Surviving Steam Locomotives in Virginia, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Virginia, United States
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | M | 4-8-0 | 4'-8½" | N&W | The Virginia Creeper Trail 1, Abingdon, VA | display | Alco (Richmond) #40329, 1907 | Underwent a cosmetic restoration in August 2023. |
| 0-4-0 | 36" | Pyrite Mine | woods off US 17, Bealeton, VA | private | Baldwin, 1890s | Pyrite Mine Named Dinky. To Stafford? | ||
| 614 | J3a | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | C&O Railway Heritage Center, Clifton Forge, VA | display | Lima #9306, 06/1948 | Iron Horse Enterprises From the B&O Railroad Museum, then Port Clinton, PA. Acquired from the B&O Railroad Museum by Ross Rowland in exchange for Reading 2101 in 1979. Restored to operation in 1980. Previously operated in early 1999. Awaiting restoration back to operation. |
| 8 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Consolidated Sand and Gravel (Ironton Solvey Coke) | Rassawek Vineyards, Columbia, VA | gone | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2882, 1918 | From Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, VA, then Carroll Lee Walker at Lestor Manor, King William, VA. | |
| 701 | G5 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Main Street Park, Covington, VA | display | Alco (Richmond) #49910, 1911 | |
| 606 (5846) | S-160 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Norfolk & Western (USATC) | Crewe Railroad Museum, Crewe, VA | display | Lima #8784, 04/1945 | From Falling Springs Station, Covington, VA. |
| 1 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | The Virginia Creeper Trail 2, Damascus, VA | display | Gas-powered fabrication. | |||
| 66 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Natural Tunnel (Rim Rock) | Natural Tunnel State Park, Duffield, VA | display | Barnett Enterprises (Norton), 1967 | Built as 2-4-0 diesel powered tender. | |
| 5002 (2) | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | USATC (EJ Lavino & Co) | US Army Transportation Museum, Ft. Eustis, VA | restoration | H.K. Porter #7462, 08/1942 | From Tombstone Junction RR then Kentucky Railway Museum, then Colebrookdale Railroad, Boyerston, PA, then Baraboo, WI. | |
| 1923 | 0-6-0T | 42" | USATC | US Army Transportation Museum, Ft. Eustis, VA | display | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #4770, 1946 | ||
| 607 (5187) | S-160 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | USATC | US Army Transportation Museum, Ft. Eustis, VA | display | Lima #8846, 1945 | |
| 2 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Old Dominion Soapstone | North Fork Lumber, Goshen, VA | private | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #1436, 12/1909 | Previously placed on display in Marion, VA. | |
| 453 | D4g | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | CPR | North Fork Lumber, Goshen, VA | private | CPR (Angus), 1912 | Once planned to be restored by O. Winston Link, from New Hartford, NY. |
| 13 | 33 ton | Shay2Tr | 36" | McClure Lumber | North Fork Lumber, Goshen, VA | restoration | Lima #949, 1904 | From McClure, VA. Diesel conversion. |
| 2 (6) | 37 ton | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Horseshoe Forestry | North Fork Lumber, Goshen, VA | private | #918, 1904 | Once owned by Ralph Day, Biddeford, ME. Now owned by Will Harris. |
| 2760 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Treasure Island Road, Lynchburg, VA | display | Alco (Schenectady) #75173, 1947 | |
| 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Rt 612, S of, Marat, VA | display | |||||
| 2756 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Huntington Park, Newport News, VA | display | Lima #9263, 1947 | |
| 1134 | M2 | 4-8-0 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Railroad Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth, VA | display | Baldwin #35340, 10/1910 | From Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal. Displayed with tender from N&W 2-6-6-4. |
| 231 | A-5 | 4-4-0 | 4'-8½" | C&O | inside collapsed Church Hill Tunnel, Richmond, VA | buried | Baldwin, 1903 | |
| 836 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Albermarle Paper Co | Old Dominion Chapter NRHS, Richmond, VA | display | H.K. Porter #7228, 1936 | Named Brown's Island Express. | |
| 1 (5019) | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Albermarle Paper Co (USATC) | Old Dominion Chapter NRHS, Richmond, VA | operational | H.K. Porter #7499, 12/1942 | ||
| 2 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | David M Lea & Co | Old Dominion Railway Museum, Richmond, VA | display | H.K. Porter #6905, 1924 | ||
| 2732 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA | display | Alco (Schenectady) #70881, 1944 | |
| 1118 | M2 | 4-8-0 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Roanoke Chapter NRHS, 9th Street Yard, Roanoke, VA | restoration | Baldwin #35232, 1910 | From Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal. Cosmetic restoration only. |
| 1 | 0-4-0F | 4'-8½" | Celanese Co | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | display | H.K. Porter #7378, 1943 | ||
| 34 | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | EJ Lavino & Co | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | display | Baldwin #57092, 1923 | ||
| 4 | 0-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Virginian | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | display | Baldwin #35034, 1910 | ||
| 1218 | A | 2-6-6-4 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | display | N&W #340, 1943 | status Operated in the Norfolk Southern's steam excursion program from April 1987 to November 1991. Rebuild began in 1992. NS steam program cancelled in December 1994. Now missing several parts and will likely never run again. |
| 6 | G | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | display | Baldwin (Burnham) #15152, 1897 | |
| 1151 | M2c | 4-8-0 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | display | N&W #183, 1911 | From Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal. Displayed with the tender from an N&W Y-3 class locomotive. |
| 611 | J | 4-8-4 | 4'-8½" | N&W | Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA | operational | N&W #388, 1950 | Fire up 611 Named Spirit of Roanoke. Also nicknamed Queen of Steam. Appeared in National Geographic - Love Those Trains. Restored back to operation in March 2015. Operated at the Strasburg Railroad in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023. |
| 2 | 0-6-0T | 4'-8½" | Matheson | Olin-Matheson, Saltville, VA | restoration | Rhode Island Locomotive Works #3030, 1894 | ||
| 11 (305) | G | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Matheson (N&W) | Olin-Matheson, Saltville, VA | restoration | Roanoke Machine Wks #137, 1892 | |
| 4-4-0 | 36" | Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1974 | Named Balmoral Castle. | |||
| 4-4-0 | 36" | Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1974 | Named Der Hochbeinige. | |||
| 17 | 4-4-0 | 36" | Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1972 | Named Alpengeist Express. From Lakeside Park, Salem, VA. |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in Virginia, United States
- View Virginia, United States page from www.steamlocomotive.info