The Rip Track

Steam locomotives with names beginning with F that have operated in North America:

Name	Railroad, #	Builder, s/n	Build date	Whyte type	Notes
F. A. Mueller	M&SP 156	Mason 459	6/1872	4-4-0	Off roster by 1899.
F. A. Rice	H&TC 20	Schen 643	7/1870	4-4-0
F. A. Tritle	P&AC 2		c. 1864	4-4-0	Sold 3/1897 to Sierra Ry #2; off roster by 1906.
F. B. Jennings	B&R 15	Schen 4200	1894	4-4-0	Sold to Rutland as #181; Renumbered #865; Renumbered #85; Sold 10/1920 to Ft. Smith & Western as #5.
F. D. Atherton	SF&A 2	Grant	1868	4-4-0	Wrecked 11/14/1869; sold to CP #177 Atherton.
F. de Trembleque	FCHN 5	Baldwin 8696	8/1887	0-4-4T	NG; ret by 1908.
F. E. Woodbridge	R&S	Taunton 86	1851	4-4-0	Ex-E. Kirby; to D&H #108; scrapped 1881.
F. Gilman	P&I 7	Rogers 1279	7/1865	4-4-0	To IP&C 1864; to WStL&P #507.
F. H. Elmore	C&SC	Rogers 402	6/1853	4-4-0
F. H. Prescott	NLN 9	Souther	1852	4-4-0	Ex-Ware River RR Ware.
F. N.	CM&SP 1	Pittsburgh 350	10/1875	4-4-0	Narrow gauge; rn #414 in 1880.
F. P. James	M&SP 53	Mason 214	10/1865	4-4-0	Off roster by 1893.
F. S. Stranahan	CV 78	Rhode 1443	1/1884	2-6-0	Built to replace #78 L. Mills; rn 1/1/1900 to #331.
F. W. Paramore	TT 42	Grant 1520	8/1882	4-4-0	NG; SG'ed 1/1893; sold 1/28/1897 to Paragould Southeastern Ry #2.
F. Wild	WU 4	Rogers 683	6/1856	4-4-0	Ex-R&M C. S. Wright.
F. Ybarra O.	FCUY 59	Baldwin 15855	4/1898	4-4-0	Ex-FCM&P #9; scr 1947.
Fabyan	C&M 25	Manch 649	4/1874	4-4-0
Fair Haven	SCNY 45	Rogers 2068	9/1872	2-6-0
Fairfax (1st)	CV 65	Mason	12/1868	4-4-0	sold to O&LC St. Regis.
Fairfax (2nd)	CV 65	CV St Albans	1872	4-4-0	Renumbered to 8 in 1900; took place of first after sale.
Fairfax	O&A	S & Perkins	1851	4-4-0	Captured by Union forces in 1862; s 1864 to J. A. Graham.
Fairfield	C&SC	Rogers 228	9/1850	4-4-0
Fairfield	Hou	Rogers 111	11/1847	4-4-0
Falcon	CP 113	Cooke	7/1868	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1129; scr 7/6/1895.
Falcon	G&CU	Chicago	2/1854
Falcon	WV	Lowell	1854	4-4-0	Leased to Troy & Boston; Transferred to Bennington & Rutland.
Fall River	FR	Hinkley	1845
Falls Village	Hou	Rogers 435	10/1853	4-4-0
Fallsburgh	NYOW 45	Baldwin 2782	4/1872	2-6-0	Rn 1/29/1889 to 2nd #56.
Fancy	CP 163	Schen 572	7/1869	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1230; scr 2/3/1900 Sacramento.
Farewell	R&S	Rogers 391	5/1853	4-4-0	Became D&H #106.
Farmington	NH&N	Rogers 118	1/1848	4-4-0
Farnham	CV 4	Amoskeag	1851	4-4-0	Ex-Ottawa; wrecked 6/1874.
Fashion		Boston	1858	4-4-0
Favorite	CP 130	M & Aldus	8/1868	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1140; scr 4/1894.
Fawn (1st)	O&LC 2nd 11	Malone	1866	4-4-0	May have been named Pawn.  Renamed 1872 Gen. Sherman; Renumbered #311; Scrapped 1895.
Fawn (2nd)	O&LC 2nd 15	Malone	1872	4-4-0	Rn 1/1/1891 #315; scrapped before 4/1/1891.
Fern	RV 5			4-4-0	15" gauge; in operation on the Redwood Valley Railway
Findlay	MR&LE	Rogers 133	6/1848	4-4-0
Fine Plume	D&HG 3	Cooke	1861	0-4-0	Ex-Terrapin.
Fire Fly		Tayleur	1833		Sold to Camden & Woodbury before 1837.
Fire Fly	CP 110	Rogers 1606	9/1868	4-4-0	rn 1891 #1426; rn 1901 #1201; transferred to Sacramento & Placerville #1 7/24/1879; sold 1889 to Northern Ry #1019; sold 12/5/1890 to Oregonian RR #10; sold 10/17/1904 to Independence & Monmouth RR #1201.
Fire-Fly	CR&B	Rogers 233	10/1850	4-4-0
Firefly	P&R	Milner	c. 1837
Firefly	S&S	Stephenson	1834	4-2-0	Scrapped before 1854.
Firefly	SRR	Baldwin 924	5/1860	4-4-0	Off roster after 1877
Firefly	USM	Norris	1862	4-4-0	Some references list the name as Fire Fly while others list it as Firefly. Sold 1865 to B&O
Fisk	LIRR	Rogers 58	8/1844	4-2-2
Flash	CP 162	Schen 571	7/1869	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1229; scr 12/26/1899.
Flea	CalP 15	Vulcan 6	6/1865	2-2-0T	Built as Napa Valley RR Napa Valley; sold 1879 to CP 2nd #229; sold 1882 to San Joaquin Valley Coal Co.; sold 1893 to Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. #4; scr c. 1921 Sacramento.
Fleetfoot	CP 129	M & Aldus	8/1868	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1139; scr 7/6/1895 Sacramento.
Flier	CP 109	Rogers 1605	9/1868	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1429; sold 12/5/1890 to Oregonian RR #13; scr 4/28/1900 Sac.
Flirt	PRR	Baldwin	1854	4-4-0
Florida	H&BL	Baldwin 4483	1878	0-4-2T	5 ft gauge
Flushing	NY&F	Rogers 448	12/1853	4-4-0	Bought by Gouverneur Morris for the NY&F
Flying Dutchman	CV	Baldwin	1837	4-4-0	Bought from Harrisburg & Lancaster.
Flying Dutchman	SCC&R		1830
Foote	ATSF 72	Taunton 693	3/1879	4-4-0
Fordham		Rogers 332	8/1852	4-4-0	Moshein & Rothfus note that this locomotive was purchased by Gouverneur Morris, possibly for the NY&H.
Forest City	CV 37	H & Drury	1849	0-4-0	Ex-Ethan Allen; wreccked c. 1886.
Forman	CoRR 5	Porter 920	1888	0-4-0T	Preserved on static display, Morenci, Arizona
Fort Edward	R&S	S & Jackson	1857	4-4-0	Rn 22; became D&H #117.
Fort Erie	PG&N	Baldwin	10/1839	4-2-0	This unit is generally regarded as the first used on the PG&N with an outside iron frame.
Fox	KPDP 9	Rogers 1354	1866	4-4-0
Fox River	G&CU	Chicago	1856
Foxhound	CP 133	Rhode 78	11/1868	4-4-0	Rn 1891 #1141; scr 1891.
Frances	NA&S	Norris	1853	4-4-0	Became LNA&C 12, Racer, in 1859; may have been named Francesville.
Francis	NSL 1	Heisler 1026	1/1899	2T Heis	Ex-Pacific Coast Borax Co. (Borate, Ca.); s to Borate & Daggett; Bought 1916; s to Terry Lumber Co; s to Red River Lumber Co. 1919.
Frank B.	SCMR 10	Baldwin 9343	7/1888	0-4-2T	To SP #10; to engineering dept. 6/9/1905.
Frank C. White	B&R 8	Schen 563	1869	4-4-0	Ex-Mountain Boy.
Frank H. Smith	B&C 6	Baldwin 37527	2/1912	0-6-2ST	Ex-BRR #6 Hercules.
Frankfort	CalP 14	Mason 405	5/1871	4-4-0	Sold 9/1871 to CP 2nd #100; rn 1891 #1121; scr 7/6/1895.
Frankfort	D&SE 4	National	1877	2-6-0	To TD&B #31 6/1881.
Frankfort	LM&B 3	Brooks 273	5/1876	4-4-0	Became LB&M #9.
Franklin	M&I	Rogers 86	8/1846	4-4-0
Franklin	NYOW 33	Baldwin 2592	10/1871	2-6-0	Rn 2/2/1889 to 2nd #54.
Franklin	U&N 1	Grant	4/1872	4-6-0	Scr c. 1881.
Fred	DS&CV 2	Porter 453	9/1881	0-4-2T	Sold 1881 to Towle Brothers.
Fred De Billier	M&SP 151	Mason 375	9/1870	4-4-0	Rn #1258 in 1899; rn #1430 in 1910; rn #142 in 1913; off roster by 4/1918.
Fred F. Merrill	LC&M	Norris	1848	4-4-0	Became M&SP #37 in 1863; rb 1867; off roster by 1885.
Fred Gurley	Dis 3	Baldwin	1894	2-4-4T	Ex-Godchaux Sugar Company; undergoing restoration at Disneyland Railroad shops.
Fred Leach	USM	Jersey	1862	4-4-0	S 1865 to Orange & Alexandria Railroad.
Frederick	M&SC	Rogers 273	8/1851	4-4-0
Freeport	R&M	Rogers 655	3/1856	4-4-0	Rb 1868; became WU #5 John Taylor in 1867; became CM&SP #252 in 1879; rb 1881; scr 1891.
Freeport	WU 15 (2nd)	Baldwin 3632	8/1874	4-4-0	Became CM&SP #262 in 1879; rn #1211 in 1899; off roster by 1910.
Fremont	MR&LE	Rogers 392	5/1853	4-4-0
Frontier	O&S	Rogers 271	7/1851	4-4-0
Fryer Hill	D&RG 58	Baldwin 5022	1880	2-8-0
Ft. De Remer	D&RG 85	Baldwin 4948	1880	4-4-0
Fulton	NYOW 10	Rhode 126	9/1869	4-4-0	Scrapped 9/24/1887.
Fulton	WU 36	Baldwin	1872	4-4-0	May be ex-NP; became CM&SP #283 in 1879; rn #1429 in 1899; rn #1412 in 1910; rn #51 in 1913; off roster 1915.
Fury	Bo&W	Wilmarth	1849	4-4-0
Fury	USM	Rogers		4-4-0	Purchased by USM on December 31, 1862; s 1864 to Minnesota Railroad.

Photo credits

• Firefly (USM) - This image is a crop of an image obtained from the Civil War Photos collection of the US National Archives. Although exact photographer information is not included in the collection, it is likely that the photograph was made by an employee of the US Government while in his official line of duty. Also, this photograph was made during the 1860s. Therefore, I believe this photograph is in the public domain.