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292629004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF New Mexico Heritage Rail, Albuquerque, NM
operational
Baldwin #69814, 1944 Previously placed on display in Coronado Park. Test fired on August 20, 2018. Moved under its own power on July 24, 2021. Debuted in excursion service on September 30, 2023. Became the second steam locomotive to be equipped with Positive Train Control.
1 (2101)T-14-8-44'-8½"AFT (Reading) B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD
display
Reading Shops, 1945American Freedom Train Damaged in a roundhouse fire in Russell, KY in 1979. Traded by Ross Rowland to the B&O Railroad Museum in exchange for C&O 614. Cosmetic restoration to its AFT appearance completed in December 2025.
838FEF-34-8-44'-8½"UP UP engine house, Cheyenne, WY
stored
Alco (Schenectady) #72785, 1944 Used as a spare parts source for UP 844.
844 (8444)FEF-34-8-44'-8½"UP UP engine house, Cheyenne, WY
operational
Alco (Schenectady) #72791, 12/1944Featured in the TV series 'Shining Time Station'. Only steam locomotive in the United States to never be retired by a major class I North American railroad. Renumbered to 8444 from 1962 to 1989. Taken out of service in 2013. Returned to service in 2016.
250 (2100)T-14-8-44'-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.
814FEF-14-8-44'-8½"UP Rock Island Depot Museum, Main & 16th, Council Bluffs, IA
display
Alco (Schenectady) #68822, 1937
5633O-5A4-8-44'-8½"CB&Q Douglas Railroad Interprative Center, C&NW Depot, Douglas, WY
display
CB&Q (West Burlington) #66108, 1940 Donated by the CB&Q in May 1962.
291329004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Riverview Park, Fort Madison, IA
display
Baldwin #69801, 1943contact info Cosmetic restoration completed in 2023.
450145004-8-44'-8½"SLSF Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, TX
display
Baldwin #64450, 1942
5629O-5B4-8-44'-8½"CB&Q Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO
display
CB&Q (West Burlington) #66104, 1940 Donated by the CB&Q in September 1963.
2584S-24-8-44'-8½"GN Havre depot, Havre, MT
display
Baldwin #61238, 1930
4-8-414"Kiddieland Limited Hesston Steam Museum, Hesston, IN
operational
Wagner & Sons Miniature Train Co, 1950 From Kiddieland, Melrose Park, IL.
8014-8-415"ATT&NWKings Lights Railroad, Houston, TXoperational privateMerrick Light Railway Equipment, 2006 From the Arborway T.T. & Northwestern Railroad, Steelville, MO.
S-24-8-44'-8½"CMStP&P open area, Ingomar, MT
display
Tender only. Was used as an auxiliary water tender.
375937514-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Locomotive Park, 315 W Beale St (US 93), Kingman, AZ
display
Baldwin #60385, 1928
261S-34-8-44'-8½"CMStP&P GN Shops/Minneapolis Junction, Minneapolis, MN
operational
Alco (Schenectady) #71974, 07/1944 Restored to operation in 1993. Taken out of service in 2008. Returned to operation on December 12, 2012. Considering a possible conversion to burn oil, according to a March 2021 feasibility study.
292129004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Amtrak Station, Modesto, CA
display
Baldwin #69809, 1944 From Beard Brook Park.
576J3-574-8-44'-8½"NC&StL Tennessee Central Railroad Museum, Nashville, TN
restoration
Alco (Schenectady) #69786, 1942 NCPS Nashville Steam Preservation Society From Centennial Park in Nashville, TN. Restoration to operation is expected to be completed late 2025 or 2026.
3028QR-14-8-44'-8½"NdeM New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, New Hope, PA
stored
Alco (Schenectady) #74383, 1946AHTS Now owned by the ALCO Historical & Technical Society.
833FEF-24-8-44'-8½"UP Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, UT
display
Alco (Schenectady) #69174, 1939From Pioneer Park, Salt Lake City, UT. Displayed with UP Centennial 6916.
5000R-67a4-8-44'-8½"CRI&P Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso, MI
operational
Alco, 1929Tender only. Used as an auxiliary water tender for PM 1225.
819L-14-8-44'-8½"SSW Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, AR
restoration
SSW, 1942 Featured in 'Extreme Steam: Classic North American Steam Locomotives' and 'End of the Line'. Previously operated in October 1993. Cosmetic restoration only. Operational restoration is still being considered by the museum in the near future.
814L-14-8-44'-8½"SSW Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, AR
stored
SSW, 1942Tender only. Used as an auxiliary water tender behind SSW 819.
2102T-14-8-44'-8½"RBM&N (Reading) RBM&N headquarters, Port Clinton, PA
operational
Reading Shops, 1945 Operated the Iron Horse Rambles excursions from 1959 to 1964. Previously operated in October 1991. Test fired in January 2021. Restored back to operation on April 6, 2022.
4449GS-44-8-44'-8½"SP Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, OR
operational
Lima #7817, 1941American Freedom Train Restored to operation in 1975. Pulled the American Freedom Train from 1975 to 1976. Featured in 'Tough Guys' (1986). Taken out of service in 2013. Returned to operation in late 2015.
2575S-24-8-44'-8½"GN Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, OR
operational
Baldwin, 1930 Tender only. Used as an auxiliary tender on SP&S 700 excursions.
700E14-8-44'-8½"SP&S Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, OR
operational
Baldwin #62171, 1938 Restored to operation in 1990. Taken out of service for mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul in early 2015. Returned to operation on May 6, 2025.
484GS-644-8-44'-8½"WP Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA
display
The engine was scrapped after retirement in 1953, but the tender still survives today. The tender was later converted into a steam generator for their rotary snowplow.
291229004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Pueblo Union Depot, Pueblo, CO
display
Baldwin #69800, 1944 Cosmetically restored in 2023. Received a non-operational air compressor from C&O 2716 in Ravenna, KY.
611J4-8-44'-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. Official state steam locomotive of Virginia. Appeared in National Geographic - Love Those Trains. Restored back to operation in 2015. Operated at the Strasburg Railroad in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
292529004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Old Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
display
Baldwin #69813, 1944 Retired in 1955. Stored in the Belen, NM roundhouse. Donated to the CSRM in 1985.
2124T-14-8-44'-8½"Reading Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA
display
Reading Shops, 1947 Operated the Iron Horse Rambles excursions from 1959 to 1963. Piston rods cut. Cosmetically restored in 2019.
451645004-8-44'-8½"SLSF Missouri State Fair Grounds, Sedalia, MO
display
Baldwin #69732, 1943
5631O-5A4-8-44'-8½"CB&Q Broadway and 5th, Sheridan, WY
display
CB&Q (West Burlington) #66106, 1940 Donated by the CB&Q in February 1962.
452445004-8-44'-8½"SLSF Grant Beach Park, Springfield, MO
display
Baldwin #69740, 1943
5614O-5A4-8-44'-8½"CB&Q Patee Park, St. Joseph, MO
display
CB&Q (Aurora) #70584, 1937 Donated in May 1962. Oldest surviving CB&Q Northern type.
4460GS-64-8-44'-8½"SP Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MO
display
Lima #8013, 1941Last steam locomotive to operate and pull a passenger train for the SP.
614J3a4-8-44'-8½"C&O Strasburg Railroad, Strasburg, PA
restoration
Lima #9306, 06/1948Iron Horse Enterprises From the B&O Railroad Museum, 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. Restoration back to operation expected to be completed by 2027.
6325U-3-b4-8-44'-8½"GTW Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, OH
display
Alco (Schenectady) #69631, 19422001 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 2005 in need of repairs.
450045004-8-44'-8½"SLSF Route 66 Historical Village, Tulsa, OK
display
Baldwin #64449, 1942
H4-8-44'-8½"C&NW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
stored
Baldwin, 1929 Tender only. It had been converted into either a sand car or auxiliary water tender. Sold in January 2025. Current location unknown.
U4-8-44'-8½"GTW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
stored
Alco, 1941 Tender only. It was probably used as an auxiliary water tender.
6323U-3-b4-8-44'-8½"GTW Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco (Schenectady) #69629, 1942 Last steam locomotive operated by the GTW.
265S-34-8-44'-8½"CMStP&P Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Alco #71978, 1944
290329004-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
display
Baldwin #69791, 1943 From the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL.
375137514-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Amtrak/Redondo Junction Shops, Vernon, CA
operational
Baldwin #60004, 1927SBRHS Restored to operation in late 1991. Featured in 'Boots Malone', 'Key to the City', 'There Goes a Train', 'Pearl Harbor', and more. Taken out of service in 2017. Returned to operation on September 21, 2022. Equipped with Positive Train Control.
376837654-8-44'-8½"AT&SF Great Plains Transportation Museum, Wichita, KS
display
Baldwin #62122, 1938
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