-5 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, TX | display | Baldwin #39726, 1913 | From Victoria, TX. |
| 2248 | T-1 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | GVRR (SP) | Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, TX | out of service | Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works #2341, 1896 | Named William S. Davis. Nicknamed Puffy. Once operated at the Texas State Railroad as their 200. Taken out of service in early 2016. Boiler being replaced. In the shop near the turntable. Currently scheduled to return to operation sometime in 2024. |
| 642 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | T&P | Village Creek, Handley, TX | sunk | |||
| 50 | NGG13 | 2-6-2+2-6-2 | 24" | SAR | Hempstead & Northern, Hempstead, TX | private operational | Hanomag (Hannover-Linden) #10598, 1928 | |
| 18 | NG-15 | 2-8-2 | 24" | SAR | Hempstead & Northern, Hempstead, TX | private | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #21906, 1931 | |
| 25 | 4-4-0 | 24" | Reynolds Brothers Sugar | Hempstead & Northern, Hempstead, TX | private | W. G. Bagnall #2522, 1935 | Named Simpola. | |
| 5661 | 4-6-4 | 16" | Kings Lights Railroad, Houston, TX | stored operational | E.C. Eddy, 1961 | From the Pinconning & Blind River Railroad, Fairview, MI, then the Michigan Au Sable Valley Railroad, Fairview, MI. | ||
| 801 | 4-8-4 | 15" | ATT&NW | Kings Lights Railroad, Houston, TX | operational private | Merrick Light Railway Equipment, 2006 | From the Arborway T.T. & Northwestern Railroad, Steelville, MO. | |
| 982 (3651) | F-1 | 2-10-2 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Texas Railway Preservation Association, Houston, TX | restoration | Baldwin #52053, 1919 | From Hermann Park, then Minute Maid Baseball Park. Donated to the Texas Railway Preservation Association on April 9, 2021 for restoration to operation. The tender is to be used behind Heber Valley 2-8-0 618. The new tender will come from GN 2-10-2 2100. |
| 5 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | WTCarter Lumber | Polk County Museum, Livingston, TX | display | Baldwin #36130, 1911 | ||
| 401 (4994) | O-1A | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | FW&D (CB&Q) | National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock, TX | display | Baldwin #57113, 1923 | |
| 110 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Angelina Lumber Co | Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin, TX | display | Baldwin #58040, 1924 | ||
| 3 | 8-24D-188 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | WTCarter Lumber | Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin, TX | display | Baldwin #32849, 1908 | |
| 400 (410) | E-4-A | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | T&P (FW&D) | Marshall Depot, Marshall, TX | display | Baldwin #42125, 1915 | |
| 7 | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Florida Portland Cement | New Braunfels Historical, New Braunfels, TX | display | H.K. Porter #7367, 1942 | ||
| 610 | I1a | 2-10-4 | 4'-8½" | T&P | Texas State Railroad, Palestine, TX | display | Lima #7237, 1927 | American Freedom Train Pulled the American Freedom Train in 1976 and ran excursions from 1977 to 1982 for the Southern Railway. |
| 316 (201) | D-9 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | TSRR (T&P) | Texas State Railroad, Palestine, TX | out of service | Alco (Cooke) #26142, 11/1902 | Oldest operating steam locomotive at the TSRR. Taken out of service in 2013. Awaiting mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
| 1316 (500) | 137 ton (1309) | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | TSRR (AT&SF) | Texas State Railroad, Palestine, TX | display | Baldwin #37332, 1911 | Previously operated in the late 2002. Mandated 1,472-day overhaul cancelled in early 2003. Cosmetically restored in 2020. Will eventually be restored back to operation again once the restoration of T&P (TSRR) 316 is complete. |
| 20 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Temple Lumber Co. | Katherine Sage Temple Park, Pineland, TX | display | Baldwin #21435, 1930 | ||
| 503 (401) | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | KCS (L&A) | Bryan Park, Port Arthur, TX | display | Baldwin #37715, 1913 | ||
| 4'-8½" | Boykin Springs campground, Rockland, TX | sunk | ||||||
| 3937 | B | Climax2Tr | 4'-8½" | Soniat & DeBlieu (Phoenix Mine & Gratiot River) | The Retreat at Artesian Lakes, Romayor, TX | display | Climax #28, 1893 | Recovered and placed on display at the resort. |
| 28 (300) | 83 ton | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | TSRR (US Army) | Texas State Railroad, Rusk, TX | out of service | Baldwin #47032, 11/1917 | Taken out of service for its mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul in 2016. Returned to operation in 2018. Taken out of service again for major boiler and running gear work in Sep. 2018. Currently scheduled to return to operation sometime in 2024. |
| 30 (400) | 87 ton | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | TSRR (Tremont & Gulf) | Texas State Railroad, Rusk, TX | operational | Baldwin #46491, 1917 | Sold to the Magma Arizona Railroad in 1954 as their 7 prior to its retirement in 1967 and later acquired by the TSRR in 1974. |
| 0-4-0T | 36" | San Antonio Portland Cement | Bally's, Alamo Quarry Market, San Antonio, TX | display | H.K. Porter, 1920 | Previously placed on display at a cement plant in this location. | ||
| 502 | 0-4-0T | 36" | Fiesta Texas (Reichswerke Hermann Goring) | Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, TX | stored | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #24086, 1938 | Named Gretta. From the Midwest Central Railroad, Mt. Pleasant, IA, then Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell, GA. Converted to diesel-hydraulic power. | |
| 601 | 2-4-0 | 36" | Fiesta Texas (Tennessee Coal) | Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, TX | operational (diesel hydraulic) | Baldwin, 1917 | Named Miss Kitty. Converted to diesel-hydraulic power. | |
| 794 | Mk-5 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | SP (T&NO) | Sunset (SP/Amtrak) Depot, San Antonio, TX | display | Alco (Brooks) #55980, 09/1916 | Planned for a possible restoration to operating condition. |
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Comal Power | Texas Transportation Museum, San Antonio, TX | out of service | Baldwin, 1925 | In 2021, this locomotive suffered a mechanical breakdown and is out of service. | |
| 6 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | MC&SA | Texas Transportation Museum, San Antonio, TX | display | Baldwin #35816, 1911 | ||
| 1809 | 1800 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | W Lubbock & S 8th, Slaton, TX | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #29281, 1906 | |
| 5 (19) | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Rosco Snyder & Pacific (Harbeson Lumber) | Scurry County Coliseum, Snyder, TX | display | Baldwin #52918, 01/1920 | ||
| 108 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | A&NR | Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX | stored | Baldwin, 1920 | From Reader, AR, then North Conway, NH. | |
| 1 | 12-32 1/4-E | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | WTCarter Lumber | B-RI Railroad Museum, Teague, TX | display | Baldwin #58413, 1925 | |
| 3423 | 3400 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | Railroad & Heritage Museum, Temple, TX | display | Baldwin #54951, 1921 | Moved to the restored downtown depot. |
| 304 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | FW&D | Wichita Falls Railroad Museum, Wichita Falls, TX | display | Alco (Brooks) #40246, 1906 |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in Texas, United States
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