Surviving Steam Locomotives in Wisconsin, USA
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List of Steam Locomotives in Wisconsin, USA
| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 440 | C-57 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | C&NW (UP) | Langlade County Historical Society, Antigo, WI | display | Baldwin #18345, 1900 | From North Freedom, WI. |
| 736 | H-3 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Telulah Park, Appleton, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #53137, 1913 | |
| 950 (600) | G | 2-10-0 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM (Buffalo & Susquehanna) | near depot, Ashland, WI | display | Baldwin #17914, 1900 | |
| 1 (801) | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | Warren & Ouachita Valley (Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific) | Hoffman's office building, Black River Falls, WI | display | Baldwin #29750, 1906 | From North Freedon and the Kettle Moraine Railway. | |
| 2 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Wissota Sand | Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, WI | display | H.K. Porter #6906, 1924 | ||
| 5 | 2-6-2T | 4'-8½" | Coronet Phosphate | Colfax Railroad Museum, Colfax, WI | display | H.K. Porter #4874, 1911 | From Annandale, MN. | |
| 16 | 4-4-0 | 16" | Chippewa Valley | Chippewa Valley Railroad, Eau Claire, WI | operational | Crown Metal Products (Elizabeth), 1959 | From Lee Merrick. | |
| 19 | 4-6-0 | 16" | Chippewa Valley | Chippewa Valley Railroad, Eau Claire, WI | operational | Frank Van Duzer, 1920 | From Henry MacMillan, Galva, IL then Strum Steam Engine Days. The lead driver was removed sometime after 1958 or 1959. The CVR installed a new lead driver in 2023. | |
| 0-4-0T | 600mm | Rock River Thresheree, Edgerton, WI | stored | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #22803, 1935 | Named Spike. In 2012 is was to be restored to operating condition. | |||
| 3 | 0-4-0WT-T | 600mm | Phillip Holzmann Ag | Rock River Thresheree, Edgerton, WI | operational | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #25206, 1944 | ||
| 6 | 2-6-0 | 36" | Godchaux Sugar (Alma Plantation) | Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum, Fennimore, WI | display | Davenport Locomotive Works #741, 1907 | From Edaville. | |
| 2714 | H-22 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Lakeside Park, Fond Du Lac, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #54449, 1914 | |
| 29 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | W.F. Carey | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Cooke) #64229, 1923 | Once operated at the museum. | |
| 506 | E-1 | 2-10-2 | 4'-8½" | DM&IR | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Brooks) #60075, 1919 | |
| 5017 | 5011 | 2-10-4 | 4'-8½" | AT&SF | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Baldwin #70823, 1944 | |
| 101 (765) | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | USATC (Korean National Railroad) | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Baldwin #48714, 1918 | Named General Pershing. | |
| 24 | SC-4 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | LS&I | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Pittsburg) #46946, 01/1910 | |
| 102 | 12-32 1/4-E | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | Sumter & Choctaw | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Baldwin #57778, 1924 | Diesel engine in tender has turned this into a moving display. |
| 2736 | K-4 | 2-8-4 | 4'-8½" | C&O | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #70885, 08/1944 | |
| 2718 | H-23 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #64313, 1924 | Operated at the museum prior to 1965. |
| 60008 (4496) | A4 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | BR (LNER) | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | LNER Doncaster Works #1861, 1937 | Named Dwight D. Eisenhower. Previously named Golden Shuttle. From England. Three cylinders. Only one of two British steam locomotives in the USA. |
| 4017 | 48841 | 4-8-8-4 | 4'-8½" | UP | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #69588, 01/1942 | Displayed with PPR GG1 4890. |
| 5 | Shay2Tr | 36" | Ely Thomas Lumber | National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI | display | Lima #2940, 1917 | ||
| 1003 | L-1 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Wisconsin Automotive Museum, Hartford, WI | operational | Alco (Schenectady) #52826, 1913 | Appeared in "Extreme Steam : Classic North American Steam Locomotives". |
| 21 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | LS&I | behind Rollex plant, Ixonia, WI | restoration | Alco #46945, 01/1910 | From the LS&I RR west yard, Marquette, MI. Owned by Michael Goodell. The tender and cab is stored behind an industrial site near a siding in Ixonia, WI. Unsure of current location of boiler or running gear. Could possibly be in Augusta or Oak Creek, WI. | |
| 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Wissota Sand | Logging Camp Museum, Keshena, WI | display | Alco #47413, 1910 | |||
| 4000 (3002) | S-4A | 4-6-4 | 4'-8½" | CB&Q | Copeland Park, LaCrosse, WI | display | Baldwin #61500, 1930 | Named Aeolus. |
| 1011 | L-2 | 2-8-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Old Smoky Rail Display, Ladysmith, WI | display | Alco (Brooks) #61732, 1920 | |
| 4 | 2-6-2 | 4'-8½" | Laona & Northern (Fairchild & Northeastern) | Laona & Northern, Laona, WI | operational | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2535, 1916 | Never operated on the L&NE. | |
| 321 (X90) | B | 0-6-0 | 4'-8½" | MLS&W (MSP&SSM) | Pinecrest Hist Village, Manitowoc, WI | display | Rhode Island Locomotive Works #1877, 10/1887 | |
| 2-4-4T | 24" | R&GN | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | stored | Sandley (Janesville) | From Wisconsin Dells. Last Sandley locomotive. | ||
| 12 | 4-4-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | Norm Gracey, 1969 | Named Gracey. | |
| 1950 | 4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | George Reddington, 1949 | Named Oakland Acorn. | |
| 1956 | 4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | George Reddington, 1956 | Named Daylight. Formerly Gene Autry from Melodie Ranch. | |
| 1919 | 4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | Merrick Light Railway Equipment #1996 | Named Lee W. Merrick. | |
| 2442 | F-22 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Wildwood Park, Marshfield, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #49785, 1911 | |
| 4 | 0-4-0T | 600mm | Jakob Wiederspahn Ag | siding, Merrimac, WI | display | BMAG #10885, 1938 | From Eagle Park Amusement Park, Cache, OK. | |
| 11 | 0-8-0T | 700mm | Krebet Baru Sugar | siding, Merrimac, WI | derelict | Hanomag (Hannover-Linden) #10410, 1925 | Named Ardjoeng. From the Osi Tiong Ham Mill, Samarang, then PG Krebet Baru, Krebetwetan, Java. In 1987 it was purchased by for the SPR, Melbourne, Australia. In 1989 it was moved from Bayswater, Victoria, Australia to the USA. | |
| 0-8-0T | 600mm | Jakob Wiederspahn Ag | siding, Merrimac, WI | display | Maffei (Munich) #4613, 1915 | From Eagle Park Amusement Park, Cache, OK. | ||
| 701 | 0-4-0 | 4'-8½" | Consumers Co | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #54627, 1914 | ||
| 6 | 0-4-0T | 4'-8½" | Central IL Public Service | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | restoration | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3376, 1923 | Ozark Mountain Railcar Located on private property in northern Wisconsin since 2019. Had been stored disassembled at the museum since the 1970s. Begin re-assembled cosmetically for display. May be for sale. | |
| 9 (232) | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | D&R (NO&NE) | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Baldwin #7469, 1884 | ||
| 49 (350) | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | KGB&W | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #67819, 1929 | Only surviving GB&W steam locomotive. | |
| 22 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | LS&I | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Alco (Pittsburg) #46944, 01/1910 | Fully cosmetically restored. | |
| 29 | C-2 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | Copper Range | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #42504, 1907 | From Ripley, MI. |
| 1 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | WC&C | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | restoration | Montreal Locomotive Works #53632, 1912 | Requires a new firebox. Will be restored after 1385 is completed. | |
| 1385 | R-1 | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | C&NW | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | restoration | Alco (Schenectady) #42187, 1907 | Previously operated in 1998. Steamed up for the first time in 27 years in December, 2025. Restoration back to operation scheduled to be completed in 2026. |
| 2645 | E-25s | 4-6-0 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Brooks #3687, 1900 | |
| 9 (122) | 36 ton | Shay2Tr | 4'-8½" | Goodman Lumber Co | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Lima #2143, 1909 | |
| 2 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | LA Cypress Lumber Co. | unknown, Reedsburg, WI | unknown | Lima #1027, 1906 | Oldest known Lima rod locomotive in existence. From North Freedom, WI. Now privately owned. Disposition is unknown. May be stored or being restored. | |
| 5 | 2-8-0 | 36" | Thunder Lake | Logging Museum, Rheinlander, WI | display | Baldwin #58530, 08/1925 | Only locomotive built new for Thunder Lake. | |
| 2713 | H-21 | 4-6-2 | 4'-8½" | MSP&SSM | Veteran's Memorial Park, Stevens Point, WI | display | Alco (Schenectady) #49796, 1913 | |
| 19 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | MT&W | Washington Park, Tomahawk, WI | display | Baldwin #57667, 1924 | ||
| 27 (348) | C-3 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | D&NE (DM&IR) | Wisconsin Great Northern, Trego, WI | display | Alco (Pittsburg) #42286, 1907 | From Barnum, MN. Acquired by the Wisconsin Great Northern in 2024. |
| 1 | 0-4-0VB | 15" | R&GN | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | operational | Sandley (Janesville), 1947 | Named Tom Thumb, vertical boiler. | |
| 82 | 4-4-0 | 15" | R&GN | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | operational | Sandley (Janesville), 1957 | Named L W Neiman. From the Milwaukee County Zoo. Received a new boiler. | |
| 98 | 4-4-0 | 15" | Sandly Light R (Hoot Toot & Whistle) | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | operational | Norman Sandley, 1952 | From Bartlett, IL then Old Wakarusa RR, Wakarusa, IN. | |
| 128 | D | 4-4-2 | 15" | R&GN (C&NW) | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | restoration | Sandley (Janesville), 1948 | From the Knoxville Zoo. Acquired by the R&GN in 1990. Restoration began in 2019. |
| 1916 | D | 4-4-2 | 15" | R&GN | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | operational | Sandley (Janesville), 1961 | Named Harry J. Grant. From the Milwaukee County Zoo. |
| 1924 | 4-6-2 | 15" | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | operational | Sandley (Janesville), 1977 | From the Milwaukee County Zoo. |
Resources for Steam Locomotives in Wisconsin, USA
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