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No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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