Surviving Steam Locomotives in Wisconsin, United States
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List of Steam Locomotives in Wisconsin, United States
| 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 | |
| 21 | 2-8-0 | 4'-8½" | LS&I | Michael Goodell, Augusta, WI | restoration | From the LS&I RR west yard, Marquette, MI. | ||
| 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. Rebuilt back from 4-4-0 into a 4-6-0. | |
| 0-4-0T | 600mm | Rock River Thresheree, Edgerton, WI | stored | Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) #22803, 1935 | Named Spike. 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 | moving display | Baldwin #57778, 1924 | Diesel engine in tender. |
| 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". |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 1950 | 4-6-2 | 16" | Whiskey River | Little A-Merrick-A Amusement Park, Marshall, WI | operational | George Reddington, 1949 | Named Oakland Acorn. | |
| 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. | |
| 0-8-0T | 600mm | Jakob Wiederspahn Ag | siding, Merrimac, WI | display | Maffei (Munich) #4613, 1915 | 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. | |
| 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 | sold | Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #3376, 1923 | Now located in northern Wisconsin. | |
| 9 (232) | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | D&R (NO&NE) | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | display | Baldwin #7469, 1884 | ||
| 2 | 2-6-0 | 4'-8½" | LA Cypress Lumber Co. | Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI | dismantled | Lima #1027, 1906 | Oldest known Lima rod locomotive in existence. Sold. | |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| 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. 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| 128 | D | 4-4-2 | 15" | R&GN (C&NW) | Riverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WI | stored | Sandley (Janesville), 1948 | From the Knoxville Zoo. Possible restoration. |
| 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, United States
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