Okay, we're back in the swing of transcribing the old notes of named steam locomotives. Here's the next big chunk of the list containing locomotive names beginning with S...
| Name | Railroad, # | Builder, s/n | Build date | Whyte type | Notes |
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| S. A. Carlton | O&LC 329 | Rhode 1584 | 1885 | 2-6-0 | Became Rutland #398. |
| S. C. Ashe | H&TC 71 | Dickson 196 | 10/1876 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1901 #10; off roster by 1908. |
| S. C. Bennett | GH&SA 57 | Manch 904 | 9/1881 | 4-4-0 | Off roster by 1885. |
| S. C. Timpson | H&TC 69 | Dickson 195 | 9/1876 | 4-4-0 | Became T&NO #9; scr 6/1904. |
| S. C. Timpson | HE&WT 11 | Dickson 434 | 8/1883 | 4-4-0 | |
| S. Camacho | FCDS 6 | Rhode 938 | 5/1881 | 4-4-0 | Rn 9/18/1907 #61. |
| S. Chamberlain | M&SP 51 | Rogers 1287 | 9/1865 | 4-4-0 | Off roster by 1898. |
| S. E. Bemis | TT 16 | Grant 1445 | 3/1882 | 2-6-0 | NG; sold 4/19/1893 to Atlanta Lbr Mills, Tx. |
| S. F. Vilas | Mo&P | Taunton 112 | 1852 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Mooers. |
| S. G. Boyd | PB 2 | Porter-B 205 | 1874 | 2-4-0 | |
| S. G. Reed | OSNCo 4 | Cooke | 1865 | 4-4-0 | 5 ft ga; rb to SG in 1880; became OR&N 4. |
| S. H. Carlton | O&LC 29 | Rhode 1584 | 1885 | 2-6-0 | Rn 329; became Rutland 398. |
| S. J. Collins | M&M 42 | Breese Kneeland | 1857 | 4-4-0 | Became M&PDC #42 in 1861; became M&SP #113 in 1868; off roster by 1890. |
| S. L. Woodford | CV 17 | CV St Albans | 1880 | 2-6-0 | Sold 8/1887 to NLN #156. |
| S. M. Craver | R&S | Schen | 1856 | 4-2-4T | Rn 25; became D&H #120; rb as 4-4-0; scr 1881. |
| S. M. Dodd | TT 61 | Grant | 10/1882 | 2-6-0 | NG; SG'ed 12/1887; sold 2/16/1900 to Bluff City Lumber Co. |
| S. M. Manifold | Ma&Pa 1 | Baldwin 14354 | 1895 | 4-4-0 | Built for the York Southern at the time of its conversion to standard gauge; retired in 1921. |
| S. R. Dickey | PB 1 | Porter-B | 1873 | 2-4-0 | |
| S. S. Merrill | M&SP 60 | Taunton 378 | 3/1866 | 4-4-0 | Rb 9/1869; rn #244 in 1898; rn #1243 in 1899; rn #1422 in 1910; rn #141 in 1912; off roster 7/1914. |
| S. S. Post | USM | Baldwin | |||
| S. T. Emerson | TT 41 | Grant 1518 | 8/1882 | 4-4-0 | NG; sold 10/27/1889 to Yellow Pine Lumber Co. |
| S. W. Cummings | CV 75 | Rhode 1651 | 1/1884 | 2-6-0 | Named for the CV general passenger agent; took place of 2nd Woodstock; rn 1/1/1900 #56; scrapped 1921. |
| S. W. Dana | T&G | Rogers 99 | 5/1847 | 4-2-2 | |
| S. W. Fordyce | TT 39 | Grant 1516 | 8/1882 | 4-4-0 | NG; sold 6/10/1898 to J. E. Bentley Lumber Co. |
| Sabine | LW 2 | Baldwin 4610 | 4/1879 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1885 #552; rn 1901 #131; scr 4/30/1912 Houston. |
| Sabine | ML&T | 4-4-0 | ![]() |
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| Sabine | NOO&GW | Niles | 6/1857 | 4-4-0 | Became ML&T #5; rn 1885 #505; sold 1897. |
| Sac | KPDP 8 | Rogers 1351 | 1866 | 4-4-0 | |
| Saco | P&O | 4-4-0 | |||
| Sacramento | CalP 8 | Mason 290 | 9/1868 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1186; scr 7/6/1895. |
| Sacramento | WP A | Mason 239 | 9/1866 | 4-4-0 | Became Central Pacific #168; rn 1891 #1152; scr 3/1894. |
| Sacramento | SV 1 | Hinkley 554 | 1/1855 | 4-4-0 | Sold 12/1866 to CP #166 for use as hoist engine; returned to SV 5/1869 as 2nd #2; exploded at Latrobe 9/16/1876. |
| Sacro Monte | MoRR 6 | ||||
| Saguenay | CV 27 | Baldwin | 1851 | 4-4-0 | Rb 8/27/1860; involved in wreck 5/20/1864 (rb); rn 3/1869 Middlesex. |
| Salem | NA&S | Norris | 1851 | 4-4-0 | Became LNA&C 3, Carrier, in 1859; rn Ceres. |
| Salem | O&C 5 | Baldwin 2146 | 5/1870 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1243; sold 1/1906 to Independence & Monmouth #1243. |
| Salisbury | R&B 41 | Hinkley 403 | 1852 | 4-4-0 | Rb by Taunton 1873; ex-CV Brattleboro; Scrapped 1/1/1876; Became Central Vermont #229. |
| Salmon (1st) | O&LC 1st 25 | H & Drury 261 | 5/1850 | 4-4-0 | Scrapped before 1876. |
| Sam Brannan | CC 3 | R Norris | 7/1860 | 4-4-0 | Leased to Sacramento Valley as #5 George F. Bragg 5/1862-7/1864; sold 12/22/1865 to CP; rn 1891 #1005; scr 10/7/1899 Sacramento. |
| Sam Houston | GH&SA 36 | Manch 783 | 10/1879 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1885 #696; rn 1901 #187; scr 3/26/1913 Houston. |
| Sam Maverick | SA&AP 5 | Baldwin 7765 | 12/1885 | 0-4-0 | Rn 1908 #102; off roster by 1917. |
| Sam Sloan | DL&W | Cooke | 1857 | 4-4-0 | Ex-W. E. Dodge; nee-Southport. |
| Sampson | EPC 4 | 0-6-0T | |||
| Samson | AMR | 0-6-0 | ![]() |
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| Samson | ARy | Hackworth | 1838 | 0-6-0 | On display in New Glasgow, NS, Canada, as of 1985. |
| Samson | CP 26 | Cooke | 1/1867 | 0-6-0T | Rb by 1875; rn 1891 #1012; scr 10/1899 at Sacramento. |
| Samson | G&CU | Rogers 538 | 10/1854 | 4-4-0 | |
| Samson | LNA&C 14 | NA&S NA | 4-4-0 | Ex-NA&S James Brooks. | |
| Samson | NCe 15 | Stephenson 152 | 8/1838 | 2-4-0 | Rb as 4-4-0. |
| Samson | SPRR | Hackworth | 1838 | 0-6-0 | Canada's oldest locomotive; now at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. |
| Samuel Cupples | TT 59 | Grant | 10/1882 | 2-6-0 | NG; SG'ed 4/1887; sold 2/1900 to Frank Kendall, Kedron, Ar. |
| Samuel D. Ingham | BM | G & Eastwick | |||
| Samuel Henshaw | R&B 24 (1st) | Amoskeag 73 | 1853 | 4-6-0 | Scr 1868. |
| Samuel J. Tilden | PRR 573 | 4-4-0 | |||
| Samuel North | A&S 17 | Dickson 30 | 1868 | 4-4-0 | |
| San Antonio | D&RG 62 | Baldwin 5041 | 5/1880 | 2-8-0 | |
| San Antonio | SA&AP 1 | Baldwin 7626 | 6/1885 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1908 #26, 30; off roster by 1917. |
| San Bernardino | SB&R 1 | R & Firth 2 | 1/1887 | 0-4-4T | Rn 12/1891 #2; sold 7/12/1903 to SP #2; scr 10/25/1911 at Los Angeles. |
| San Carlos | D&RG 10 | Baldwin 2897 | 1872 | 2-6-0 | |
| San Cristobal | D&RG 65 | Baldwin 5096 | 5/1880 | 2-8-0 | |
| San Francisco | SF&SJ 1 | R Norris 1008 | 1862 | 4-4-0 | Became SP #2 1868; rn 1891 #1109; sold 7/28/1892. |
| San Gabriel | LASP 1 | Vulcan 5 | 8/1869 | 2-2-0 | First locomotive in Los Angeles; originally built for the San Francisco & Alameda RR; to LA&SP 1868; sold 4/1874 to SP #30; wrecked near Compton 1/1875; scr 1876. |
| San Jose | WP B | Mason 238 | 9/1866 | 4-4-0 | Became Central Pacific #174; rn 1891 #1153. |
| San Jose | SF&SJ 2 | R Norris 1009 | 1862 | 4-4-0 | Sold to SF&NP #1 9/1870; to NWP #4 2/1908; off roster by 7/15/1920. |
| San Jose | SF&NP 1 | Norris 1009 | 1862 | 4-4-0 | Ex-SF&SJ #1; became NWP #4; retired 7/15/1920. |
| San Jose | WP B | W Mason | |||
| San Juan | ATSF 46 | Baldwin 3882 | 5/1876 | 4-4-0 | |
| San Juan | D&RG 36 | Baldwin 4825 | 1879 | 4-4-0 | |
| San Juana | FCCM 9 | Baldwin 5901 | 11/1881 | 4-4-0 | |
| San Judas | MRR | Baldwin 15682 | 1/1898 | 0-4-2T | |
| San Leandro | CP 167 | Schen 574 | 7/1869 | 4-4-0 | Rb to use coal 10/19/1873; sold 10/1873 to LASP #5; became SP of California #34; rn 1891 #1105. |
| San Lorenzo | Irolo 6 | Baldwin 6539 | 12/1882 | 2-8-0 | NG; became FCI (Mexico) #10 in 1889. |
| San Mateo | WP E | Baldwin 1513 | 8/1866 | 4-4-0 | Became Central Pacific #171; sold 9/11/1889 to Eugene Sable Co. |
| San Mateo | SF&SJ 5 | Cooke | 1864 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Charles McLaughlin. |
| San Miguel | D&RG 86 | Baldwin 5042 | 5/1880 | 4-4-0 | |
| San Pedro | LASP 3 | Schen 604 | 12/1869 | 4-4-0 | Became SP #32; scrapped 1891. |
| San Pedro | MRR | Baldwin 21721 | 3/1903 | 2-6-2T | |
| San Rafael | NPC 2 | Mason 537 | 1874 | 0-4-4 | Became NoS #2 1902; NWP #2; rn #89; known as The Jackrabbit; burned 1905; rb twice; scr 1912. |
| San Rafael | SF&NP 8 | Baldwin 5485 | 1881 | 4-4-0 | Became NWP #8; used in the movie "The Iron Horse"; ret 5/1/1925. |
| San Rafael | SR&SQ | 1869 | Scr 1875 at Saucelito. | ||
| San Vincente | MRR 3 | Baldwin 15653 | 1/1898 | 2-6-2T | |
| San Ygnacio | MRR | Baldwin 15172 | 2/1897 | 0-4-2T | |
| San Ysidro | VC&RV 5 | ||||
| Sandburgh | NYOW 37 | Baldwin 2643 | 12/1871 | 4-4-0 | Rb 10/1897 at Cooke as 2nd #14. |
| Sandia | D&RG 78 | Baldwin 5225 | 1880 | 2-8-0 | |
| Sandusky | NJR&T | Rogers 1 | 10/1837 | 4-2-0 | Sold to Mad River & Lake Erie RR; first locomotive to enter Ohio; sold to Paterson & Hudson River RR; 4' 10" Ga. |
| Sangamon | S&M | Rogers 140 | 8/1848 | 4-4-0 | |
| Santa Clara | WP D | Baldwin 1512 | 8/1866 | 4-4-0 | Became Central Pacific #170; rn 1891 #1118; scr 9/1891. |
| Santa Clara | D&RG 13 | Baldwin 3806 | 1/1876 | 2-6-0 | |
| Santa Cruz | TNG 4 | Porter-Bell | 1875 | 0-6-0 | Ex-Santa Cruz & Felton RR #1. |
| Santa Fe | ATSF 35 | Mason 465 | 7/1872 | 4-4-0 | |
| Santa Monica | LA&I 2 | Cooke 1005 | 11/1875 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1171; sold 12/1897 to Ventura & Ojai Valley #2; returned to SP 7/1899; rn 1901 #1206; scr 10/1902 Sacramento. |
| Santa Rita | MRR 2 | Baldwin 15111 | 12/1896 | 0-6-2T | |
| Santa Rosa | SF&NP 5 | Union 17 | 1873 | 4-4-0 | Became NWP #5; scr 1911. |
| Santiago | V&T 23 | Baldwin 3889 | 1876 | 2-6-0 | Sold 1901 to Boca & Loyalton RR, Ca. |
| Santiam | O&C 12 | Baldwin 2934 | 9/1872 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1250; rn 1906 #1505; scr 1920 at Brooklyn. |
| Saranac | CO&I 9 | Dickson 496 | 7/1884 | 2-6-0 | |
| Saranac (1st) | Mo&P | Taunton 106 | 1852 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Plattsburg. |
| Saranac (2nd) | Mo&P | Taunton 37 | 9/1849 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Rutland #3 Vergennes; Scrapped 1887. |
| Saranac | O&LC 11 (1st) | H & Drury 270 | 8/1850 | 4-4-0 | |
| Saratoga | S&W | Rogers 213 | 5/1850 | 4-4-0 | Originally ordered for the New Haven & Northampton but diverted to the Saratoga & Washington; ex-Mohawk; Became D&H #103. |
| Saturn | CP 70 | M & Aldus | 5/1868 | 4-6-0 | Rn 1891 #1538; rn 1901 #2003; rb 2/1889; scr 6/14/1910 at Sacramento. |
| Saturn | SRR | Baldwin 1482 | 5/1866 | 4-4-0 | Off roster after 1877. |
| Saucelito | NPC 1 | Baldwin 3495 | 1873 | 2-6-0 | Sold 1876 to White Lumber Co., Elk, Ca., as 4-4-0; scr c. 1903. |
| Savage | Winans 68 | Camelback loco. | |||
| Savanna | R&M | Rogers 692 | 8/1856 | 4-4-0 | Became WU #6 C. E. Dyer in 1867; became CM&SP #253 in 1879; scrapped 1891. |
| Savanna | WU 13 | Breese Kneeland | 1856 | 4-4-0 | Ex-R&M Burlington. |
| Savannah | CR&B | Rogers 468 | 2/1854 | 4-4-0 | |
| Savona | CanP 4 | Baldwin | 1869 | 2-6-0 | Ex-V&T Carson; sold 1887 to Intercontinental Ry #190; rblt to 0-6-0 in 1896; renum to 1025; transferred to Canadain Govt Rys; became Canadian National #7083; scrapped 1926. |
| Sawyer | ATSF 71 | Taunton 678 | 12/1877 | 4-4-0 | |
| Saxon | LSMS 136 | Mason 447 | 3/1872 | 4-4-0 | |
| Saybrook | NH&NL | Rogers 320 | 5/1852 | 4-4-0 | |
| Schenedoah | S&U | Rogers 55 | 6/1844 | 4-2-2 | Moshein and Rothfus note that this unusual spelling is what was listed in the order book at Rogers. |
| Schuylkill | CNGR | Baldwin 3878 | 5/1876 | 4-4-0 | Built for Centennial Intl Exhibition in Philadelphia 1876; operated 156 days. |
| Schuylkill | LS | Baldwin 779 | 8/1857 | ||
| Scio | OLtd 7 | Porter 376 | 8/1880 | 2-6-0 | Sold 12/28/1903 to Sierra Valleys RR #2; wrecked 6/21/1899; scr. |
| Scipio | NYOW 86 | Rhode 532 | 6/1873 | 4-4-0 | Returned to Rhode Island Loco Works 1874; sold to NJ Midland #81; transferred to NYSW #11. |
| Scotia | GWR | GWR Hamilton | 1860 | 0-6-0 | 5' 6" ga.; First unit built in North America with all steel boiler. |
| Scout | USM | Jersey City | 4-4-0 | Ex-Eclipse. | |
| Screamer | ML&T 3 | Baldwin 3964 | 7/1876 | 2-4-4RT | Rn 1885 #503; rn 1901 #4; scr 2/27/1917 at Algiers. |
| Secretary | USM | Taunton | Involved in a collision at Union Mills, Virginia, in August 1862. | ||
| Seller | ATSF 66 | Baldwin 4360 | 6/1878 | 4-4-0 | |
| Seminole | KPDP 21 | Rogers 1450 | 1867 | 4-4-0 | |
| Seneca | KPDP 16 | Rogers 1421 | 1866 | 4-4-0 | |
| Seneca | MR&LE | Rogers 31 | 10/1841 | 4-2-0 | May have been a different wheel arrangement; the Rogers construction lists shows "6-wheel" for this locomotive's arrangement. |
| Seneca | NY&H | Taunton | 12/1849 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Hudson River RR Champlain. |
| Sequoia | (demo) | Baldwin 25503 | 2-6-2 | ||
| Sequoia | FB 1 | Baldwin | 1886 | 0-4-0 | Rb as 2-4-2; became California Western RR #1; s 1906 to Standish & Hickley Lumber Co. |
| Sera La Sal | D&RG 83 | Baldwin 5423 | 12/1883 | 2-8-0 | |
| Sergeant | FEC 1 | 4-4-0 | Sold to Florida Southern. | ||
| Severy | ATSF 354 | Taunton 718 | 12/1879 | 4-6-0 | Rn 115, 435. |
| Sevier | D&RG 404 | 4-6-0 | Renum to 344. | ||
| Sewell | ATSF 81 | Taunton 699 | 5/1879 | 4-6-0 | Rn #441. |
| Shaftsbury | WV | Hinkley 420 | 1/1853 | 4-4-0 | Leased to Troy & Boston; Transferred to Bennington & Rutland. |
| Shakopee | LC&M 18 | Taunton 216 | 10/1856 | 4-4-0 | Became M&SP #18 in 1863; rb 1867; rb 1881; off roster by 1892. |
| Shakopee | MV | 4-4-0 | Had combination coach & tender. | ||
| Sharon | CV 48 | M & Aldus | 5/1865 | 4-4-0 | Rn H. K. Adams c. 1874; wrecked 1882. |
| Shattuck | ATSF 80 | Taunton 698 | 5/1879 | 4-6-0 | Rn #440. |
| Shawangunk | NYOW 35 | Baldwin 2616 | 11/1871 | 4-4-0 | Scrapped 1896. |
| Shawnee | ATSF 36 | Mason 466 | 7/1872 | 0-4-0 | |
| Shawnee | KPDP 10 | Baldwin 1501 | 1866 | 4-4-0 | |
| Shedden | T&N 9 | 0-6-6-0T | Double ended. | ||
| Shefford | CV 3 | Amoskeag | 1851 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Ontario; wrecked 4/1874. |
| Shelburne | R&B 37 (2nd) | Taunton 464 | 7/1869 | 4-4-0 | Ex-CV #2 St. Albans; to Rutland & Burlington 10/17/1871; Became Central Vermont #227; rn 1892 #204. |
| Shelby | M&SC | Rogers 274 | 8/1851 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sheldon | CV 7 | H & Drury | 1849 | 4-4-0 | Ex-1st Cascadnac; rb 9/10/1858; wrecked 1878. |
| Shepard Knapp | H&TC 24 | Schen 650 | 8/1870 | 4-4-0 | |
| Shepherd | HE&WT 9 | Dickson 348 | 6/1882 | 2-6-0 | |
| Sheridan | A&P 30 | Manch 1032 | 11/1882 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sherlock | ATSF 5 | Taunton 516 | 11/1870 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sherman | A&P 29 | Manch 1031 | 11/1882 | 4-4-0 | |
| Shields | SCDP 1 | Pittsburgh 627 | 3/1883 | 4-4-0 | |
| Shirley | EBT 5 | Baldwin 3612 | 7/1874 | 2-8-0 | Off roster by 1895. |
| Shoshone | CP 36 | Norris 1188 | 5/1867 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1181; sold to SF&SJ #13 6/1870; became SP #13 10/1870; sold 7/1892. |
| Shoshone | D&RG 402 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | Narrow gauge C-16. | |
| Shou-Wa-No | D&RG 3 | Baldwin 2476 | 1871 | 2-6-0 | First unit on Denver & Rio Grande. |
| Shreveport | HE&WT 13 | Dickson 511 | 12/1884 | 4-4-0 | Sold to Southern Pine Lumber Co., Diboll, Tx. |
| Sierra | SL 1 | Lima 711 | 6/1902 | 2T Shay | Leased 8/1/1919 to 1/1/1926 to Southern California Edison (Stone & Webster RR) as 2nd #1; Sold 1926 to San Joaquin & Eastern as #1. |
| Sierra Madre | D&RG 70 | Baldwin 5133 | 1880 | 2-8-0 | |
| Sidney | NYOW 20 | Rhode 190 | 8/1870 | 2-6-0 | Sold 5/3/1887. |
| Silver Cliff | D&RG 33 | Baldwin 4504 | 2-8-0 | ||
| Simeon DeWitt | C&Su | Rogers 211 | 4/1850 | 4-4-0 | |
| Simpson | L&N | M & Richardson | |||
| Sioux | A&P 14 | Taunton 769 | 1/1881 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sir George | A&NM 4 | Pittsburgh | 7/1882 | 4-6-0 | Ex-Clifton & Southern Pacific. |
| Skaggs | SF&NP 18 | Rogers 4212 | 1889 | 4-6-0 | Became NWP #101; retired 9/30/1928. |
| Sleeper | ATSF 96 | Hinkley | 1879 | 4-4-0 | |
| Smithville | NA&S | Hinkley 479 | 9/1853 | 4-4-0 | Became LNA&C 27, Rocket, in 1859. |
| Smyrna | NYOW 24 | Rhode 298 | 8/1871 | 2-6-0 | Sold 5/31/1887. |
| Sneffels | D&RG 73 | Baldwin 5138 | 6/1880 | 2-8-0 | Sold to RGW #73; sold to RGS #29; sold 2/1900 to MS #2. |
| So. Arkansas | D&RG 51 | Baldwin 4990 | 1880 | 2-8-0 | |
| Socavon | MRR 1 | Baldwin 15110 | 12/1896 | 0-6-2T | |
| Sol. Simpson | Pen 7 | Baldwin 30606 | 4/1907 | 4-6-0 | |
| Solano | CalP 3 | Mason 247 | 2/1867 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1183; scr 7/6/1895. |
| Solano | CP 40 | Norris | 7/1860 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1007; rb as 4-4-2T 8/1876 Sac.; xpl at Oakland 4/20/1872; rb 7/20/1872; rb 1887; scr 6/17/1901 Sac; Ex- California Central; SG'ed 1866; to CP 12/22/1865. |
| Somersworth | Hinkley 1108 | ||||
| Sonoma | WP H | Norris-L 13 | 1864 | 4-4-0 | Became Central Pacific # 173; wrecked near Verdi, Nv., 1868; rb 11/18/1872; used as the prototype to build ten units in 1873; rn 1891 #1285; rn 1901 #1523; scr 12/18/1909 W. Oakland. |
| Sonoma | NPC 12 | Baldwin 3843 | 1876 | 4-4-0 | Sold 1879 Nevada Central Ry #5; used in 1939-40 World's Fair in San Francisco; preserved at transportation museum in SF. |
| Sonoma | SoV 1 | Baldwin 4455 | 10/1878 | 0-4-2 | Sold 1889 to Oahu Ry & Land Co. #8. |
| Sonora Xanduas | FCDS 17 | Taunton 826 | 12/1881 | 4-4-0 | Scr 5/1902. |
| Sorel (1st) | O&LC 1 (1st) | Amoskeag 16 | 4/1851 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sorel (2nd) | O&LC 27 (2nd) | Malone | 1872 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1/1/1891 #327; sold 1901 to Rutland #76. |
| Sorelle | CV 28 | H & Drury | 1848 | 4-4-0 | Rb 1/1859; rb 4/1870; rn 12/29/1870 Granby. |
| Sou'n Wisconsin | R&M | Rogers 738 | 2/1857 | 4-4-0 | Became WU #11 H. F. Fuller in 1867; became CM&SP #258 in 1879; off roster by 1899. |
| South Carolina | C&H | 1832 | 2-2-2-2 | Double ended. | |
| South Carolina | SC | West Point | 1/1832 | ||
| Southern Belle | L&N 29 | L&N | 4-4-0 | ||
| Southerner | CC 2 | R Norris | 7/1860 | 4-4-0 | Rn Lincoln. |
| Southport | O&M | Cooke | 1857 | 4-4-0 | Built to 6-ft gauge; ordered by the Ohio & Mississippi Ry, but refused before delivery; sold 2/1858 to Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; rn 1865 W. E. Dodge; rn 1876 Sam Sloan; last used on the Morris and Essex division of the DL&W; scr 1912. |
| Spanish Peaks | D&RG 18 | Baldwin 3871 | 1876 | 4-4-0 | |
| Spark | USM | Norris | 1862 | Captured by Confederate forces in 1862. | |
| Sparta | CaSL 6 | Baldwin 3093 | 1872 | 2-6-0 | |
| Sparta | M&SP 154 | Mason 378 | 10/1870 | 4-4-0 | Rn #1261 in 1899; sold 1906 to J. Marsh as #26. |
| Speare | ATSF 7 | Taunton 524 | 5/1871 | 4-4-0 | |
| Spitfire | CV | Newcastle | 1849 | ||
| Spitfire | GWR | 4-4-0 | ![]() |
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| Spitfire | P&R | Milner | c. 1837 | ||
| Spring Green | M&M 40 | Breese Kneeland 73 | 5/1857 | 4-4-0 | Became M&PDC #40 in 1861; became M&SP #111 in 1868; s 1889 to Arizona & South Eastern as #1. |
| Springfield | H&NH | Rogers 73 | 9/1845 | 4-4-0 | |
| Springfield | LMRR | Rogers 76 | 12/1845 | 4-4-0 | |
| Springfield | S&M | Rogers 226 | 9/1850 | 4-4-0 | |
| St. Albans (1st) | CV 9 | Baldwin | 1850 | 4-4-0 | Rb 10/15/1861; rn Milton before 3/1869. |
| St. Albans (2nd) | CV 2 | Taunton | 7/1869 | 4-4-0 | Originally built for the UP, but sold to CV instead; sold 10/17/1871 to Rut #37 Shelburne. |
| St. Albans (3rd) | CV 2 | CV St Albans | 1872 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1/1/1900 #33. |
| St. Alexander | CV 76 | CV St Albans | 1871 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1881 #10 to replace Stanbridge. |
| St. Armand | CV 70 | CV St Albans | 8/1870 | 4-4-0 | Scrapped 8/1897. |
| St. Clair (1st) | O&LC 20 (1st) | Essex | 8/1851 | 4-4-0 | |
| St. Clair (2nd) | O&LC 26 (2nd) | Malone | 4-4-0 | ||
| St. Hyacinthe | Rb from Arbrath & Forfar Ry Scotland; broad gauge | ||||
| St. Johns | CV 54 | M & Aldus | 5/1865 | 4-4-0 | Rebuilt and renamed T. M. Deal in 1881. |
| St. Landry | LW 4 | Baldwin 5108 | 5/1880 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1885 #554; rn 1901 #133; sold 3/11/1905 to Lutcher & Moore Lumber Co. |
| St. Lawrence (1st) | CV 18 | Baldwin | 1851 | 4-4-0 | Rebuilt 3/11/1858; renamed 3/11/1871 Berkshire. |
| St. Lawrence (2nd) | CV 109 | Schen 3639 | 1892 | 4-4-0 | Rb 1896; private property of Pres. E. C. Smith; off CV roster till 5/1/1899. |
| St. Lawrence (1st) | O&LC 22 (1st) | H & Drury 248 | 10/1849 | 4-4-0 | Rn Deer before 1891. |
| St. Lawrence (2nd) | O&LC 13 (2nd) | Malone | 1862 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1/1/1891 #313; became Rutland & Burlington #75. |
| St. Mary | NOO&GW | Taunton 268 | 9/1859 | 4-4-0 | Sold to ML&T #8; rn 1885 #508; off roster by late 1890s. |
| St. Paul | SP&C 4 | Mason 411 | 6/1871 | 4-4-0 | Became M&SP #173 in 1872; rn #1264 in 1899; rn #1434 in 1910; off roster in 1913. |
| St. Regis | CO&I 11 | Dickson 593 | 6/1887 | 4-4-0 | |
| St. Regis (1st) | O&LC 23 (1st) | H & Drury 281 | 10/1850 | 4-4-0 | |
| St. Regis (2nd) | O&LC 33 | Mason 293 | 1868 | 4-4-0 | Ex-CV #65 Fairfax; rn 1/1/1891 #333 W. J. Averill. |
| Stafford (1st) | NLN 2 | Taunton | 1849 | 4-4-0 | Inside connected; exploded at North London Parade 11/1/1878. |
| Stafford (2nd) | NLN 25 | CV St Albans | 1881 | 2-6-0 | Ex-CV #23 W. H. DuBois; to NLN 9/1887; rn 12/1890 #17; rn 8/1891 #157; transferred to CV 310. |
| Stag (1st) | O&LC 10 (2nd) | Malone | 1865 | 4-4-0 | Rb 1873; rn Gen. Grant; rn 1/1/1891 #310; scrapped. |
| Stag (2nd) | O&LC 16 (2nd) | Malone | 4-4-0 | Rn 1/1/1891 #316; scrapped. | |
| Stager | CP 108 | Rogers 1604 | 9/1868 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1126; sold by 1896. |
| Stanbridge | CV 10 | H & Drury | 1848 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Gen. Taylor; sold 1881 to Southeastern Railroad. |
| Stanislaus | CP 41 | Norris | 6/1867 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1003; rb as 4-4-2T by 1878; rn #1 (?) 4/1/1905; scr 2/1906. |
| Star | CNJ | CNJ Ebport | 4-2-4T | Inspection locomotive. | |
| State of Maine | A&SL | Portland | 1851 | 4-4-0 | |
| State of Minn. | SP&C 9 | Taunton 544 | 10/1871 | 4-4-0 | Became M&SP #178 in 1872; rn #1269 in 1899; off roster in 8/1908. |
| Stephen Girard | HE&WT 1 | National | 10/1876 | 4-4-0 | |
| Stephen Warren | R&S | 1849 | 4-4-0 | ||
| Sterling | F&W | Taunton | 6/1849 | Ex-R&B #5 1st Middlebury. | |
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| Steubenville | S&In | Rogers 396 | 5/1853 | 4-4-0 | |
| Stillwater | DC&T 1 | Baldwin 4830 | 7/1878 | 4-4-0 | To TD&B #10 6/1880. |
| Stockbridge | Hou | Rogers 36 | 1/1842 | 4-2-2 | Although Rogers' 1866 catalog shows a photo of this locomotive as a 4-2-2, the company's order book shows it as a "6-wheel" locomotive that suggests it may have been ordered as a 4-2-0; the Moshein and Rothfus article indicates that this was probably the first Rogers locomotive with a trailing truck. |
| Stockbridge | NYOW 19 | Rhode 189 | 7/1870 | 2-6-0 | Sold before 1893. |
| Stockholm | NYOW 88 | Rhode 534 | 6/1873 | 4-4-0 | Returned to Rhode Island Locomotive Works in 1874; sold to NJ Midland #83; transferred to NYSW #13. |
| Stockton | WP C | Baldwin 1519 | 9/1866 | 4-4-0 | Became Central Pacific #169; rn 1891 #1117; scr 3/1894. |
| Stokes | NC 3 | Baldwin 3625 | 7/1874 | 2-6-0 | S 11/1880 to Utah Eastern. |
| Stonewall Jackson | TxT 1 | Rhode 1464 | 1/1884 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1885 #567; rn 1901 #147; scr 7/31/1913 at Houston. |
| Storey | V&T 3 | Union 13 | 1869 | 2-6-0 | Sold 3/1881 to D. O. Mills; became Canadian Pacific #1 Yale. |
| Storm | CP 61 | Schen 510 | 9/1868 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1273; rn 1906 #1517; rb 6/29/1873; scr 10/15/1910 at W Oakland. |
| Stourbridge Lion | D&H | F & Rastrick | 1829 | 0-4-0 | First loco to operate in the US; arrived in New York on May 13, 1829; its first run on rails in the US was made on August 8, 1829, and its second on September 9; soon afterward put into storage near Honesdale; stripped of parts, boiler shipped to John Simpson's foundry in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, for use as a stationary engine; shut down in 1850; foundry reopened in 1856; out of use by 1871; borrowed in 1883 by the Delaware & Hudson for exhibition at the Exposition of Railway Appliances in Chicago, but was stripped of any useful parts by souvenir hunters; delivered to the Smithsonian in October 1890 where it remains today; all other traceable parts were collected by the museum by 1913; the museum attempted to reconstruct the engine but could not. |
| Stowe (1st) | CV 63 | Mason | 11/1868 | 4-4-0 | Sold to O&LC as W. A. Short. |
| Stowe (2nd) | CV 63 | CV St Albans | 1872 | 4-4-0 | Built after sale of 1st Stowe; sold 10/1886 to Rutland Division as #1 Burlington. |
| Stuart Gwynn | USM | Taunton 297 | 4-4-0 | Acquired new on 5/16/1863; rn General Meade; sold 1865 to B&O. | |
| Success | CP 156 | Rogers 1654 | 4/1869 | 4-4-0 | This locomotive was ordered from McKay & Aldus which then went bankrupt so the order was transferred to Rogers & Schenectady; rn 1891 #1223; rn 1906 # 1494; scr 11/30/1909 at Los Angeles. |
| Sullivan | NY&E 7 | Rogers 80 | 3/1846 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sullivan | NYOW 5 | Rhode 110 | 5/1869 | 4-4-0 | Sold 4/1886 to NJNY RR. |
| Sultana | CP 160 | Schen 565 | 6/1869 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1227; scr 7/6/1895. |
| Summit | CP 53 | M & Aldus | 10/1867 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1194; rb by 1891; scr 2/3/1900 at Sacramento. |
| Sumner | L&N | 4-4-0 | |||
| Sunbeam | CP 155 | Rhode 87 | 12/1868 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1222; rn 1906 #1493; scr 6/11/1907 at Bayshore. |
| Superior (1st) | CV 22 | Baldwin | 1851 | 4-4-0 | Replaced 1859 with 2nd Superior. |
| Superior (2nd) | CV 22 | CV Northfield | 1859 | 4-4-0 | Rb 1870; exploded 12/15/1869; rn 3/1871 2nd Lamoille. |
| Superior | HR | New York 1 | 1854 | 4-4-0 | In service 3/1854. |
| Superior (1st) | O&LC 18 (1st) | Souther | 5/1851 | 4-4-0 | Rebuilt and renamed. |
| Superior (2nd) | O&LC 24 (2nd) | Malone | 4-4-0 | ||
| Susie | LBC 1 | Baldwin 2568 | 1871 | 2-6-0 | Began service as D&RG #5 Ouray on 10/13/1871; scr between 4/18/1898 and 5/22/1899. |
| Susquehanna | FBCC | Schen | 1883 | 2-8-0 | |
| Susquehanna | HR | Baldwin | 1850 | 4-2-2 | |
| Susquehanna | NCe 24 | Locks 27 | 3/1839 | 0-4-0 | Rb as 4-4-0; rn #74. |
| Susquehanna | NY&E 12 | Rogers 130 | 6/1848 | 4-6-0 | 6 ft gauge. This locomotive is generally credited as the first 4-6-0 to have been built by Rogers |
| Susquehanna | P&R | Winans | 3/1854 | 0-8-0 | Camelback loco. |
| Susquehanna | W&S | Locks | 1836 | ||
| Sussex | M&E | Rogers 82 | 5/1846 | 4-4-0 | |
| Sussex | NY&E 6 | Rogers | |||
| Sussex | NYOW 29 | Baldwin 2552 | 9/1871 | 4-4-0 | Rb 6/1898 at Cooke as 2nd #16. |
| Swan | CP 143 | Schen 518 | 10/1868 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1147; scr 9/1891. |
| Swanton (1st) | CV 35 | Boston | 1852 | 4-4-0 | Rebuilt and renamed Richford 7/1870. |
| Swanton (2nd) | CV 72 | CV St Albans | 6/1870 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1/1/1900 #17. |
| Swiftsure | CP 126 | M & Aldus | 8/1868 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1891 #1136; scr 6/1892. |
| Syracuse | A&Sy 2 | Rogers 7 | 10/1838 | 4-2-0 | |
| Syracuse | R&Sy | Rogers 265 | 6/1851 | 4-4-0 |