Locomotive rosters

One of the many areas of research in prototype railroad history is that of locomotive rosters. The journal of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Railroad History usually contains one complete roster (the ones that I've seen are all steam locomotive rosters) in almost every issue. Here are some of the rosters that we've researched for this site...

Named steam locomotives of North America

One of my long-time research projects has been to collect a list of all named steam locomotives that have operated in North American nations. I began collecting the names and basic information about the locomotives some time in the mid 1980s, long before I had an internet connection. The names were stored in a simple MS-Word (version 2!) file and added to through the mid 1990s. The project took a back seat to life for a while from then until a couple years ago, and now it's time to show off the work to the world.

Because of the way that the data was collected, a number of abbreviations were used in many of the data columns. The abbreviation lists are a bit shorter than the roster, and there are most assuredly quite a few locomotives that are not yet included in this list. It will take a while for me to go through and make the format conversions needed so the data can be displayed here. Also, these pages will be expanded and updated as new material is researched.

One place where I did not use any abbreviations is in the locomotive name column. In this case, I've tried to find the way that the locomotive name is actually written on the locomotive itself and presented that information in the database. If a word is not abbreviated on the locomotive side, it is not abbreviated here, even if published rosters choose to list the name in an abbreviated format.

How can you help? As I mentioned above, there is still a large number of locomotives that aren't included in this list yet. If you have additions or corrections to any of this data, please send it. I'm also looking for photographs of these locomotives that are free to use. In an ideal world, we'd have a photograph of every locomotive in this list, but I know that will not be possible with quite a few of these locomotives. If you have any free images that you would like to share, please let me know. Thanks.

This project would not have gotten as far as it did if it weren't for the help of the woman who became my wife in 1992, Jennifer.

Abbreviations - builders of North American locomotives

For the locomotive builders, I tried to use an abbreviation that is long enough to fully identify the facility where the locomotive was built. However, in some cases, the builder's full name might not be obvious. These are the builder abbreviations that were used in this work.

  • A & Souther = Anderson & Souther, also known as Tredegar
  • ALCO = American Locomotive Co.
  • Amoskeag = Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N. H.
  • AT&SF Topeka = AT&SF's Topeka shops
  • Avonside = Avonside Engine Company (England)
  • B&O M. C. = B&O's Mount Clare shops
  • B&S shops = Baltimore & Susquehanna RR shops
  • Baldwin = M. W. Bladwin Loco Works
  • Ballard-Vale
  • BL&N = Boston, Lowell & Nashua RR
  • Boston = Boston Loco Works
  • Boyden = Seth Boyden
  • Breese Kneeland = Breese Kneeland & Company, owners of New York Locomotive Works
  • Brooks = Brooks Loco Works
  • Bury = Edward Bury of Liverpool
  • C&NW Chicago = C&NW's Chicago shops
  • Canada = Canada Loco Works
  • CH&D Cin = CH&D's Cincinnati shops
  • Chicago = Chicago Locomotive Works
  • ChRR = Cheshire Railroad shops
  • Cincinnati = Cincinnati Loco Works
  • CNJ Ebport = Central of New Jersey's Elizabethport shops
  • Cooke = Danforth & Cooke Loco Works
  • Corliss = George H. Corliss, Providence, Rhode Island
  • CP Sac = Central Pacific's Sacramento shops
  • Crown = Crown Metal Products
  • CRR Concord = Concord RR's Concord shops
  • Cuyahoga = Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co, Cleveland, Ohio
  • CV Northfield = Central Vermont's Northfield shops
  • CV St Albans = Central Vermont's St Albans shops
  • D & Gartner = Davis & Gartner
  • D&H = Delaware & Hudson Ry.
  • Danforth = Danfroth Locomotive Works
  • Davis = Phineas Davis
  • DC&C = Danforth, Cooke & Co.
  • Dickson = Dickson Loco Works
  • Dunham = H. R. Dunham & Co.
  • E & Harrison = Eastwick & Harrison
  • Essex = Essex Loco Co.
  • F & Rastrick = Foster, Rastrick & Co., Stourbridge, England
  • Fox-Walker = Fox-Walker Company, Bristol, England
  • Fulton Fdry = Fulton Foundry, San Francisco, Ca.
  • G & Eastwick = Garrett & Eastwick
  • G & Winans = Gillingham & Winans
  • Globe = Globe Loco Works, England
  • Grant = Grant
  • Griggs = Griggs
  • GT Pt St C = Grand Trunk RR's Pointe St. Charles shops
  • GWR Hamilton = Great Western RR's (of Canada) Hamilton shops
  • H & Drury = Hinkley & Drury
  • H & Nasmyth = Hick & Nasmyth of England
  • H & Williams = Hinkley & Williams Loco Works
  • H. J. Booth = H. J. Booth & Co.
  • Hackworth = Timothy Hackworth & Co.
  • Harkness = A. Harkness & Son
  • Hayward Bartlett = Hayward, Bartlett & Co.
  • Hinkley = Hinkley Loco Works
  • I. R. Adams = I. R. Adams & Co.
  • J. Good = James Good, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Jersey = New Jersey Loco Works & Machine Co.
  • Jersey City = Jersey City Locomotive Works
  • K. Hutton = Kinmond Hutton & Steel, Dundee, Scotland
  • Kirk = Kirk Loco Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.
  • L&B Kingston = Lackawanna & Bloomsburg's Kingston, Pa., shops
  • Lancaster = Lancaster Loco Works, Penn.
  • Latham = A. Latham & Co., White River Jct., Vt.
  • Lawrence = Lawrence Machine Shops, Lawrence, Mass.
  • LNA&C NA = LNA&C's New Albany shops
  • Locks = Locks & Canals Co.
  • Lowell = Lowell Machine Shop
  • LSMS Buffalo = Lake Sore & Michigan Southern's Buffalo shops
  • LV Hazelton = Lehigh Valley's Hazelton shops
  • LV W-Barre = Lehigh Valley's Wilkes-Barre shops
  • M & Aldus = McKay & Aldus Iron Works, East Boston, Mass.
  • Manch = Manchester Loco Works
  • Mason = Wm. Mason & Co., Taunton, Mass.
  • Matteawan = Matteawan
  • McQueen = Walter McQueen
  • Milner = Braithwaite Milner & Co.
  • MWCR = Mount Washington Cog Ry.
  • National = National Loco Works
  • New York = New York Loco Works
  • Newcastle = Newcastle Manufacturing Co. of England
  • Niles = Niles Loco Works, Cincinatti
  • NJR&T Jersey = NJR&T's Jersey City shops
  • Norris = Philip Norris Loco Works
  • Novelty = Novelty Iron Works
  • NY Loco = New York Loco Works
  • P&R Reading = Philadelphia & Reading's Reading shops
  • Paul = Thomas Paul
  • Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh Loco Works
  • Porter = Porter Loco Works
  • Porter-B = Porter-Bell
  • Portland = Portland Loco Works, Maine
  • R & Firth = Rix & Firth
  • R & Rapier = Ransomes & Rapier
  • Rhode Island = Rhode Island Loco Works
  • Rogers K&G = Rogers Ketchum & Grosvenor shops, Paterson, NJ.
  • Rogers L&M = Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Paterson, NJ.
  • Rothwell = Rothwell Loco Works
  • Rutland = Rutland RR
  • S & Jackson = Smith & Jackson Loco Works
  • S & Perkins = Smith & Perkins
  • Schen = Schenectady Loco Works
  • Souther = John Souther & Co.
  • Springfield = Springfield
  • Stephenson = Stephenson
  • Swinburn = William Swinburn, Paterson, NJ
  • Taunton = Taunton
  • Tayleur = Charles Tayleur & Co., Vulcan Foundry, England
  • Thomas Rogers = Thomas Rogers Loco Works
  • Trenton = Trenton Loco Works.
  • Virginia = Virginia Locomotive & Car Works
  • Vulcan = Vulcan Iron Works
  • West Point = West Point Foundry, NY
  • Wilmarth = Seth Wilmarth & Co.
  • Winans = Ross Winans
  • Wm Norris = William Norris & Co.; may be same as Norris
  • Wm. Hedley = William Hedley of England
  • WofM Sfield = Western RR of Massachusetts' Springfield shops
  • WU Racine = Western Union Railroad's Racine shops
  • EJardini = EJardini

Abbreviations - notes and details describing North American locomotives

A number of abbreviations have been used in the notes on the entries in this roster. These abbreviations, almost all are not case sensitive, are as follows:

  • C = circa
  • Ex- = formerly
  • In svc = in service
  • NG = narrow gauge
  • Rb = rebuilt (usually followed by a date or year)
  • Ret = retired
  • Rn = renamed or renumbered (usually followed by a date or year and then the new name and/or number)
  • S = sold
  • Scr = scrapped (usually followed by a date or year and sometimes a location)
  • SG = standard gauge
  • SG'ed = converted to standard gauge
  • Wd = withdrawn from regular service
  • Xf = transferred

Abbreviations - railroad names of North America

Like the builder names, the railroad company names are also abbreviated. In most cases, I used the railroad's most common abbreviation, but there are many that might not be obvious.

  • A&B = Amherst & Belchertown
  • A&BR = Arcadia & Betsey River RR
  • A&BV = Anderson & Bella Vista
  • A&G = Atlantic & Gulf
  • A&GW = Atlantic & Great Western RR
  • A&LG = Atlanta & LaGrange
  • A&N = Albany & Northern
  • A&NM = Arizona & New Mexico RR
  • A&NW = Austin & Northwestern RR (3' narrow gauge), under H&TC control ~1888
  • A&P = Atlantic & Pacific RR
  • A&S = Albany & Susquehanna RR (6' broad gauge)
  • A&Sc = Albany & Schenectady RR
  • A&SL = Atlanta & St. Lawrence RR
  • A&StL = Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad
  • A&Sy = Auburn & Syracuse
  • A&WP = Atlanta & West Point
  • AC = Amador Central
  • AC&O = Averill Coal & Oil Co.
  • ACRy = Austin Central Ry.
  • Ad&SL = Adirondack & St. Lawrence RR
  • Adir = Adirondack RR
  • AE = Arizona Eastern RR, bought by SP 12/8/1924
  • AF = American Fork RR
  • AG&Co = A. Gross & Co.
  • AL&H = Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad
  • AMR = Albion Mines Railway
  • AP = Allegheny Portage RR
  • ARy = Albion Railway
  • ASC = American Sugar Co.
  • AT = Ahukini Terminal
  • At&B = Attica & Buffalo Railroad
  • ATSF = Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR
  • B&A = Boston & Albany Railroad
  • B&B = Bodie & Benton Ry
  • B&BR = Billerica & Bedford Railroad
  • B&C = Buffalo & Corning RR
  • B&D = Baltimore & Delta Railway (3' narrow gauge)
  • B&E = Buffalo & Erie
  • B&JC = Brooklyn & Jamaica Central
  • B&L = Burlington & Lamoille RR
  • B&M = Boston & Maine RR
  • B&NF = Buffalo & Niagara Falls
  • B&O = Baltimore & Ohio
  • B&P = Bangor & Piscataquis
  • B&R = Bennington & Rutland Ry.
  • B&S = Baltimore & Susquehanna RR
  • B&SL = Buffalo & State Line
  • B&W = Brattleboro & Whitehall (3' narrow gauge)
  • BBB&C = Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado RR, bought by SP
  • BC&F = Boston Coal & Fuel
  • BC&M = Boston, Concord & Montreal RR
  • BCCRC = Beaver Creek & Cumberland River Coal Co.
  • BClF = Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg RR
  • BF&B = Bradford & Foster Brook Ry (monorail)
  • BH&E = Boston, Hartford & Erie RR
  • BL&N = Boston, Lowell & Nashua
  • BM = Beaver Meadows
  • BM&L = Battle Mountain & Lewis Ry.
  • Bo&L = Boston & Lowell
  • Bo&P = Boston & Providence
  • Bo&W = Boston & Worcester
  • BR&A = Blue Ridge & Atlantic
  • BRR = Barre RR, Vermont
  • Bu&R = Buffalo & Rochester Railroad
  • C&A = Camden & Amboy
  • C&At = Camden & Atlantic
  • C&C = Carson & Colorado
  • C&H = Charleston & Hamburg RR
  • C&M = Concord & Montreal
  • C&NF = Canandaigua & Niagara Falls Railroad. 6 ft gauge. Founded in 1853; acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1858.
  • C&NW = Chicago & North Western Railway
  • C&P = Cleveland & Pittsburgh RR
  • C&Pa = Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR
  • C&PR = Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers RR
  • C&PS = Columbia & Puget Sound (3' narrow gauge)
  • C&RI = Chicago & Rock Island
  • C&SC = Charlotte & South Carolina
  • C&SL = Champlain & St Lawrence RR
  • C&SP = Clifton & Southern Pacific
  • C&Su = Cayuga & Susquehanna
  • C&VC = Cienfuegos & Villa Clara
  • C&W = Canton & Waynesburg RR (56¾" gauge), bought by NKP
  • C&WWV = Cincinnati & White Water Valley RR
  • Ca&O = Carrollton & Oneida RR
  • CalP = California Pacific RR, bought by CP
  • CaN = California Northern RR, renamed Northern California RR 9/1888; bought by CP
  • CanP = Canadian Pacific
  • CaSL = Cavio & St Louis RR (3' narrow gauge)
  • CaV = Cahuenga Valley RR, Los Angeles area
  • CC = California Central RR, bought by CP
  • CC&BH = Covington, Columbus & Black Hills
  • CC&C = Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati RR
  • CC&V = Cripple Creek & Victor
  • CCC = Cape Cod Central RR, became Old Colony RR
  • CCCSL = Cleveland, Cincinatti, Chicago & St. Louis RR
  • CCRR = Carroll County RR
  • CF&S = Chagrin Falls & Southern (3' narrow gauge), bought by NKP
  • CGCo = Congress Gold Co.
  • CH&D = Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
  • Ch&P = Chicago & Pacific Railroad
  • Che = Cherokee RR
  • ChRR = Cheshire RR
  • Cien = Cienfuegos Railroad
  • CinN = Cincinnati Northern Ry
  • CM&SP = Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RR, early predecessor to the Milwaukee Road
  • CNGR = Centennial Narrow Gauge Ry
  • CNJ = Central Railroad of New Jersey
  • CO&I = Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co (3' narrow gauge)
  • CofG = Central RR of Georgia
  • COn = Central Ontario
  • ConnR = Connecticut River RR
  • CoRR = Coronado RR (3' and 20" gauges), Arizona Copper Co., Ltd.
  • CoV = Connotton Valley Ry
  • CP = Central Pacific
  • CP&A = Cleveland, Plainsville & Asthabula RR
  • CP&C = Cincinnati, Peru & Chicago Ry
  • CP&I = Columbus, Piqua & Indianapolis Railroad
  • CPIC = Crown Point Iron Co.
  • CR&B = Central Railroad & Banking Company of Georgia
  • CRR = Concord RR
  • CSP&F = Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac RR
  • CST = Central Southern Railroad of Tennessee
  • CStPM&O = Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
  • CuV = Cumberland Valley
  • CV = Central Vermont Ry.
  • CV&S = Connotton Valley & Straitsville
  • CW = Connecticut Western
  • D&H = Delaware & Hudson
  • D&HG = Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. Gravity RR.
  • D&K = Delphos & Kokomo Ry (3' narrow gauge)
  • D&Mi = Detroit & Milwaukee
  • D&NO = Denver & New Orleans Railway
  • D&P = Dubuque & Pacific
  • D&RG = Denver & Rio Grande (3' narrow gauge)
  • D&S = Denver & Swansea
  • D&SC = Dubuque & Sioux City
  • D&SE = Dayton & Southeastern RR (3' narrow gauge)
  • DB&F = Delphos, Bluffton & Frankfort RR (3' narrow gauge)
  • DC&T = Dayton, Covington & Toledo RR
  • DCC = Darlington Cannel Coal RR
  • Dis = Disneyland Ry, Anaheim, Ca.
  • DL&W = Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
  • DNW = Davenport & Northwestern Railroad
  • DP = Denver Pacific RR
  • DRR = Dalles RR
  • DS&CV = Dayton, Sutro & Carson Valley Railroad
  • DSW = Dubuque Southwestern Railroad
  • E&KR = Eureka & Klamath River
  • E&P = Eureka & Palisade Ry Co.
  • EBT = East Broad Top RR (3' narrow gauge)
  • EEng = Erie Engineers
  • EMass = Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts
  • EP = East Pennsylvania
  • EPC = Ewa Plantation Co.
  • ER&E = Eel River & Eureka
  • Erie = Erie RR
  • ETH&C = Evansville, Terre Haute & Chicago
  • F&CH = Ferries & Cliff House
  • F&K = Frankfort & Kokomo RR
  • F&NS = Flushing & North Side
  • F&W = Fitchburg & Worchester
  • FB = Fort Bragg RR
  • FBCC = Fall Brook Coal Co.
  • FCCH = FC Cordova a Huatusco (2' narrow gauge)
  • FCCM = FC Central Mexicano
  • FCDS = FC De Sonora, Nogales to Guaymas
  • FCHN = FC Hidalgo y Noroeste (3' narrow gauge), bought by NdeM
  • FCM&C = FC Merida & Calkini (3' narrow gauge)
  • FCM&P = FC Merida & Peto
  • FCMS = FC Mexicano De Sur (3' narrow gauge), bought by NdeM
  • FCMYG = FC Monterrey Y Gulfo De Mexico, bought by FCCM
  • FCPM = FC Porvenir de Matehuala (3' narrow gauge)
  • FCTHL = FC Tlacotepec a Huajuapam de Leon (3' narrow gauge)
  • FCUY = FC Unidos de Yucatan (3' narrow gauge)
  • FEC = Florida East Coast RR
  • FLA&P = Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railroad
  • FP = Freeport RR
  • FR = Fall River RR
  • FRR = Fitchburg Railroad
  • FS = Florida Southern RR
  • FWJ&S = Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw
  • G&A = Golconda & Adelaide RR Co.
  • G&C = Greenville & Columbia
  • G&CU = Galena & Chicago Union
  • G&L = Georgetown & Lane
  • G&RR = Galveston & Red River Ry (66" gauge), bought by H&TC
  • GBM&C = Green Bay, Milwaukee & Chicago
  • GFC = Grove Farm Co.
  • GH&SA = Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio RR.
  • GL&LC = Georgia Land & Lumber Co.
  • GMANS = General Mining Association of Nova Scotia
  • GR&BC = Georgia RR & Banking Co.
  • GRR = Georgia Railroad
  • GT = Grand Trunk RR
  • GULC = Glen Union Lumber Co. (3' gauge), Glen Union, Pennsylvania
  • GWP = Great Western Power
  • GWR = Great Western RR of Canada
  • GWRIl = Great Western Railroad of Illinois
  • GWT&P = Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific Railway
  • H&B = Hudson & Berkshire Railroad
  • H&BL = Hilliard & Bailey's Lumber RR
  • H&BTM = Huntington & Broad Top Mountain RR
  • H&C = Hancock & Calumet
  • H&D = Hastings & Dakota Railroad
  • H&NH = Hartford & New Haven
  • H&NY = Hackensack & New York
  • H&P = Hartford & Providence
  • H&S = Hartford & Springfield Railroad
  • H&SJ = Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
  • H&TC = Houston & Texas Central RR, bought by SP
  • H&W = Hardwick & Woodbury RR
  • HAC = Hawaiian Agricultural Co.
  • HB = Hanover Branch; became HJH&G in 1874
  • HE&WT = Houston, East & West Texas RR (3' gauge), bought by H&TC
  • HERR = Harlem Extension RR
  • Hilo = Hilo RR Co.
  • HJH&G = Hanover Junction, Hanover & Gettysburg; leased to B&O in 1886
  • HMCo = Homestake Mining Co.
  • HMRy = Hibernia Mine Ry
  • HN&P = Herkimer, Newport & Poland RR
  • Hou = Housatonic RR
  • HPC = Honolulu Plantation Co.
  • HR = Hudson River RR, merged into New York Central in 1869
  • HRC = Hawaiian RR Co.
  • I&A = Ithaca & Athens
  • IaC = Iowa Central
  • IP&C = Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Ry
  • IR = Illinois River RR.
  • Irolo = Irolo RR (3' gauge), Mexico
  • IRR = Iron Railroad
  • ITx = International Railroad of Texas
  • JNW&SE = Jacksonville Northwestern & Southeastern RR
  • Juc = Jucaro Railway
  • KaRR = Kauai Ry Co.
  • KC = Kennebec Central RR
  • KPC = Kahuku Plantation Co.
  • KPDP = Kansas Pacific - Denver Pacific Ry
  • KRR = Kahului RR Co.
  • KW&H = Kahului, Wailuku & Hamakupoko RR Co., Kahului RR
  • L&B = Lackawanna & Bloomsburg
  • L&D = Lexington & Danville
  • L&E = Louisisana & Eastern
  • L&H = Lordsburg & Hachita
  • L&NF = Lockport & Niagara Falls
  • L&S = Lehigh & Susquehanna
  • L&W = Lackawanna & Western
  • LA&I = Los Angeles & Independence RR
  • LASP = Los Angeles & San Pedro RR
  • LB = Long Beach Land & Water Co, Long Beach RR
  • LB&M = La Fayetter, Bloomington & Mississippi RR
  • LBC = Little Book Cliff Ry (3' gauge)
  • LC&M = La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad
  • LeC = Legend City RR
  • LF&SH = Laurel Fork & Sand Hill RR
  • LG = Leggetts Gap Railroad
  • LIRR = Long Island Rail Road
  • LK&P = Lahaina, Kaanapali & Pacific
  • LM&B = La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR
  • LMCX = Little Miami & Columbus & Xenia RR
  • LMRR = Little Miami RR
  • LNA&C = Louisville, New Albany & Chicago RR
  • LPC = Lihue Plantation Co. (30" gauge)
  • LS = Little Schuylkill RR
  • LSE = Lake Street Elevated Railroad
  • LSMS = Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
  • LSNR = Little Schuylkill Nav RR & Coal Co.
  • LV = Lehigh Valley
  • LW = Louisiana Western RR, bought by SP
  • M&C = Memphis & Charleston RR
  • M&Ci = Marietta & Cincinnati
  • M&E = Morris & Essex RR
  • M&GL = Montclair & Greenwood Lake
  • M&HR = Mohawk & Hudson River
  • M&I = Madison & Indianapolis
  • M&M = Mississippi & Missouri Railroad
  • M&N = Milwaukee & Northern Railroad
  • M&O = Memphis & Ohio
  • M&Oh = Mobile & Ohio
  • M&P = Maricopa & Phoenix RR, Ex-MP&SR 1/10/1908; to AE 12/1909
  • M&PDC = Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Ry.
  • M&S = Middleburgh & Schoharie
  • M&Sa = Matanzas & Savanilla Railway
  • M&SC = Mansfield & Sandusky City
  • M&SP = Milwaukee & St Paul, became part of Milwaukee Road
  • M&StL = Minneapolis & St. Louis
  • M&SV = Monterey & Slainas Valley RR (3' gauge), bought by SP
  • M&V = Merida & Valladolid (3' gauge)
  • M&W = Macon & Western
  • M&WR = Montpelier & Wells River RR
  • Ma&Pa = Maryland & Pennsylvania RR
  • Ma&S = Mansfield & Sandusky RR
  • MAC = Maui Agricultural Co.
  • Mach = Machiasport RR
  • MBSC = McBride Sugar Co.
  • MC = Michigan Central RR
  • MC&T = Mississippi Central & Tennessee
  • Mi&W = Milwaukee & Watertown Railroad
  • ML&T = Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Company (bought by SP)
  • MnC = Minnesota Central Railroad
  • Mo&P = Montreal & Plattsburg RR
  • MofC = Midland Ry of Canada
  • Mont = Montgomery Railroad
  • MoRR = Morelos RR (3' gauge), Mexico
  • MP&SR = Maricopa, Phoenix & Salt River Valley RR, became M&P
  • MPt = Mineral Point Railroad
  • MR&LE = Mad River & Lake Erie
  • MRR = Mapimi RR (30" gauge), Mexico
  • MS = Morenci Southern Ry (3' gauge)
  • MT&C = Mexico, Toluca & Cuautitlan RR (3' gauge)
  • Musc = Muscogee Railroad
  • MV = Miami Valley Ry (3' gauge)
  • MV&MT = Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Ry.
  • MWCR = Mount Washington Cog Ry.
  • N&C = Nashville & Chattanooga
  • N&F = Newcastle & Frenchtown RR
  • N&H = Natchez & Hamburg RR
  • N&L = Nashua & Lowell RR
  • N&PP = Nuevitas & Puerto Principe Railroad
  • NA&S = New Albany & Salem RR
  • Naug = Naugatuck Railroad
  • NB = New Brunswick Ry.
  • NC = Nevada Central RR
  • NC&F = New Castle & Franklin RR
  • NCa = Northern California RR
  • NCe = Northern Central Ry, early predecessor of Pennsylvania RR
  • NCI = Northern Cross Railroad of Illinois
  • NCNG = Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR (3' gauge)
  • NE = North Eastern
  • NEG = Northeast RR of Georgia
  • NESC = North Eastern Railroad of South Carolina
  • NH&N = New Haven & Northampton
  • NH&NL = New Haven & New London
  • NHC = New Hampshire Central RR
  • NHM&W = New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic
  • NI = Northern Illinois Railroad
  • NIRR = Northern Indiana Railroad
  • NJM = New Jersey Midland Railway
  • NJNY = New Jersey & New York RR
  • NJR&T = New Jersey RR & Transportation Co.
  • NKP = Nickel Plate Road
  • NLN = New London Northern, Vermont
  • NLWP = New London, Willimantic & Palmer RR
  • NM&SP = New Mexico & Southern Pacific RR
  • NNH = Northern Railroad of New Hampshire
  • NNY = Northern Railroad of New York
  • No&W = Norwich & Worcester RR
  • NoC = Norfolk County RR
  • NOO&GW = New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western RR, bought by SP
  • NoS = North Shore RR
  • NP = Northern Pacific Railway
  • NPC = North Pacific Coast (3' gauge)
  • NPRR = North Pennsylvania RR
  • NSC = Nova Scotia Central
  • NSL = Nevada Short Line
  • NV = Napa Valley
  • NWis = Northern Wisconsin Railway
  • NWP = NorthWestern Pacific RR, bought by SP
  • NY&E = New York & Erie Railroad
  • NY&F = New York & Flushing
  • NY&H = New York & Harlem Railroad
  • NY&P = New York & Pennsylvania RR
  • NYC = New York Central RR
  • NYEC = New York Equipment Co.
  • NYHL&PCo = New York Heat, Light & Power Co.
  • NYOW = New York, Ontario & Western
  • NYPB = New York, Providence & Boston RR
  • NYSW = New York, Susquehanna & Western
  • NYT&M = New York, Texas & Mexican RR, bought by SP
  • O&A = Orange & Alexandria
  • O&C = Oregon & California RR, bought by CP
  • O&CV = Olympia & Chealis Valley (3' gauge)
  • O&E = Oaxaca & Ejutla RR (3' gauge)
  • O&LC = Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain
  • O&M = Ohio & Mississippi Ry (6' gauge)
  • O&S = Oswego & Syracuse
  • O&SW = Omaha & Southwestern
  • O&T = Ohio & Toledo RR
  • OC = Old Colony RR, leased to New Haven RR
  • OCRR = Oil Creek RR
  • OLtd = Oregonian Ry, Ltd. (3' gauge)
  • OPRR = Oregon Portage RR
  • OR&LC = Oahu Railway & Land Co.
  • OR&N = Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
  • ORR = Ohio Railroad
  • OS&H = Ontario, Simcoe & Huron RR
  • OSC = Oahu Sugar Co.
  • OSNCo = Oregon Steamship & Navigation Co.
  • P&AC = Prescott & Arizona Central Ry., Seligman, Ariz.
  • P&AV = Pueblo & Arkansas Valley
  • P&B = Pioche & Bullionville RR Co.
  • P&C = Philadelphia & Columbia
  • P&G = Pensacola & Georgia
  • P&HR = Paterson & Hudson River RR
  • P&I = Peru & Indianapolis RR
  • P&K = Portland & Kennebec
  • P&NY = Pennsylvania & New York Canal & RR Co.
  • P&O = Portland & Ogdensburg RR
  • P&Oq = Peoria & Oquawka RR
  • P&R = Philadelphia & Reading
  • P&Ra = Paterson & Ramapo
  • P&RC&I = Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
  • P&RR = Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad
  • P&SI = Philadelphia & Sea Isle
  • P&T = Philadelphia & Trenton RR
  • P&W = Providence & Worcester RR
  • Pac = Pacific Railroad
  • PacMo = Pacific RR of Missouri
  • Pan = Panama RR
  • PB = Peach Bottom Ry. (3' gauge), Washington state
  • PBMC = Port Blakely Mill Co., Kamilche, Washington
  • PC&B = Painesville, Conton & Bridgeport RR (3' gauge), became CF&S
  • PCGC&C = Pittsburgh & Connellsville Gas, Coal & Coke Co.
  • Pen = Peninsular Ry
  • PFW&C = Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago RR
  • PG&N = hiladelphia, Germantown & Norristown RR
  • Ph&R = Phillips & Rangeley Railroad
  • PiC = Pioneer City RR
  • Po&R = Portland & Rochester RR
  • Po&W = Potsdam & Watertown
  • PoRR = Ponchartrain RR
  • PP = Pennsylvania Pacific Ry.
  • PP&J = Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville
  • PRR = Pennsylvania RR
  • PRV&SP = Pine River Valley & Stevens Point Railroad
  • PS&P = Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR
  • PSE = Paragould Southeastern Ry. (3' gauge)
  • Q&TL = Quincy & Torch Lake
  • QMD = Quartermaster Corps, Fort Monroe, Va.
  • QMO&O = Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa & Occidental Ry
  • R&B = Rutland & Burlington
  • R&C = Read & Campbell RR, Patzcuaro, Mexico
  • R&G = Raleigh & Gaston
  • R&M = Racine & Mississippi
  • R&S = Rensselaer & Saratoga RR
  • R&Sh = Rushville & Shelbyville
  • R&Sy = Rochester & Syracuse
  • RB = Rockville Branch
  • RC&BT = Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad
  • RF&P = Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
  • RGS = Rio Grande Southern (3' gauge)
  • RGSW = Rio Grande Southwestern
  • RGW = Rio Grande Western (3' gauge)
  • RH = Ruby Hill RR Co.
  • RL&NF = Rochester, Lockport & Niagara Falls
  • RR = Rocky River RR
  • Rut = Rutland RR.
  • RV = Redwood Valley Railway
  • S&C = Stockton & Copperopolis RR, bought by SP
  • S&ET = Sabine & East Texas Ry, bought by SP
  • S&HV = Scioto & Hocking Valley
  • S&I = Stockton & Ione (3' gauge)
  • S&In = Steubenville & Indiana
  • S&J = Sacramento & Jackson Ry
  • S&M = Sangamon & Morgan
  • S&ML = Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Co.
  • S&NW = Springfield & Northwestern RR
  • S&O = Sharpsville & Oakland RR
  • S&S = Saratoga & Schenectady
  • S&T = Schenectady & Troy
  • S&U = Syracuse & Utica RR
  • S&W = Saratoga & Washington
  • S&WW = Seattle & Walla Walla RR (3' gauge)
  • SA&AP = San Antonio & Aransas Pass RR Co, bought by SP
  • SB&R = San Bernardino & Redlands RR, bought by SP
  • SC = South Carolina Rail Road
  • SC&D = Sioux City & Dakota Railroad
  • SC&P = St. Croix & Penobscott Railroad
  • SC&StP = Sioux City & St. Paul
  • SC&TC = Seattle Coal & Transportation Co (3' gauge)
  • SCC = Seattle Coal Co. (3' gauge)
  • SCC&R = South Carolina Canal & RR
  • SCDP = SCDP
  • SCMR = Southern California Moto Road Co., bought by SP
  • SCNY = Southern Central Railroad (New York)
  • SCRC = Santa Cruz RR Co. (3' gauge), bought by SP
  • SCRR = Summit County RR
  • SCV = Santa Clara Valley RR
  • SERR = Southeastern RR
  • SF&A = San Francisco & Alameda RR, bought by CP
  • SF&NP = San Francisco & North Pacific
  • SF&O = San Francisco & Oakland Ry, bought by CP
  • SF&SJ = San Francisco & San Jose RR, bought by SP
  • SFN = Santa Fe Northern
  • SFS = Santa Fe Southern
  • SGT = Six Gun Territory
  • ShL = Shasta Lumber Co.
  • Silv = Silverton RR
  • SJ&LC = St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
  • SJ&SN = San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada RR (3' gauge), bought by SP
  • SL = Shaver Lake RR
  • SL&A = St. Lawrence & Adirondack RR
  • SL&IM = St Louis & Iron Mountain RR (5' gauge)
  • SLCo = Simpson Logging Co., Shelton, Washington
  • SLSF = St. Louis & San Francisco RR, Frisco RR
  • SLSVP = Salt Lake, Sevier Valley & Pioche RR Co.
  • SMSRy = Stone Mountain Scenic Ry.
  • SoV = Sonoma Valley RR
  • SP = Southern Pacific RR
  • SP&C = St. Paul & Chicago Railroad
  • SP&P = Saint Paul & Pacific RR, early predecessor of Milwaukee Road
  • SP&SC = St. Paul & Sioux City
  • SPdeM = Sud Pacifico de Mexico, subsidiary of SP
  • SPRR = South Pictou RR, also called Albion Mines Ry
  • SPTx = Southern Pacific Railroad of Texas
  • SR = Sandy River Railroad
  • SR&RL = Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad
  • SR&SQ = San Rafael & San Quentin
  • SRR = Southern RR
  • ST = Sutro Tunnel RR (3' gauge)
  • ST&E = Stockton Terminal & Eastern
  • StAL = Stillmore Air Line Railway
  • SV = Sacramento Valley RR, bought by CP
  • SW = South Western Railroad
  • SyC = Sandy Creek RR, Cortez, Pennsylvania
  • T&A = Tennessee & Alabama
  • T&B = Troy & Boston RR
  • T&G = Troy & Greenbush Railroad
  • T&I = Toledo & Illinois RR
  • T&MNG = Toledo & Maumee Narrow Gauge RR
  • T&N = Toronto & Nipissing RR
  • T&NO = Texas & New Orleans RR, bought by SP
  • T&R = Troy & Rutland
  • T&SL = Texas & St. Louis RR
  • TC&D = Tuscumbia, Courtland & Decatur
  • TC&SL = Toledo, Cincinnati & St Louis (3' gauge)
  • TD&B = Toledo, Delphos & Burlington (3' gauge)
  • TD&I = Toledo, Delphos & Indianapolis (3' gauge)
  • TMER&L = The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company
  • TN&C = Toledo, Norwalk & Cleveland
  • TNG = Tahoe Narrow Gauge RR
  • Tonw = Tonawanda
  • TRR = Tioga Railroad
  • TS&M = Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon
  • TT = Tyler Tap, bought by T&SL
  • TxT = Texas Trunk RR, bought by SP
  • U&BR = Utica & Black River RR
  • U&N = Utah & Northern, Ex-Utah Northern
  • UE = Utah Eastern RR Co.
  • UP = Union Pacific RR
  • USED = United States Engineer Department Railroad
  • USM = United States Military RR, operated on trackage rights during the Civil War
  • Ut&S = Utica & Schenectady RR
  • UW = Utah Western Ry Co.
  • V&B = Vicksburg & Brunswick
  • V&J = Vicksburg & Jackson RR
  • V&M = Vermont & Massachusetts
  • V&T = Virginia & Truckee Ry.
  • Va&T = Virginia & Tennessee RR
  • VC = Virginia Central
  • VC&RV = Vanegas, Cedral & Rio Verde RR (3' gauge)
  • VLCO = Verdi Lumber Co., Nevada
  • VR = Vienna-Raab Ry.
  • VRR = Visalia RR, bought by SP
  • VS&T = Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas
  • VV = Vermont Valley RR
  • VV&CL = Vaca Valley & Clear Lake, Vaca Valley RR; bought by SP
  • W&A = Western & Atlantic
  • W&Al = Winchester & Alabama
  • W&AR = Windsor & Annapolis Railway
  • W&JV = Wasatch & Jordan Valley RR Co.
  • W&LE = Wheeling & Lake Erie RR
  • W&P = Wicomico & Pocomoke RR
  • W&R = Watertown & Rome RR
  • W&S = Wilmington & Susquehanna RR
  • WAC = Waialua Agricultural Co.
  • WaSC = Waimanalo Sugar Co.
  • WC = Washington County RR (66" gauge), bought by H&TC
  • WCRy = Wellington Colliery Ry.
  • Wi&P = Winchester & Potomac RR
  • Wi&R = Wilmington & Raleigh RR
  • WiP = Wiaminlo Plantation
  • WMC = Waiakea Mill Co
  • WofM = Western RR of Massachusetts
  • WR = Ware River RR, Massachusetts
  • WRR = Western RR
  • WSC = Waiane Sugar Co.
  • WStL&P = Wabash, St Louis & Pacific RR
  • WT = Whitney Timber Co.
  • WU = Western Union Railroad
  • WV = Western Vermont RR
  • WW&CR = Walla Walla & Columbia River (3' gauge)
  • WY&G = Wrightsville, York & Gettysburg RR
  • YV = Yosemite Valley Ry.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with A

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
A Ke Ahi HRC R & Rapier      
A. A. Denny S&WW 1 W Mason 552 8/1875 0-6-4T Built as Stockton & Ione #2 Amador; returned to factory; s 10/76 to S&WW; s 11/80 to Columbia & Puget Sound #1; ret 1895; used as stationary boiler in Seattle.
A. A. Sargent CP 7 Union 3 11/1865 4-4-0 Originally ordered by Sacramento Valley RR; sold 6/25/1909 to Willett & Burr #48.
A. Adams CV Baldwin 1847 4-4-0 Off roster by 3/1869.
A. Arnold CV 69 Manch 8/1869 4-4-0 Rebuilt 1885; rn 1/1/1900 #21; sold 1900.
A. B. Foster CV 42 Taunton 1860 4-4-0 Ex-SS&C; bought 1862; sold 1873 to O&LC; replaced by T. W. Park.
A. B. Frank GH&SA 50 Manch 898 3/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #700, 2nd #658; off roster by late 1890s.
A. B. Proal O&T 11 Porter 465 12/1881 4-4-0 To New York Equipment Co. 1889.
A. B. Watson A&S 8 Cooke 10/1865 4-4-0  
A. Beaton H&TC 48 Rogers 2013 4/1872 4-4-0 Rn 2nd #13 by 1899; scr 2/1903.
A. Belknap SA&AP 3 Baldwin 7690 10/1885 2-4-4 Off roster by 1917.
A. C. Bean CV 48 CV St Albans 1882 4-4-0 Built to replace #48 H. K. Adams; Scrapped 1904.
A. C. Green C&Pa 13 Winans early 1860s 0-8-0 Rebuilt between 1866 and 1875; sold 1905 to a steel company in Pittsburgh.
A. C. Houston SA&AP 22 Baldwin 8744 8/1887 4-4-0 Rn 1908 #34; off roster by 1917.
A. C. Jones SA&AP 18 Baldwin 8656 7/1887 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #108; off roster by 1925.
A. C. Pierce TT 77 Rhode 1456 4/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 1/1887; sold 7/1900 to Dilley Foundry Co.
A. C. Stonegrave CV 87 Rhode 1652 1886 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #57.
A. F. Sortwell M&WR 2nd 3 Manch 630 4/1874 4-4-0 Ex-Barre.
A. G. Schryver SA&AP 11 Baldwin 8288 12/1886 4-4-0 Off roster by 1917.
A. G. Schuyver GH&SA 55 Manch 902 9/1881 4-4-0 Off roster by 1885.
A. Groesbeck G&RR R Norris 1858 4-4-0 Became H&TC #3; off roster by 1885.
A. H. Chandler TT 68 Grant 1579 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 11/1886; sold 3/10/1900 to St Louis & Memphis Ry.
A. H. Houston SF&SJ 4 Cooke 4/1864 4-4-0 Rn Comanche; to SP #4; rn 1891 #1111; scr 4/16/1898.
A. H. Stump C&Pa 5 Smith & Perkins 1852 2-6-0 Scrapped circa 1875.
A. H. Viele S&ET 5 Manch 933 10/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #690; rn 1901 #103; s 3/8/1904 to A. L. Hanson Lumber Co.
A. H. Wilder (2nd) SP&SC Taunton 709 8/1879 4-4-0 Transferred to CStPM&O; renumbered 204; sold 1899 to F. M. Hicks of Chicago.
A. Iselin SC&StP 7 Taunton 567 5/1872 4-4-0 Became CStPM&O #27; rn #227; rb 1890 as 0-4-0.
A. J. Burke H&TC 42 Cooke 758 9/1871 4-4-0  
A. J. Earling M&SP 189 Taunton 622 7/1873 4-4-0 Rn #1316 in 1899; rn #84 in 1912; off roster in 4/1918.
A. J. Odell DL&W 85 Cooke 236 3/1865   Ex-A. Lincoln.
A. L. Horner TT 35 Grant 8/1882 2-8-0 NG; sold 10/22/1889 to Whitaker & Ramseur, Texarkana, Tx.
A. L. Milner B&R 1st 3 Baldwin 1527 1866 4-4-0  
A. Lincoln DL&W 85 Cooke 236 3/1865   Rn 4/1865 A. J. Odell after assassination; xf to NY, Lackawanna & Western.
A. M. Davis TT 26 Grant 6/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 5/26/1888 to W. R. Pearson, Thornton, Ar; returned as partial payment for SSW 34 in 1898.
A. M. Ramsdell NLN 10 Manch 1867 4-4-0 Outside connected; Transferred to the CV #28; rn 12/1890 #12; rn 162 8/1891; scrapped 1900.
A. M. Shead TT 24 Grant 1499 6/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 8/26/1895 to Cotton Belt Mill Co #2, Bearden, Ar.
A. Rice ATSF 106 Hinkley 1878 4-4-0 Ex-P&AV #106.
A. V. H. Carpenter M&SP 137 Taunton 475 9/1869 4-4-0 Off roster by 1898.
A. W. Hubbard (2nd) SC&StP 2 Taunton 608 4/1873 4-4-0 Became CStPM&O #22; rn #222; Sold 1899 to Bayfield & Western.
A. W. Soper TT 51 Grant 12/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 10/1887; sold 6/1899 to Bodcaw Lbr Co
Abbot Lawrence LC&M 5 Lawrence 10/1855 4-4-0 Became M&SP #5 in 1863; off roster by 1888.
Abigail Adamas CV Baldwin 6/1847    
Abington LG Rogers 287 10/1851 4-4-0  
Abner Chichester         Moshein and Rothfus assert that this locomotive is often mistaken for another of the Long Island Rail Road named New York.
Abner McGehee Mont Rogers 12 4/1839 4-2-0  
Abraham Klohs O&LC 2nd 6 Mason 286 8/1868 4-4-0 Renumbered #306; Renumbered #74; Scrapped.
Acanceh FCUY 63 Baldwin 5527 3/1881 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&P #1; scr 1920.
Acapulco Irolo Baldwin 6325 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; Sold by 1889.
Acatlan FCTHL 3 Baldwin 20372 4/1902 2-8-0 Became FC Mexicano #22 in 1910; ret 1952.
Acayucotlan FCHN 13 Baldwin 12267 10/1891 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #13.
Achilles CP 33 Grant 5/1867 0-6-0T Rn 1891 #1258; rb 12/11/1872 as 4-4-0; scr 10/6/1899 Sac.
Achilles G&CU Rogers 539 10/1854 4-4-0  
Achilles LNA&C 34 Danforth 1865 4-4-0  
Acton FRR 25 Mason 134 6/1863 4-4-0 Rb 1877; scr 1892-1895
Ada NYT&M 2nd 5 Baldwin 6320 8/1882 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #575; rn 1901 #153; s 11/7/1908 to Miller Link Lumber Co.
Adam Brown GWR 55 Canada c. 1856   Ex-Wellington, Grey & Bruce Ry; Rb before 1860 as 4-4-0.
Adams H&B Rogers 54 5/1844 4-4-0 Ex-NYPB Reformer.
Adams VC Baldwin 1848 2-2-0  
Addison R&B 28 Taunton 356 1865 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1878; became Central Vermont #218.
Addison Gilmore WofM WofM Sfield 1 1851 4-2-2  
Adirondack B&A B&A shops   4-4-0 This engine was also known as Eddy Clocks for a short time while Wilson Eddy served as master mechanic for the railroad. It was involved in an economy test where the Boston & Albany wanted to find out whether the American or Mogul class consumed less for an equal amount of work (further discussion on this test can be found in John H. White, Jr's A History of the American Locomotive - Its Development: 1830-1880, Dover Publications, New York, 1968, p 57)
Admiral LNA&C 9 LNA&C NA 1847 4-4-0 Ex-Ranger; rb 1868.
Adolph Hugel MofC 15 Portland 298 5/1874 4-4-0  
Adolphus Busch TT 63 Grant 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 1890; sold 4/10/1897 to Clark & Boice Lbr Co for JP&IT RY #22.
Adriatic A&P 8 Baldwin 5424 12/1880 4-4-0  
Advance   Corliss 1851 4-4-0 Inside connected; acquired about 1853 by Providence & Worcester; rn Orray Taft.
Advance E&KR 1 Baldwin 3751 1875 0-6-0  
Advance LC&M 11 Lawrence 12/1855 4-4-0 Inside-connected; Rb 1860; became M&SP #11 in 1863; off roster by 1898.
Aetna FRR Hinkley 29 12/1844 0-4-0 Acquired 9/1845 from Charlestown Branch; sold 11/1849 to Androscoggin & Kennebec
Aguas Calientes FCCM 19 Taunton 820 12/1881 4-4-0  
Ajax CP 32 Jersey 493 5/1867 0-6-0T Rn 1891 #1257; rb 2/2/1871 as 4-4-0; scr 1895.
Al-Ki S&WW 2 W H Bailey 5/1877 4-4-0 S 11/80 to Columbia & Puget Sound #2; ret 1897.
Alabama V&J Norris 1851 4-4-0 (?) Scr 1866.
Alamosa D&RG 22 Baldwin 4076 1877 2-8-0  
Alaric LNA&C 16 NA&S NA   4-4-0 Ex-NA&S George Lyman.
Albany A&S 24 Dickson 54 7/1870 2-6-0  
Albany Hou Rogers 41 12/1842 4-2-0  
Albany M&HR Rogers 50 12/1843    
Albany NY&H 27 Rogers 166 3/1849 4-4-0 Originally ordered for the New York & New Haven but sold to the New York & Harlem; Sold to Long Island Rail Road; Renamed G. F. Carman; Sold to Bennington & Rutland 8/1869 as 1st #7 G. F. Carman.
Albany O&C 6 Baldwin 2149 6/1872 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1244; rn 1906 #1501; scr 4/10/1914 Brooklyn.
Albemarle O&A Rogers 603 9/1855 4-4-0  
Albers M&S Rogers 150 11/1848 4-4-0  
Albert   Baldwin   4-4-0  
Albion ARy Hackworth c. 1838 0-6-0 On display in Stellartown, NS, Canada, as of 1985.
Alburgh CV 50 CV Northfield 12/1866 4-4-0  
Alert MC Baldwin 37 1836   Ex-C&NW Pioneer.
Alex H. Rice SC&StP 6 Taunton 562 4/1872 4-4-0 Became CStPM&O #26, renumbered 226; rb 1890 as 0-4-0.
Alex. Mitchell M&SP 52 Mason 213 9/1865 4-4-0 Rn LaCrosse in 1868.
Alex. Mitchell MnC 6 Taunton 386 6/1866 4-4-0 Became M&SP #68 in 1868; rn #248 in 1898; rn #1237 in 1899; off roster by 10/1900.
Alex. Mitchell SP&C 2 Mason 381 11/1870 4-4-0 Became M&SP #171 in 1872; rn #1251 in 1899; rn #1426 in 1910; off roster 6/1913.
Alfred Bishop Naug Rogers 180 7/1849 4-4-0  
Alfred Bishop S&W Rogers 325 6/1852 4-4-0 Became D&H #104.
Alfred M. McCoy ID&C 4 Baldwin 4201 11/1877 4-4-0  
Algona M&SP 144 M & Aldus 1869 4-4-0 Rn #1240 in 1899; off roster by 1/1901.
Allegany C&Pa 14 Hayward Bartlett 1865 0-8-0 Rb 1887; Rn circa 1904 #1; sold 1905 to a steel company in Pittsburgh.
Alleghany NY&E Rogers 152 12/1848 4-4-0 6 ft gauge
Allegheny PRR Baldwin 1850 4-4-0  
Allen Munroe O&S Rogers 526 9/1854 4-4-0  
Alliance HB 5 Hinkley 843 1867 4-4-0 Became HJH&G 5 in 1874; Off roster by 1905
Alonzo Everts A&S 12 Dickson 19 1866 4-4-0  
Altamisal Juc Rogers 244 1/1851 4-4-0  
Alvah Crocker FRR 3 Hinkley 45 7/1845 4-4-0 Off roster by 1871
Alvah Crocker T&B 9 Hinkley 351 1/1852 4-4-0 Off roster by 1887
Alvah Crocker V&M 15 Hinkley 1/1869 4-4-0 Became FRR #46; off roster by 1895
Alvin F. Sortwell M&WR 8 Manch 1696 3/1899 4-4-0 S 1928 to White River RR #8; scr 1933.
Amador S&I 2 W Mason 552 8/1875 0-6-4T Returned to factory; s 10/1876 to Seattle & Walla Walla #1 A. A. Denny.
Amazon CP 20 M & Aldus 7/1866 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1523, #1048; scr 7/21/1926 LA.
Amedee NCO 5 Baldwin 17123 10/1899 4-6-0 Rb 7/1925; sold 9/1929 to SP #5; scr 6/30/1934.
Amenia NY&H Rogers 242 12/1850 4-4-0  
America   Grant   4-4-0  
America   Stephenson   0-4-0  
America B&C Swinburn c. 1850    
America Bo&P R Stephenson 1829 0-6-0 May have been named Whistler. Lost at sea while shipping to the US.
America R&B 38 (2nd) Baldwin 2454 1871 2-6-0 Ex-CV #81 1st Pacific.
America Rock        
American Eagle CP 121 Cooke 8/1868 4-4-0 rn 1891 #1163; rb by 1875; sold 11/1871 to Stockton & Visalia #1; sold to Stockton & Copperopolis 2nd #1.
American Fork AF 1 Mason 461 7/1872 0-4-4T S to Utah & Northern 2nd #45.
Americus CR&B Rogers 607 9/1855 4-4-0  
Ames BBB&C       Bought 10/1868.
Amherst NLW&P Taunton 1852 4-4-0 Became NLN #11 Belcherton.
Amherst (1st) NLN 26 CV St Albans 1880 2-6-0 Ex-CV 17 S. L. Woodford; to NLN 8/1887; rn 12/1890 #16; rn 8/1891 #156; became CV 309.
Amherst (2nd) NLN   1849    
Amos Barnes C&PR 2nd 25 Manch 575 4/1873 4-4-0 Ex-M&WR #4 Groton.
Amos Twichell ChRR 16 Hinkley 486 11/1853 4-4-0 Rn Lucien Tilton; off roster by 1883.
Anaka LK&P 1 Porter 7398 1948 2-4-2 Ex-Carbon Limestone Co #36; rb; still running 1971.
Anamosa CM&SP 289 Mason 211 8/1865 4-4-0 Ex-DSW Wm B. Allison.
Ancient Wi&P Norris   4-4-0 Captured by US Federal forces in 1862, transferred to US Military Railroad; sold 1865 to J. Nielson.
Anderson ATSF 151 Hinkley 1880 4-4-0  
Andes B&SL Rogers 422 9/1853 4-4-0  
Andover B&M B&M      
Andrew Jackson B&O 7 D & Gartner   0-4-0 Rn 1884 #2; rb 1892 to look like Atlantic by Maj. Pangborn.
Andrew Jackson N&C Rogers 533 10/1854 4-4-0  
Andrew Jackson S&C 1 Mason 361 6/1870 4-4-0 Ex-CalP #11 D. C. Haskin.
Andrew Low CR&B Rogers 45 8/1843 4-4-0  
Anglo Saxon D&RG 42 Baldwin 4938 1/1880 2-8-0  
Angola FWJ&S 3 Hinkley 918   4-4-0  
Ann O&C Vulcan 1862 0-4-0  
Anson P. Stokes NC 3 Baldwin 3625 7/1874 2-6-0 Ex-M&SV #1 C. S. Abbott.
Anson S. Marshall CRR 10 CRR Concord 1873 4-4-0 Sold to B&M #710; scrapped 1908.
Ant LV 81 Norris 1867 2-10-0 Rb as 4-8-0; still running 1894.
Ant SCC 1 Fulton Fdry 9/1871 0-4-0T S to Seattle Coal & Trans. Co. #1; s 1877 to Seattle & Walla Walla; rn 1878 #5; s 11/1880 Columbia & Puget Sound #5; s 5/1883 Ordway & Weidler; s 10/1883 Mosquito & Coal Creek RR; s 1923 Long-Bell Corp.; scr 1940s.
Antarctic A&P 7 Baldwin 5409 12/1880 4-4-0  
Anteauga S&U Rogers 57 7/1844 4-2-2  
Antelope ATSF 30 Taunton 581 9/1872 4-4-0  
Antelope B&M Hinkley 1845 4-2-2  
Antelope CP 29 M & Aldus 2/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1192; scr 4/21/1900 at Sacramento.
Antelope Hou Rogers 288 11/1851 4-4-0  
Antelope LNA&C 23 Hinkley 462 8/1853 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S 2nd Providence.
Anthony ATSF 99 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Anthracite FRR 18 Hinkley 232 4/1849 4-4-0 Scrapped 1877
Anthracite LSNR G & Eastwick   0-4-0 Transferred after 1840 to Buck Mountain RR; May be stored at Rockport.
Antoine LeClaire C&RI Rogers 530 9/1854 4-4-0  
Antwerp Po&W Taunton 1852 4-4-0 Became Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburgh #17; rb.
Antwerp W&R Taunton 106 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Montreal & Plattsburg Plattsburg.
Apache A&P 11 Taunton 766 1/1881 4-4-0  
Apache KPDP 23 Baldwin 1601 1867 4-4-0  
Apollo   Winans 66     Camelback loco.
Apollo CP 79 Rhode 53 9/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1204; rn 1901 #1225; rn 1906 #1366; scr 8/6/1923 W Oakland.
Apollo LNA&C 8 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Gosport.
Apponaug NYPB Locks 1836 2-2-0 Rb 1844 with a longer boiler as a 4-2-2; remained in service as late as 1875.
Arabian B&O 1 D & Gartner 1834 0-4-0  
Aransas Pass SA&AP 2 Baldwin 7628 6/1885 4-4-0 Rn 1908 #27, 31; off roster by 1917.
Arapaho KPDP 22 Baldwin 1600 1867 4-4-0  
Arbuckle CoRR 8 Porter 920 4/1888 0-4-4T  
Arctic A&P 6 Baldwin 5407 12/1880 4-4-0  
Arctic CP 11 Mason 212 9/1865 4-4-0 Was to be named Humboldt; sold 1870 to Calif & Ore #4; returned to CP 1872; scr 6/1892.
Arctic CV 86 CV St Albans 1872 4-4-0  
Ardilla (1st) FCDS 12 Rogers 2740 5/1881 4-4-0  
Ardilla (2nd) FCDS 12 Manch 1010 11/1881 4-4-0 Became Calif Southern #10.
Ardilla (3rd) FCDS 12 Rhode 1084 12/1881 4-4-0  
Argenta CP 166 Schen 573 7/1869 4-4-0 Sold 9/1869.
Argentina CP 2nd 166 Hinkley 555 1/1855 4-4-0 Ex-Sacramento Valley #2 Nevada; s 1890 Northern Ry #1020; rn 1891 #1116; scr 1898.
Ariel B&BR Hinkley 1251 1877 0-4-4T Became Sandy River Railroad #1 Dawn; scrapped 1912.
Ariel P&R P&R Reading 1872 2-2-2T Inspection locomotive.
Arispe FCDS 11 Rogers 2739 5/1881 4-4-0  
Arizona KPDP 29 Rogers 1500 1868 4-4-0  
Arizona WofM 83 WofM Sfield 1866 4-4-0  
Arizona (1st) FCDS 13 Rogers 2745 5/1881 4-4-0 Became Calif Southern #5.
Arizona (2nd) FCDS 13 Rhode 1085 12/1881 4-4-0  
Arkansas D&RG 8 Baldwin 2727 1871 2-6-0  
Arreseoh NJR&T Rogers 2 2/1838 4-2-0  
Arrow CP 146 Schen 521 11/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1150; scr 1891.
Arrow LNA&C 5 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Mitchell.
Arroya Honda D&RG 69 Baldwin 5132 1880 2-8-0  
Arthur Tandy M&WR 6 Baldwin 4761 1879 0-4-4T Ex-Tramp 10/30/1891; s 1913 to White River RR #6; in storage by 6/26/1922; used as fill under rte 100 in Stockbridge after the 1927 flood.
Ashburnham ChRR 29 ChRR 1873 4-4-0 Became FRR 229; off roster by 1895.
Ashburnham V&M Hinkley 219 12/1848 4-4-0 Off roster by 1871
Asheulot B&M 308 Manch   4-4-0  
Ashuelot ChRR 2 Hinkley 117 5/1847 4-4-0 Retired 1863
Ashwell Smith H&TC 16 Schen 592 10/1869 4-4-0 Rn #3 by 1899; scr 8/1908.
Assabet FRR 26 Hinkley 733 1865 4-4-0 Rb 1878; Rn 1895 #80; off roster by 1899
Assanpink BD Trenton c. 1854 4-4-0  
Astor FEC 2     4-4-0 Rn 1894 #10; sold to L. W. Johnson.
Atchison ATSF 9 Taunton 533 7/1871 4-4-0  
Atherton CP 177 Grant 1868 4-4-0 Ex-SF&A #2 6/1870; rb 8/1873; wrecked on SF&A 11/14/1869; could be SP #72.
Athol FRR Hinkley 105 6/1847 4-4-0 Ex-Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad; acquired circa 1851; sold 3/1862 to US Military Railroad #10.
Athol V&M 3 Hinkley 903 12/1869 4-4-0 Became FRR #50; rb 1890; rn 1895 #90; rn 1899 #110; rn 1900 #910; scr 8/1910.
Atlanta (demo) Baldwin 14420 1895 4-6-0  
Atlanta B&O Winans 10/1843 4-4-0 Rb 1853.
Atlanta GR&BC Rogers 232 10/1850 4-4-0  
Atlantic A&P 4 Baldwin 2134 5/1870 4-4-0 Ex-A&P #77.
Atlantic B&O D & Gartner 1832 0-4-0 Atlantic preserved on static display at the B&O Railroad Museum Second oldest operable unit in the US.
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Atlantic CP 5 Mason 145 11/1863 4-4-0 Rb 7/29/1881; scr 3/1894.
Atlantic CV 74 CV St Albans 1/1870 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #19.
Atlantic HR Rogers 188 10/1849 4-4-0  
Atlantic LIRR Rogers 578 5/1855 4-4-0  
Atlantic Musc Rogers 524 9/1854 4-4-0  
Atlantic SF&SJ 7 Union 2 1865 4-4-0 To SP #7; rn 1891 #1231; scr 1895.
Atlantic WofM Baldwin 9/1844   The WofM's Atlantic was the first Baldwin engine built with a separate cutoff (see A History of the American Locomotive, by John H White Jr).
Atlas B&O E & Harrison 1839 4-4-0 Used exclusively on Wash. branch.
Atlas B&SL Rogers 419 9/1853 4-4-0  
Atlas P&R Baldwin 1846 0-8-0 This loco is reported to be the first 0-8-0 with a flexible-beam truck.
Attila LNA&C 15 NA&S NA   4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Phoebe Brooks.
Auburn A&Sy 1 Rogers 8 11/1838 4-2-0  
Auburn CP 22 M & Aldus 8/1866 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1525; scr 11/1892.
Auburn P&R R. Norris 1854 4-4-0  
Auburn SCNY 20 Taunton 491 3/1870 4-4-0  
Aughwick EBT 7 Baldwin 5677 6/1881 2-8-0 S 10/1913 to Thomas F. Carey Co.; became Ohio River & Western #14; became PRR #9669; scr 1931.
Aughwick PRR 118 Baldwin 11/1855 4-6-0  
August Faltin SA&AP 16 Baldwin 8638 6/1887 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #107; exploded at Yorktown, Tx. 10/1891; rb; off roster by 1917.
August Lindstrom S&ML 2 Baldwin 23883 6/1904 2-6-0 Carried builder's number as road number for a short time.
Augusta GR&BC Rogers 231 10/1850 4-4-0  
Aurora CP 165 Cooke 11/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1180; scr 6/1893.
Aurora V&T 15 Cooke 884 1872 2-6-0 Sold 1881 to Oregon Ry & Nav Co.
Ausable O&LC 1st 10 H & Drury 277 9/1850 4-4-0  
Austin BBB&C Lowell 139 1854 4-4-0 Bought from builder's unsold stock after new construction had ceased; s 7/1870 to GH&SA #5; off roster by 1884.
Austin M&M 20 Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #20 in 1861; became M&SP #90 in 1868; rn #288 in 1898; off roster by 1899.
Austin NC 2 Porter 148 1873 0-4-0T Bought 1879.
Avoca M&M 41 Breese Kneeland 1857 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #41 in 1861; became M&SP #112 in 1868; off roster by 1898.
Azro Chase A&S 20 Dickson 39 1869 4-4-0  

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Locomotive names of North America beginning with B

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
B. A. Botts H&TC 25 Schen 651 9/1870 4-4-0  
B. A. Shepard H&TC 29 Schen 660 10/1870 4-4-0  
B. Ayers M&C Rogers (937) 6/1860 4-4-0  
B. B. Smalley CV 53 M & Aldus 4/1865 4-4-0 Ex-Berlin.
B. F. Field CV 99 Baldwin 11000 1890 2-6-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #104.
B. F. Masten NA&S NA&S NA   4-4-0 Became LNA&C 17, Champion, in 1859; rb 1860.
B. F. Taylor C&SC Rogers 400 6/1853 4-4-0  
B. F. Yoakum SA&AP 7 Baldwin 7968 6/1886 0-6-0 Off roster by 1917
B. H. Wilson G&L 1 Rogers 3201 2/1883 4-4-0  
B. M. Johnson VS&T Rogers (856) 4/1859 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in gauge
B. Oppenheimer GH&SA 53 Manch 901 6/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #693; rn 1901 #184; wrecked at Stockton 6/9/1905; scr 9/23/1905.
B. P. Cheney CV 32 Essex 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Richmond; rebuilt 11/1854; rb 3/1869; scrapped 1897.
B. P. Haven NLN 14 Manch 1870 4-4-0 Rn 1892 #164; transferred to CV 5; scrapped 1900.
Badger D&RG 49 Baldwin 4986 1880 2-8-0  
Badger R&M Rogers (792) 7/1857 0-4-0  
Badito D&RG 46 Baldwin 4981 1880 2-8-0  
Bainbridge NA&S Norris 1853 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 11, Rover, in 1859.
Bald Eagle CP 120 Cooke 8/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1135; rb by 1875; scr 9/1892.
Ballardvale (1st) B&M 15 Ballard-Vale 1856   Scrapped 1876
Ballardvale (2nd) B&M 15 Manch 1876   Scrapped 1892
Ballston R&S Wilmarth 1852 4-4-0 Exploded 1861.
Baltic HR New York 1854 4-4-0  
Baltimore B&S Locks 1837 2-2-0 Rb 1845 as 4-2-2.
Baltimore C&Pa 21 Hayward Bartlett 1866 0-8-0 Rebuilt as 0-10-0; off roster by 1886.
Baltimore NCe 22 Locks 31 1837 2-2-0 Rb as 4-2-0.
Bandguise Juc Rogers 93 12/1846 4-4-0  
Bangor   Hinkley 1106      
Bangor B&M Hinkley 1845   Rebuilt and renamed Medford; scr 1870
Bangor B&P Rothwell 6 1836 2-2-0 Open cab.
Barbour V&B 1 Rogers (1891) 5/1871 4-4-0  
Barney ShL 3 Baldwin   0-6-0T  
Barnstable V&M       Sold 1850.
Barre M&WR 2nd 3 Manch 630 4/1874 4-4-0 Ex-A. F. Sortwell.
Barren L&N M & Richardson      
Barrett BBB&C       Bought 10/1868; Pulled first train into San Antonio 2/1877.
Barrientos MT&C 3        
Bartholomew C&NW C&NW Chicago 1864 4-4-0  
Batavia Bu&R Rogers 275 8/1851 4-4-0  
Batavia Tonw Rogers 5 10/1838 4-2-0  
Bates T&R Taunton 86 1851 4-4-0 Ex-E. Kirby; became D&H #108.
Battle Mountain NC 1 Brooks 167 6/1873 2-6-0 Bought c. 1/1880; s 11/1880.
Bay State (1st) B&M 17 Hinkley 1856   Scrapped 1884
Bay State (2nd) B&M 17 Mason 1885 4-4-0 Renumbered 703.
Bay View M&M 4 Menominee 1853 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #3 in 1861; rb 1867; became M&SP #74 Whitewater in 1868; off roster by 1891.
Bayside F&NS 5 Rogers (1696) 1/1870 4-4-0  
Beach Bluff   Hinkley 1098      
Beatriz FCCH 3 Baldwin 25368 3/1905 2-6-0 Scr 1953.
Beauharnois SL&A 2nd 1 Schen 4437 1896 4-4-0 Sold to CAR as #24; Renumbered #628; Sold to GTR as #1331; Renumbered #2240; Sold to CN as #311.
Beaver BCCRC Pittsburgh 618   2-6-0  
Beaver PFW&C Norris 1849 4-4-0  
Becal FCUY 42 Baldwin 23723 2/1904 4-6-0 Scr 1950.
Bedford       0-8-0 Rb c. 1864 as 2-8-0; this may have been the first Consolidation class engine to run on North American rails.
Bedford BSO&B 2nd 1 P Bell 241 3/1876 2-4-0 Retired c. 1893.
Bedford NA&S Norris 1851 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 6, Jupiter, in 1859.
Bedford O&T 12 Baldwin 5932 11/1881 2-8-0 To New York Equipment Co. 1889; to Farmville & Powhatan; became Tidewater & Western; scr 1917.
Bee LV Norris 1882 2-10-0 Rb as 4-8-0; still running 1894; rb as 2-8-2; rb as 2-8-0.
Belcherton NLN 11 Taunton 1852 4-4-0 Ex-NLW&P Amherst; ex-A&B; sold to Watertown & Rome; scrapped.
Bell's Gap (1st) HE&WT 1 Baldwin 2879 7/1872 0-6-0 Bought 1881; rn #3.
Bell's Gap (2nd) HE&WT 2 Baldwin 3514 12/1873 2-6-0 Bought 1881; rn #6; s to Peterville Lumber Co.
Belle PRR Baldwin 1854 4-4-0  
Belle City R&M Rogers (709) 9/1856 4-4-0 One source lists s/n 701, another lists 709 as a provisional s/n. Became WU #8 D. W. Dana in 1867; became CM&SP #255 in 1879; scr 1892.
Belle Kelso W&Al Rogers (902) 1/1860 4-4-0  
Belle Plaine SP&SC 3 Taunton 390 8/1866 4-4-0 Became CStPM&O #19, renumbered 219, retired 1899.
Belleville C&C 5 Baldwin 6089 1882 4-4-0 Scrapped 1932.
Belleville NYOW 96 Rhode 542 7/1873 2-6-0 Scrapped 6/22/1910.
Bellevue D&P Rogers (770) 5/1857 0-4-0  
Bellows Falls ChRR 30 Hinkley 1873 4-4-0 Became FRR 230; may have been renumbered #68 in 1895; off roster by 1895.
Bellows Falls R&B 17 Taunton 34 1849 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1865; wrecked on the Addison RR 10/31/1876.
Bellville M&SC Rogers 132 6/1848    
Bellvue MR&LE Rogers 173 5/1849 4-4-0  
Belmont FRR 28 Hinkley 779 1866 4-4-0 Rb 1878; dropped 1890-1895.
Beloeil          
Beloit R&M Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became WU #14 E. A. Eddy in 1867; became CM&SP #261 in 1879; off roster by 1883.
Beloit WU 16 (2nd) Baldwin 3633 8/1874 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #263 in 1879; rn #1334 in 1899; rn #95 in 1913; off roster 5/1918.
Ben Ely VV&CL 2 Baldwin 3753 7/1875 2-6-0 Sold 5/1888 to Northern Ry #1022; rn 1891 #1500; sold 1892.
Ben F. Langford SJ&SN 2 Porter 504 7/1882 2-6-0 Sold to SP of Calif. #1024; scr 7/11/1907 Sacramento.
Ben Marshall S&T Rogers 39 8/1842 4-2-0  
Ben Sherrod M&C Rogers (853) 3/1859 4-4-0  
Ben Spalding L&N Niles      
Beni P&RC&I 3 Rogers 2482 6/1878 2-6-0 Metre gauge; built for the Madeira & Mamore Railway of Brazil but not delivered there.
Benito Juarez MoRR 2        
Benjaleel Wells S&In Rogers 388 4/1853 4-4-0  
Benjamin Conley W&A 76 Rogers (1745) 5/1870 4-4-0  
Benjamin Pringle C&NF Rogers 357 12/1852 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Benjamin Stark NLN 20 Manch 1873 4-4-0 Rn #170 1892; Scrapped 1899.
Benjamin Stickney Pac 39 Rogers (1234) 1/1865 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in gauge
Bennington S&W     4-4-0  
Bennington WV Hinkley 377 6/1852 4-4-0 Leased to Troy & Boston; Transferred to Bennington & Rutland.
Benslide R&B 2nd 6 Taunton 402 3/1867 0-4-0 Became Central Vermont #203 1891; scrapped 5/23/1900.
Benton C&C 7 Baldwin 6687 1883 4-4-0 Scrapped 1933.
Bergen Bu&R Rogers 313 4/1852 4-4-0  
Bergen NJM 2 Rogers (1877) 4/1871 4-4-0 Ex-C. A. Wortendyke
Berkshire B&A 151 Rhode 1869 4-4-0 Ex-Cochituate; rebuilt many times; rn 270; became NYC 1224; rn NYC 31
Berkshire CV 18 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Ex-CV St. Lawrence; wrecked 1876.
Berkshire (1st) Hou Rogers 33 11/1841 4-4-0  
Berkshire Hou Rogers (1434) 1/1867 4-4-0 The boiler was originally built for a locomotive ordered by the North Missouri Railroad
Berlin CV 53 M & Aldus 4/1865 4-4-0 RB & rn B. B. Smalley by 6/1/1885.
Berlin H&NH Rogers 72 9/1845 4-4-0  
Berlin LC&M 13 R Norris 4/1856 4-4-0 Rb 1859; became M&SP #13 in 1863; rb 1869; off roster by 1890.
Bermejillo MRR Baldwin 18355 11/1900 2-6-2T  
Bernardo Reyes FCMYG 15 Rogers 4411 11/1890 4-4-0 Rn 1902 #53.
Berwick B&M   1839   Scrapped
Berwick MR&LE Rogers 385 4/1853 4-4-0  
Bessie SL&IM Grant 1868 4-2-0  
Best Friend of Charleston SC West Point 1830 0-4-0 First loco built in US; rebuilt after boiler explosion in 1831; rn Phoenix.
More information: Wikipedia.
Bethel CV 19 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Ex-Oregon; rb 4/11/1861; exchanged with B&L for Lamoille (CV) #31 12/1884.
Betsy DRR   1862 0-4-0 5 foot gauge; Entered service 4/20/1863; sold 1869 Oregon & California RR; leased Scio RR; scrapped 1902.
Betsy Jane SCRC 1   1875 0-4-0 Sold 1888 to Dougherty Lumber Co #1.
Bibb M&W Rogers 626 11/1855 4-4-0  
Big Cypus ITx 17 Rogers 2181 12/1872 4-4-0  
Big Four CCCSL 204 Alco-Schen 1898 4-4-0  
Big Jack WT        
Bill Williams D&RG 84 Baldwin 5156 1880 2-8-0  
Binghamton A&S 25 Dickson 55 7/1870 2-6-0  
Binney EMass Rogers 157 1/1849 4-4-0  
Birdsall DS&CV 1     2-4-2T S 1881 to San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada Ry.
Bison CP 57 Schen 576 6/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1533; rn 1901 #2020; s 12/15/1906 to Mammoth Copper Mining #1.
Bison H&TC 70 Dickson 197 10/1876 0-4-0  
Black Deer CP 55 M & Aldus 11/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1169; rn 1901 #1204 (?); s to SF&SJ #15 6/1870; to SP #15 10/12/1870; scr 5/1901 Sac.
Black Diamond P&R Baldwin 1889 2-2-2T Inspection locomotive. Preserved at the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis.
Black Fox CP 149 Schen 531 12/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1216; scr 1895.
Black Hawk D&P Rogers (758) 3/1857 4-4-0 Originally ordered by the Racine & Mississippi
Black Hawk P&T Baldwin 11 5/1835 4-2-0 First unit from Baldwin with outside cylinders
Black Hills SC&D 4 Schen   4-4-0 Became CM&SP #330 in 1880; off roster by 1899.
Black Monster C&Pa 29 Winans   0-8-0 Built for Eckhart Branch; acquired 1870; Off roster by 1893.
Black Oak PRR 117 Baldwin 1855 4-6-0  
Blacklog EBT 9 Baldwin 9836 2/1889 2-6-0 Built as Coeur D'Alene R&NCo. #4 (Idaho); s to EBT 12/1892; s 12/1915 to Males Co.; to Tajaco Sugar Corp.; to FC Gibara Y Holquin (Cuba).
Blair PRR Baldwin 1849 4-2-2  
Bleecker A&N 1 Schen 16 1852 4-4-0  
Block Island NLN 8 Manch 1867 4-4-0 Ex-Canada.
Blood ATSF 14 Taunton 543 10/1871 4-4-0  
Bloomfield BSO&B 2 P Bell 238 3/1876 0-6-0 Retired 1890.
Bloomfield CW 6 Rogers (1838) 1/1871 4-4-0 Ex-NHM&W 3 Portland before 2/25/1874.
Bloomfield M&GL 3 Rogers 2369 12/1873 4-4-0 Ordered by the Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington to be their #39 but never delivered there. M&GL purchased this locomotive on 11/5/1875.
Bloomfield NPC 10 Baldwin 3840 2/1876 4-4-0 S 1895 to Guatemala Western #1; rn #51; bec Guatemala Ry #61; bec FICA #85; scr.
Bloomfield NYOW 92 Rhode 538 7/1873 2-6-0 Rn 1888 #103.
Bloomingdale NYOW 49 Baldwin 2829 6/1872 2-6-0 Sold 6/1881 to Scioto Valley RR #13; Transferred to No&W #523; sold 2/1903 to Bower & Strauss.
Bloomington NA&S Norris 1851 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 7, Mercury, in 1859.
Blue Bird CP 138 Schen 513 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1143; scr 9/1894.
Blue Bird USM Baldwin      
Blue Jay CP 139 Schen 514 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1144; scr 9/1894.
Bluffton DB&F 1 Pittsburgh 351 8/1878 4-4-0 To TD&B #9 8/1879
Bob Ellis M&M 1 Norris 1848 4-4-0 First loco to operate in Wisconsin; Became M&PDC #1 in 1861; became M&SP #71 Iowa in 1868; rb 1869; off roster by 1886.
Bodega NPC 5 Baldwin 3703 3/1875 4-4-0 Scr 1897 or before; some parts used to build #21 Thomas Stetson cab forward in 1901.
Bodie C&C 3 Baldwin 5430 1881 4-4-0 Scrapped 1908.
Bogota Pan Portland 1852 0-4-0  
Boise CP 35 Norris 1186 5/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1269; rb 3/1871; rb by 1891; scr 2/23/1905 W Oakland.
Bolivar MC&T Rogers (734) 1/1857 4-4-0  
Bolton CV 43 H & Drury 1845 4-4-0 Rb 6/1864; Ex-1st SS&C Holyoke; to SS&C Waterloo; sold to CV 1864; sold 1881.
Bonnebeag PS&P 12 Portland 137 1866 4-4-0 Later became Eastern RR of Mass. #86.
Boreas T&I Mason   4-4-0  
Boscobel M&M 24 Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #24 in 1861; became M&SP #94 in 1868; off roster by 1891.
Boston A&P 1 Hinkley c. 11/1880 0-6-0  
Boston ATSF 34 Mason 464 7/1872 4-4-0  
Boston (1st) B&M 14 Ballard-Vale 1844   Scrapped
Boston (2nd) B&M 14 Hinkley 1888 4-4-0 Scrapped 1908.
Boston ChRR 8 Hinkley 246 9/1849 4-4-0 Off roster by 1883.
Boston CuV Wilmarth 1854 4-2-4  
Boston CV 56 Manch 12/1865 4-4-0 Ex-Gen. Grant.
Boston FRR 13 Souther 1848 4-4-0 Off roster by 1877
Boston No&W Rogers   4-2-0  
Boston WofM Hinkley 4/1843    
Boulder M&WR 10 Baldwin 11054 7/1890 0-6-2ST Ex-Barre RR #3 Boulder c. 1911; s 3/29/1926 to Rock of Ages #10; scr c. 1936.
Bowerstown O&T 7 Baldwin 5259 9/1880 2-8-0 Rn; to NY Equip Co 1889; to Farmville & Powhatan 1889.
Braddock C&Pa 31 Winans 1853 0-8-0 Acquired in 1870; rn 30; off roster by 1886.
Bradford SCNY 40 Mason 449 3/1872 4-4-0  
Bradley Barlow CV 18 --- --- 2-6-0 Phantom engine designed by J. M. Foss (CV Supt of Motive Power) to replace Berkshire that was never built.
Braintree (1st) CV 64 Mason 291 10/1868 4-4-0 Sold to O&LC Chateguay between 1871-1873; rn #332 1/1/1891.
Braintree (2nd) CV 64 CV St Albans 1872 4-4-0 Built after sale of first.
Brandon R&B 7 Taunton 45 1/1850 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1866 and 1871; Scrapped 1/1886.
Brattleboro ConnR 2   1871 4-4-0  
Brattleboro FRR Hinkley 27 9/1844 4-4-0 Sold 3/1862 to US Military Railroad #11
Brattleboro NLN CV 1879 2-6-0 NG; Involved in a wreck in the 1880s; rebuilt as #152 in 1892.
Brattleboro (1st) V&M Hinkley 233 4/1849 4-4-0 Off roster sometime between 1863 and 1869.
Brattleboro (2nd) V&M 10 Hinkley 4/1869 4-4-0 Became FRR 44 in 1/1874; rn 1895 #91; rn 1899 #101; rn 1900 #901; scr 4/1901.
Brattleboro VV 4 Rogers 461 1/1854 4-4-0 Leased to Rutland as 2nd #39; rn 2nd #40.
Brazos ITx 4 Rogers (1884) 4/1871 4-4-0  
Bridgeport CuV 31 Rogers 2372 1/1874 0-6-0  
Bridgeport (1st) Hou Rogers 26 11/1840 4-2-0  
Bridgeport (2nd) Hou Rogers (791) 7/1857 4-4-0  
Bridgewater NSC 2 Rogers 4066 11/1888 4-4-0  
Bristol NH&N Rogers 117 1/1848 4-4-0  
Bristol Head D&RG 66 Baldwin 5098 1880 2-8-0  
Briton NE 19 Rogers 3298 7/1883 4-4-0 Ordered bearing the name Albion
Broadway M&E 53 Rogers (1524)   2-6-0  
Brookings SC&D 1 Niles 1872 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #327 in 1880; off roster by 1899.
Brooklyn RR Baldwin 1728 6/1868 4-2-0T Rn Rhodes; stored at Cleveland after 7/1882 through 1885.
Brooks A&G 22 Rogers (1707) 2/1870 4-4-0 Built as Thomas K. Ferguson for the Selma & Gulf but wasn't delivered there; A&G purchased this locomotive on 2/22/1870.
Brooks LIRR Rogers 53 4/1844 4-4-0  
Brookston NA&S Schen 116 5/1855 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 19, Vulcan, in 1859.
Brother Johnathan M&HR West Point 1832 4-2-0 Originally called Experiment; rebuilt as 4-4-0; "Brother Johnathan" was a derogatory term for Englishmen of the time; Built in the US.
Brown ATSF 63 Baldwin 4352 6/1878 4-4-0  
Brown Bird Rut 1st 16 Ballard-Vale 1849 4-4-0 Rn Rockingham; scr 1868.
Brownsville OLtd 4 Pitts 430 7/1880 2-6-0 Sold 2/6/1905 to SP of Calif. 2nd #1025; sold 9/29/1906 to McKenzie Shipyard, Oakland, Ca.
Brunswick StAL 5 Rogers 4815   4-4-0 Not delivered to the StAL; rb with larger cylinders and delivered to the Wrightsville & Tennille as #5 on 3/3/1896.
Bryant EMass Rogers 159 2/1849 4-4-0  
Buena Vista D&RG 508 Baldwin 1887 4-6-0  
Buffalo ATSF 37 Taunton 583 9/1872 4-4-0  
Buffalo B&O Winans 1844 0-8-0 Mud digger class; preserved in the Baltimore & Ohio museum in Baltimore, Maryland.
Buffalo Bu&R Rogers 248 2/1851 4-4-0 Ordered by the Attica & Buffalo Railroad but paid for and delivered to the Buffalo & Rochester Railroad.
Buffalo CP 82 Rogers 1513 4/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1544; scr 3/3/1894.
Buffalo (1st) H&TC 14 Schen 543 3/1869 4-4-0 Rn R. B. Schneider; off roster by 1890.
Buffalo (2nd) H&TC 47 Rogers 1985 2/1872 0-4-0 Rn 1887 2nd #1; became T&NO #2; scr 6/26/1935.
Buffalo L&W Rogers 330 7/1852 4-6-0  
Buffalo USM Rogers (1058) 1/1863 4-4-0 Purchased by USM on February 11, 1863; s 1865 to B&O
Buffalo WCRy Cooke 11/1863 4-2-4T Ex-CP T. D. Judah; Rn Queen Anne; scr 1912.
Buffalo Peaks D&RG 56 Baldwin 5018 1880 2-8-0  
Bully Boy NPC 8 Mason 584 1877 0-6-6 Bec NoS #8 1902; bec NWP #8; rn #88; burned in 1905 fire at Tomales with #2; not rb; scr 1911.
Bunker Hill (1st) FRR Norris 1841 4-2-0 Ex-Charlestown Branch; acquired 9/1845; off roster by 1850.
Bunker Hill (2nd) FRR 19 Hinkley 263 5/1850 4-6-0 Rb 1877 as 4-4-0
Burlington B&L Mason 583 1877 4-4-0 Leased to Rutland & Burlington as #231; Became Central Vermont #231.
Burlington CM&SP 280 Grant 1873 4-4-0  
Burlington (1st) R&B 1 Taunton 33 6/1849 4-4-0 Rebuilt at Rutland shops 10/1865; scrapped 1887.
Burlington (2nd) CV 17 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Rb 9/1857; rb 10/1868; rn 6/1873 White River.
Burlington (2nd) R&B 1 CV St Albans 1872 4-4-0 Ex-CV 63 Stowe, received 10/22/1886; rn 201; became Rutland #62; Became Central Vermont #201.
Burlington R&M Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became WU #13 Savanna in 1867; became CM&SP #260 in 1879; off roster by 1899.
Burlington WU 33 Grant 1873 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #280 in 1879; rn #1323 in 1899; off roster by 1/1913.
Burns ATSF 355 Taunton 719 12/1879 4-6-0 Rn 116, 436.
Burnside (1st) ATSF 2 Rhode 122 6/1869 4-4-0  
Burnside (2nd) ATSF 111 Rhode 806 11/1879 4-4-0  
Burr (1st) ATSF 8 Taunton 532 6/1871 4-4-0  
Burr (2nd) ATSF 78 Taunton 696 5/1879 4-6-0 Rn #434.
Buttercup ATSF 100 Hinkley 1879 0-4-0  

 

Locomotive names of North America beginning with C

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
C. A. Cosgrave M&M 37 Breese Kneeland 1857 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #37 in 1861; rb 1867; became M&SP #107 in 1868; off roster by 1890.
C. A. Place M&SP 131 Taunton 443 10/1868 4-4-0 Ex-Geo. H. Benedict.
C. A. Wortendyke NYOW 71 Rogers 1856 1871 4-4-0 Transferred to NJ Midland 1874; sold to NYSW #2.
C. B. Robinson P&I 5 Rogers 1060 6/1862 4-4-0 To IP&C 1864; to WStL&P #505 1881; rb at Peru 1871
C. Bogardus LB&Mi 21 Baldwin 4448 10/1878 4-4-0  
C. C. Dennis SCNY 5 Rogers 1610 5/1869 4-4-0  
C. C. Dennison SCNY 55 Rogers 2096 11/1872 4-4-0  
C. C. Gilman IaC 12 Mason 387   4-4-0 Rb 2/1871; off roster by 1910.
C. D. Haven WU 25 Jersey City 1865 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #272 in 1879; off roster by 1899.
C. E. Detmold C&Pa 11 Winans 1859 0-8-0 Camelback; wrecked in river crash c. 1865; rebuilt 1870; scr 1893.
C. E. Durkee Adir 6 Schen 636 1870 4-4-0 Ex-#3 George Leavitt.
C. E. Dyer WU 6 Rogers 692 8/1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Savanna.
C. E. Houghton B&R 10 Brooks 185 1873 4-4-0 Ex-NYB&M #1.
C. F. Hatch M&StL 25 Baldwin 5223 8/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1910 #110; off roster between 1917 and 1932
C. F. Spaulding NLN 21 Manch 1873 4-4-0 Rn 1892 #171; scrapped 1899.
C. F. Stephens TT 40 Grant 1517 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 1887; sold 11/26/1887 to Gulf & Ship Island Ry.
C. F. Wells Jr. P&NY 203 Baldwin 1871 4-4-0  
C. G. Leresche WU 30 Taunton 558 5/1872 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #277 in 1879; rn #1239 in 1899; off roster 10/1900.
C. G. Lincoln B&R 4 Baldwin 1529 1866 4-4-0  
C. G. Patterson (1st) O&T 3 Porter 335 7/1879 4-4-0 Used to open the Canton extension 5/15/1880; pulled last train on Cleveland & Canton RR 11/18/1888; to NY Equip Co.
C. G. Patterson (2nd) O&T 8 Porter 385 8/1880 4-4-0 To NY Equip Co; to Roane Iron Co, Rockford, Tn.
C. G. Wicker SC&D 2 Schen 1869 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #328 in 1880; off roster by 1899.
C. H. Allen TT 66 Grant 1578 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 6/1888; sold 12/1/1902 to Texas & Louisiana Ry.
C. H. Baker CV Rhode Island 1883 4-4-0 renum 101 in 1900; scrapped 1922.
C. H. Bigelow SP&SC 3 Taunton 690 9/1878 4-4-0 Sold 1903 to Pan American Railway
C. H. Grant YV 21 Wabash 1881 4-4-0 Ex-Wabash #129; Bought by YV in 1906; named after the engineer who brought it to the YV and operated it for its career; scrapped 1946.
C. H. King DNW 4 Rhode 310 8/1871 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #293 in 1879; rn #1418 in 1899; rn #1404 in 1910; off roster 4/1913.
C. H. Pierce CV 97 Baldwin 10642 1890 2-6-0 No name until 2/1894; rn 1/1/1900 #326.
C. H. Prior M&SP 141 Danforth 1867 4-4-0 Off roster by 1899.
C. Holland NYHL&PCo Grant 1881 4-4-0  
C. J. McDonald M&W Rogers 83 5/1846 4-4-0  
C. J. McMaster B&R 9 Schen 564 1869 4-4-0 Ex-Mountain Girl.
C. K. Garrison SV 4 Globe 1849 4-4-0 Built as Elephant; bought 1856; rb 12/1/1869; rn 1868 2nd #1 Pioneer; scr 1886.
C. K. Holliday ATSF 0171 ATSF Topeka 1 1881 4-4-0  
C. K. Holliday Dis 1   1955    
C. Kahn TT 78 Rhode 1457 4/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 12/1887; sold 3/1901 to Texas & Louisiana Ry.
C. L. Sharman TT 71 Grant 1581 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 12/1888; sold 6/19/1901 to Sawyer & Austin Lbr Co.
C. L. Tracy T&B 3 Hinkley 1860 4-4-0 Became Fitchburg Railroad #136; rebuilt 1880; off roster between 1890 and 1895.
C. M. Donaldson TT 32 Grant 1509 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 1887; sold 12/1892 to Cotton Belt Lbr Co.
C. M. Seeley TT 37 Grant 1514 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; sold 5/7/1889 to Jefferson Lbr Co, Kildare, Tx.
C. M. Winkler H&TC 49 Rogers 2015 4/1872 4-4-0 Rn 2nd #14 by 1899; scr 1/1909.
C. N. Parker Jr. SP&P Pittsburgh 1870 4-4-0  
C. N. Scott OLtd 8 Baldwin 5748 8/1881 4-4-0 Ex-Portland.
C. O. Godfrey TT 80 Rhode 1459 4/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 1/1887; sold 2/1901 to Bluff City Lbr Co.
C. P. Huntington CP 3 Cooke 10/1863 4-2-4T C. P. Huntington Became SP #1 2/5/1871; now cosmetically restored at California State Railroad Museum.
More information: Wikipedia.
C. P. Utley MnC Hinkley 1867 4-4-0 May be serial number 748; became M&SP #65 in 1868; off roster by 1898.
C. P. Wurts D&HG 2 Cooke 1860 4-4-0 Sold to Dickson Loco Works 1874.
C. S. Abbott M&SV 1 Baldwin 3625 7/1874 2-6-0 Sold to Nevada Central #3 Anson P. Stokes 12/1879; sold to Utah Eastern #3 10/23/1880; rn 6/1885 #289; sold to Kirkpatrick Bros. & Collins Contractors c. 1899; sold to Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth Ry#3; Sold to Laurel Ry (Thayer Lumber Co., Tn.) #3 by 10/1911.
C. S. Longcope H&TC 33 Rogers   4-4-0  
C. S. Strong R&M Rogers 683 6/1856 4-4-0 May have been named C. S. Wright.
C. S. Wright R&M Rogers 683 6/1856 4-4-0 May have been named C. S. Strong. Became WU #4 F. Wild in 1867; became CM&SP #251 in 1879; scr 1890.
C. T. Bonner TT 44 Grant 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 1888; sold 4/1/1889 to Bodcaw Lbr Co, Stamps, Ar.
C. Vibbard USM Baldwin 1097 12/1862 4-4-0 Involved in an accident where it fell from the Long Bridge over the Potomac River; salvaged from the river and rb; s 1865 to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
C. W. Cartwright ChRR 19 Hinkley 1/1865 4-4-0 Became Fitchburg Railroad #219; off roster between 1890 and 1895.
C. W. Lightner P&B 1 National c. 8/1872 0-4-0T  
C. W. Moseley T&B 15 Schen 971 10/1875 4-4-0 Became Fitchburg Railroad #142; rn 1895 #48; off roster by 1899
C. W. Wentz A&S 18 Dickson 36 1868 4-4-0  
Cahuenga CaV Porter 1893 2-4-0  
Calcasieu LW 3 Baldwin 4619 4/1879 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #553; rn 1901 #132; sold 5/1906 to Indutrial Lumber Co., Beaumont, Texas.
Caldwell O&SW Hinkley 1008      
California SF&SJ 6 Union 1 1865 4-4-0 To SP #6; rn 1891 #1303; scr 5/20/1907 Los Angeles.
Calistoga CalP 3rd 2 Booth 10 5/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1115; sold 12/15/1896.
Calistoga NV Vulcan 1867 2-2-0  
Calkini FCUY 41 Baldwin 23714 2/1904 4-6-0 Scr 1950.
Callamer CP&A 3       S to Glen Mfg. Co., Glen, NH.; May have been the same loco as M&WR #6 Arthur Tandy.
Callicoon NYOW 63 Baldwin 3131 2/1873 2-6-0 Rb 12/1898 at Cooke as #116.
Calpulalpan Irolo 5 Baldwin 6537 12/1882 2-8-0 NG; became FCI (Mexico) #8 in 1889.
Calvin Putnam Ph&R 1 Portland 615 1890 0-4-4T Became SR&RL 7.
Calvin S. Brice TD&B 15 Mason 631 9/1880 0-6-6T T TC&SL #15 1881.
Cambria LC&M 10 Rogers 633 12/1855 4-4-0 Became M&SP #10 in 1863; off roster by 1898.
Cambridge FRR 11 Hinkley 161 4/1848 4-4-0 Off roster by 1884
Camel B&O Winans 55 1848 0-8-0 This engine is generally cited as the first camelback loco.
Camilla B&M Hinkley 205 1848 4-2-2 Operated on the Boston & Lowell for a time then was sold to the Newburyport & Georgetown. Sometimes listed as Camella.
Campeche FCUY 34 Baldwin 10590 1/1890 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #4; scr 1920.
Campgaw NYOW 87 Rhode 533 6/1873 4-4-0 Returned to Rhode Island Loco Works 1874; sold to NJ Midland #82; transferred to NYSW #12.
Canada CV 5 Amoskeag 1850 4-4-0 Rebuilt 9/24/1860; renamed to Vernon before July 1873.
Canada NLN 8 Manch 1867 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 Block Island; rn 12/1890 #11; rn 8/1891 #161; transferred to CV #27.
Canandaigua R&Sy Rogers 260 4/1851 4-4-0  
Candelaria C&C 1 Baldwin 5285 1880 4-4-0 Sold 1907 to Eureka & Palisade #8.
Candelaria FCUY 55 Baldwin 9684 12/1888 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&P #5; scr.
Canon City ATSF 52 Baldwin 1872 4-4-0  
Cansahcab FCUY 40 Baldwin 23050 10/1903 4-6-0 Rn 1963 #270.
Canton O&T 4 Porter 355 1/1880 4-4-0 Wrecked 1883; scrapped 1885.
Capital M&WR 7 Rhode 3062 2/1895 2-6-0 In Woodsville roundhouse fire 5/15/1907; rb; s 1926 to White River RR #7; s 1933 to Rock of Ages #7; scr 1941.
Capitan Chiquito FCMYG 16 Rogers 4412 11/1890 4-4-0 Rn 1902 #54.
Capouse LG Rogers 278 9/1851 4-6-0  
Caracho FCDS 6 Rhode 938 5/1881 4-4-0  
Carbon NPRR Baldwin 788 10/1857    
Carbon Run NCe 38 Swinburne 7/1858 4-4-0 Built for Sunbury & Erie RR.
Cardenas Juc Rogers 542 11/1854 4-4-0  
Carey MR&LE Rogers 177 6/1849 4-4-0  
Carlisle CH&D Rogers 318 5/1852 4-4-0  
Carlos Pocheco FCMYG 4 Rogers 4144 7/1889 4-4-0 Wrecked before 1902.
Carlos Pocheco MoRR 1        
Carr A&P 38 Manch 1040 1/1883 4-4-0  
Carrera M&Sa Rogers 237 11/1850 4-6-0  
Carrier CP 76 Rhode 50 4/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1274; rb 7/2/1873; scr 9/1899 Sac.
Carrier LNA&C 3 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Salem; rn Ceres.
Carroll Ca&O Novelty 1867 0-4-0T 58-inch gauge; used until 6/1874; may have been sold to the Bowling Green RR.
Carroll of Carrollton Bo&W Winans 1849 4-2-4 When built this engine had 7-ft cast iron drivers which failed after less than two months in service.
Carrollton CH&D Rogers 314 4/1852 4-4-0  
Carrollton O&T 13 Baldwin 5930 11/1881 2-8-0 To New York Equipment Co. 1889; became Sumpter Valley #7.
Carson CP 19 Cooke 12/1865 4-6-0 In Rocklin fire 11/27/1873; rb 12/26/1873; scr 1885.
Carson V&T 5 Baldwin 1947 1869 2-6-0 Sold 2/1883; became CanP 4 Savona.
Carter Braxton RF&P 622 Baldwin 72001 1945 4-8-4 Leased to C&O in 1955; Sold 10/1959 to Peck Iron & Metals.
Cascadnac (1st) CV 7 H & Drury 1849 4-4-0 Rebuilt 9/10/1858; renamed to Sheldon 2/1871.
Cascadnac (2nd) CV 35 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Sold 1881; ex-Michigan.
Cascapedia SL&A 1st 3 Brooks 2678 1896 4-6-0 Sold to New York Central as #2028.
Cassie PSE 1     4-4-0  
Catalina A. De Casasus FCUY 62 Baldwin 21935 4/1903 2-6-0 Ex-FCM&P #12; scr 1948.
Cataract C&NF Rogers 363 12/1852 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Cataraugus NY&E 19 Rogers 154 12/1848 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Catawba C&SC Rogers 309 3/1852 4-4-0  
Catawissa LSNR Bury 10   4-4-0 Inside connected; xf 1863 to P&R; sold 1871 to Amer. Dredging Co.
Cato SCNY 80 Rogers 2756 5/1881 2-6-0  
Cavendish R&B 14 Taunton 77 1851 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1865; S to Montreal & Plattsburg.
Cayuga A&Sy Rogers 14 10/1839 4-2-0  
Cayuga C&Su     4-6-0 May have been ex-Leggetts Gap Railroad Lackawanna.
Cayuga NY&H       May have been ex-Western Vermont RR Danby, but this is doubtful due to conflicting cylinder sizes.
Cayuga SCNY 15 Rogers 1761 8/1870 4-4-0  
Cedarburg M&N 1 Baldwin 2578 10/1871 4-4-0 Rn #16; became CM&SP #916 in 1893; rn #1276 in 1899; rn #1442 in 1910; rn #145 in 1913; off roster in 1913.
Cedral VC&RV 1        
Celaya FCCM 15 Rhode 992 8/1881 0-4-0 Rn 1902 #1010.
Centennial HE&WT 2 National 5/1876 4-4-0  
Centipede B&O Winans 1855 4-8-0 Built as cab forward; modified to camelback.
Centipede LV Winans 1854 4-8-0  
Ceres LNA&C 3 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-Carrier; ex-NA&S Salem.
Chalk Creek D&RG 57 Baldwin 5021 1880 2-8-0  
Challenge E&KR 4 Baldwin 14738 1896 2-6-0  
Challenger UP 3985     4-6-6-4 This engine is now the largest operable steam engine in the world; it was given the name Challenger unofficially by members of the restoration crew and railfans since it is the only operable unit of its class; it is owned by Union Pacific's steam division in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and is used to power various specials across the system; it was present at Railfair '91 in Sacramento, California; Rebuilt to burn oil in 1990.
Chama D&RG 39 Baldwin 4871 1/1880 2-8-0  
Chamberlain T&R Taunton 162 1854 4-4-0 Rn Merritt Clark; became D&H #114.
Chamois CP 111 Rogers 1607 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1127.
Chamois W&JV 1 National 3/1873 0-6-0 S to D&RGW #2.
Champaign MR&LE Rogers 97 4/1847 4-4-0  
Champion CP 50 M & Aldus 10/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1176; rn 1901 #1209; scr 10/1902 Sac.
Champion LNA&C 17 NA&S NA   4-4-0 Ex-NA&S B. F. Masten.
Champion LV Winans 1856 4-8-0  
Champlain CV 13 H & Drury 1850 4-4-0 Rb 6/10/1868; rn 1/1870 Enosburgh.
Champlain FRR 15 Hinkley 208 11/1848 4-4-0 Scrapped by 1875
Champlain HR Taunton 12/1849 4-4-0 Between 12/1849 and 3/1851 it traveled 45,111 miles, averaging 2½¢ per mile for repairs, and consumed one cord of wood for every 30 miles; returned to Taunton in 1852; rb; s to New York & Harlem RR as Seneca.
Champlain (1st) O&LC 1st 24 H & Drury 236 5/1849 4-4-0  
Champlain (2nd) O&LC 2nd 14 Malone 1864 4-4-0 Renumbered #314; Scrapped 1886.
Champlain P&R Baldwin 1845    
Champlain R&S Baldwin 12 1835 4-2-0 Scrapped before 1857.
Chandler M&SP 73 Souther 1850 4-4-0 Ex-M&M #3 Menomonee.
Charles City M&SP 43 Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Ex-Mi&W Nebraska.
Charles Courter CP&C Mason 300 1/1869 4-4-0 To Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville RR 1867; sold to Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago in 1871.
Charles F. Pond H&NH Rogers 322 6/1852 4-4-0  
Charles H. LSE 9 Rhode 1893 0-4-4T Restored 1996; preserved at the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis.
Charles Hugo GH&SA 56 Manch 903 9/1881 4-4-0 Off roster by 1885.
Charles McLaughlin SF&SJ 5 Cooke 1864 4-4-0 Rn San Mateo.
Charles Osgood NLN 19 Manch 1872 4-4-0 Rn 169; transferred to CV 22.
Charles R. Batt IRR 11 Baldwin 16642 4/1899 2-6-0 Became Detroit Southern #64.
Charles River M&WR     4-4-0 S to N. C. Munson, the contractor who built the M≀ This was the first loco to run over the completed line.
Charles Schreiner SA&AP 12 Baldwin 8291 12/1886 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #104; off roster by 1917.
Charles W. Kendall ST 2 Porter-B 148 1873 0-4-0T S 1879 to Nevada Central Ry #2.
Charleston M&N 6 Baldwin 2930 8/1872 4-4-0 Rn #21; became CM&SP #921 in 1893; rn #1296 in 1899; rn #1458 in 1910; rn #151 in 1913; off roster 6/1914.
Charlestown (1st) FRR Hinkley 20 11/1843 4-4-0 Sold 1848
Charlestown (2nd) FRR 17 Hinkley 215 12/1848 4-4-0 Off roster by 1890
Charlotte R&B 2 Taunton 50 4/1850 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 10/1863; Scrapped 10/24/1878.
Charlotteburg NYOW 74 Rogers 1871 4-4-0 Transferred to NJ Midland 1874; sold to NYSW #4.
Charmer CP 154 Rhode 84 12/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1221; scr 1/2/1903 Sacramento.
Charter Oak H&NH Rogers 6 10/1838 4-2-0  
Chas. Alexander IaC 26 Mason 638 11/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1910 #104; became M&StL #160 in 1912; off roster by 1917
Chas. Clement R&B 17 (2nd) CV St Albans 1873 4-4-0 Ex-Central Vermont #24 Pacific; became Central Vermont #208.
Chas. Courter A&S 5 Cooke 8/1864 4-4-0  
Chas. Graham L&B 2 L&B Kingston 1871 4-4-0 Became DL&W #202 in 1886; rb 1887; rn 1889 #101; rn 1905 #135; wrecked 11/1905.
Chas. Hugo SA&AP 6 Baldwin 7766 12/1885 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #103; off roster by 1917.
Chas. Luling GH&SA 12 Manch 654 6/1874 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #691; rn 1901 #149; scr 8/31/1901.
Chas. McLaughlin SF&SJ 5 Cooke 4/1864 4-4-0 Rn San Mateo; to SP #5; rn 1891 #1112; scr before 1896.
Chas. Minot USM Jersey   4-4-0 Purchased new on April 10, 1863; s 1865 to Orange & Alexandria.
Chas. Moran NCO 4 Baldwin 9519 9/1888 2-8-0 Sold 2/1904 to Tonopah RR #3; sold 12/1905 to Sumpter Valley RR #3; out of service 9/1918; retired by 4/1930.
Chateaugay CO&I 7        
Chateguay (1st) O&LC 1st 13 H & Drury 234 4/1849 4-4-0  
Chateguay (2nd) O&LC 332 Mason 291 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #332; ex-CV #64 Braintree; Scrapped 1895.
Chatham NY&H Rogers 214 5/1850 4-4-0  
Chautauque NY&E 28 Rogers 155 1/1849 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Chazy O&LC 1st 28 H & Drury 47 8/1845 4-2-0 Built for Colony RR as Mayflower; sold to Northern RR (New York); also listed as being owned by Montreal & Plattsburg under same name.
Chemung HR Cooke 1861 4-2-4T Inspection locomotive; built as Monitor.
Chenango NYOW 3 Rhode 103 4/1869 4-4-0 Sold 10/24/1887 to NY Loco Wks; sold 4/1888 to Centralia & Chester RR.
Cheney ATSF 57 Taunton 675 7/1876 4-4-0  
Cherokee SW Rogers 513 7/1854 4-4-0  
Chesapeake P&R R. Norris 3/1847 4-6-0 First 4-6-0 built in US.
Cheshire (1st) ChRR Hinkley 113 8/1847 4-4-0 Sold circa 1848
Cheshire (2nd) ChRR 5 Hinkley 158 3/1848 4-4-0 Ex-Vermont; off roster by 1872
Cheshire (3rd) ChRR 5 ChRR 8/1872 4-4-0 Became Fitchburg Railroad #205; off roster between 1890 and 1895
Cheshire (1st) NH&N Rogers 109 10/1847   Ordered by NH&N but diverted to NY&H as Mahopac
Cheshire (2nd) NH&N Rogers 115 12/1847 4-4-0  
Chester C&SC Rogers 240 12/1850 4-4-0  
Chester R&B 15 Taunton 48 1850 4-4-0 Inside connected; Rebuilt in 1868; transferred to the CV as #206; scrapped 9/1892; rn 1891 #206.
Cheyenne A&P 18 Rhode 946 3/1881 4-4-0  
Cheyenne KPDP 20 Rogers 1449 1867 4-4-0  
Chicago M&SP 162 Mason 476 10/1872 4-4-0 Rn #1281 in 1899; rn #1447 in 1910; off roster by 1913.
Chicago NYC 24     4-4-0 Inspection loco.
Chickasaw SW Rogers 516 8/1854 4-4-0  
Chico D&RG 80 Baldwin 5200 1880 2-8-0  
Chicopee NLN 4 Taunton 1850 4-4-0 Inside connected; scrapped 1890.
Chicosa D&RG 14 Baldwin 3809 1876 2-6-0  
Chief M&I Rogers 286 10/1851 4-4-0  
Chieftan NCe 23 Stephenson 151 8/1838 2-4-0 Rb as 4-4-0.
Chihuahua FCCM 32 Rhode 1091 1/1882 0-4-0 Rn 1901 #1011.
Chilton M&N 5 Baldwin 2927 8/1872 4-4-0 Rn #20; became CM&SP #920 in 1893; rn #1295 in 1899; off roster by 1910.
Chiriqui Pan Portland   0-4-0  
Chittaloosa V&J Baldwin 411 1/1851 4-4-0 Off roster between 1871 and 1874.
Choctaw KPDP 17 Rogers 1425 1867 4-4-0  
Choctaw SW Rogers 515 8/1854 4-4-0  
Choctaw V&J A & Souther 1852 4-4-0 (?) Ex-Pelahachie; scr 1866.
Chona MRR 4 Baldwin 17696 4/1900 2-6-2T  
Chris. Adams NOO&GW Rogers 421 9/1853 4-4-0 Became ML&T #15; rn 1885 #515; off roster 1890s.
Churchill C&C 4 Baldwin 5782 1881 4-4-0 Sold 1929 to Nevada County Narrow Gauge #7.
Cienfuegos Cien Rogers 227 9/1850 4-4-0  
Cincinnati LMRR Rogers 56 6/1844 4-2-2  
Cincinnati SC Vulcan 1835 4-2-0 Scr 1850.
Citas FCUY 29 Baldwin 18265 10/1900 4-4-0 Ex-M&V #9; scr 1949.
City of Prescott P&AC 3 Rogers 3815 9/1887 4-6-0 Sold 1891 to Atlantic & Pacific RR #99; off roster by 1900.
City of Winona SP&C 8 Taunton 540 9/1871 4-4-0 Became M&SP #177 in 1872; rn #1268 in 1899; rn #1436 in 1910; off roster in 1911.
Clackamas O&C 4 Baldwin 2145 5/1870 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1173; rn 1901 #1203; sold 7/9/1905 to McGoldrick Lumber Co #1.
Clarendon R&B 10 Taunton 66 3/1851 4-4-0 Scr 1874
Clark MR&LE Rogers 101 7/1847 4-4-0  
Clark NC 1 (2nd) Baldwin 5569 4/1881 2-6-0 Scr 1938.
Clarke AL&H Mason 90   4-4-0 Captured by US Federal forces in 1862; transferred to US Military Railroad; returned to AL&H in 1865.
Claus KW&H 1 (3rd) Baldwin   0-4-2T  
Cleveland CC&C Cuyahoga 1 3/1850    
Cleveland NYC 30     4-4-0 New York Central's inspection locomotive ClevelandInspection locomotive.
Cleveland O&T 14 Porter 468 12/1881 4-4-0 S 1889 to NY Equipment Co.; sold to Pine Bluff & Eastern.
Cliff House F&CH 7 Baldwin 9756 1889 2-4-2T S to Shasta Lumber Co. #7; wrecked and remains left on line.
Cliffsdale NYOW 97 Rhode 543 7/1873 2-6-0 Scrapped 1893.
Clifton C&NF Rogers 367 1/1853 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Climax CP 51 M & Aldus 10/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1177; scr 12/20/1898.
Clinton L&NF Rogers 3 4/1838 4-2-0  
Clinton Mo&P Amoskeag 61 1852 4-4-0  
Clinton NYOW 28 Rhode 308 9/1871 0-4-0 Sold 6/1881 to CM&StP.
Clinton PRR 13 Baldwin 1850 4-4-0  
Clipper CP 96 M & Aldus 6/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1165; in Rocklin roundhouse fire 11/27/1873; rb 2/28/1874; sold 8/1892.
Clipper LNA&C 32 M & Richardson 1859 4-4-0  
Cloud MWCR 5     0-4-0 Cloud sometime before 1876
Cloverdale SF&NP 6 Grant 1878 4-4-0 Became NWP #11; scr 5/15/1912.
Clyde MR&LE Rogers 390 4/1853 4-4-0  
Cochetope D&RG 29 Baldwin 4336 1878 2-6-0  
Cochituate B&A 151 Rhode 1869 4-4-0 renamed Berkshire; renumbered 270; became NYC 1224; rn 31
Coe Adams F&K 1 Cooke 838 3/1874 4-4-0  
(Coffee Grinder) SF&NP 99 E Jardini 1887 0-4-0T Became NWP #99; s 2/18/1910 to North Bend Lumber Co.
Cohoes A&N 5 Schen 41 1853 4-4-0  
Col. A. I. Wilcox B&FB 2 Baldwin 4370 1878   Two-drivered monorail loco.
Col. Barnard M&PDC 53 Rogers 1374 6/1866 4-4-0 Became M&SP #124 in 1868; off roster by 1899.
Col. Boone D&RG 101 Baldwin 5441 1881 4-4-0  
Col. Chitty CPIC 2 Dickson 127 10/1873 2-6-0  
Col. Crocker M&SP 143 Danforth 1867 4-4-0 Rn #1207 in 1899; off roster by 11/1901.
Col. Davis LC&M 24 Lawrence 1857 4-4-0 Ex-M&M 8/1860; became M&SP #24 in 1863; off roster by 1892.
Col. DeWitt No&W Rogers 100 5/1847 4-4-0  
Col. Fairbanks SJ&LC 629 Rogers 1880 4-4-0 Col. Fairbanks
Col. J. F. Carter P&B 2 National c. 10/1872 2-6-0 Rb 6/1873.
Col. Merrill   Manch 899 6/1881 4-4-0 Ex-GH&SA #52 J. H. Kamonman.
Col. R. M. Hough Ch&P 1 Rogers 2036 6/1872 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #332 in 1880; off roster by 1899.
Col. Teague MWCR 10 MWCR 1972 0-2-2-0  
Col. Williams Mo&P Taunton 87 1851 4-4-0 Ex-Rutland & Washington; Became D&H #110.
Colchester CV 49 CV Northfield 9/1865 4-4-0 scrapped 1895.
Collett NC 5 Baldwin 3843 3/1876 4-4-0 Bought 1/1880.
Colo-Chiquito D&RG 82 Baldwin 5374 1880 2-8-0  
Colon Pan Portland 136 1865 0-4-0  
Colonel Beckwith USM Norris   4-4-0 Ex-P. H. Watson; acquired new on 6/23/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
Colonel D. C. McCallum USM Jersey 1862 4-4-0  
Colonel Merrill R&B 23 Amoskeag 3/1853 4-4-0 Ex-Timothy Follett; rb 1882.
Colorado ATSF 33 Mason 456 5/1872 4-4-0  
Colorado C&C 2 Baldwin 5428 1881 4-4-0 Scrapped 1907.
Colorado KPDP 26 Baldwin 1698 1868 4-4-0  
Colorado Springs ATSF 45 Baldwin 3831 2/1876 4-4-0  
Colossus CP 44 M & Aldus 8/1867 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1530, #1060; In Rocklin fire 11/27/1873; rb 1/24/1874; scr 12/31/1910 Sac.
Columbia   Baldwin 4 1834    
Columbia (demo) Baldwin 13350 1893 2-4-2  
Columbia HR Lowell 7/1852 4-4-0 When built, this unit had 7-ft tall drivers and both inside & outside frames (four extra bearings per axle) in case an axle broke.
Columbia M&HR Rogers 34 11/1841 4-4-0  
Columbia M&WR 450 Lima 450 1893 2T Shay Ex-Barre RR; s 7/1897 to Hardwick & Woodbury RR #1 E. H. Blossom; used by B&M for construction of Concord & Manchester Street Ry; s c. 1918 to Southern Iron & Equip Co.
Columbus BBB&C Hinkley 1857 4-4-0 sold 7/1870 to GH&SA #2; off roster by 1882.
Columbus C&NW 400 Schen 1893 4-6-0  
Columbus LC&M Swinburne 1856 4-4-0 Became M&SP #33 in 1863; rb 1866; off roster by 1899.
Columbus Mi&W Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Transferred to LC&M in 1856; became M&SP #45 in 1863; off roster by 1888.
Columbus Musc Rogers 430 10/1853 4-4-0 Originally built for the Western & Atlantic Railroad but diverted to the Muscogee Railroad.
Columbus V&T 17 CP Sac 5 1873 4-4-0 Scrapped 1913.
Columbus --- Winans 1837   First US export loco.
Com. Perry P&W Rogers 108 10/1847 4-4-0  
Comanche A&P 12 Taunton 767 1/1881 4-4-0  
Comanche KPDP 19 Rogers 1446 1867 4-4-0  
Comanche SF&SJ 4 Cooke 4/1864 4-4-0 Ex-A. H. Houston.
Comet B&E Rogers 560 1/1855 4-4-0  
Comet LNA&C 22 Hinkley 402 9/1852 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Greencastle.
Comet LSNR Bury 6   4-4-0 Inside connected; wrecked.
Comet P&R Milner c. 1837    
Comet TC&D West Point 1835   First US built loco with iron frame.
Commercial V&J Baldwin 48 9/1836 4-2-0 Ex-Mazeppa; listed sometimes as 0-6-0; off roster by 5/1866; listed in Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #101 as Commercial RR.
Commodore USM Jersey   4-4-0 Purchased new on May 16, 1863; s 1865 to Wilmington & Weldon Railroad.
Commodore Garrison GH&SA 26 Mason 570 12/1876 0-6-6T Ex-GH&SA #24 H. B. Stone before rb by Mason; off roster by 1884.
Commodore Vanderbilt R&S 37 Schen 629 1870 4-4-0 Builder's photo of the Commodore Vanderbilt To D&H #132; rn 416; off roster by 1902.
The image description page at the Library of Congress website for this picture notes this locomotive as built by Alco in 1870 and owned by the Hudson River Railroad. However, Alco wasn't formed until 1901, so I believe this image actually shows this locomotive built by Schenectady Locomotive Works (which became Alco's main manufacturing plant).
Como G&CU Chicago 4/1855    
Competitor P&Oq Latham 1854 4-4-0  
Compound CM&SP 830     4-6-2  
Comstock V&T 6 Baldwin 2094 1870 2-6-0 Sold 8/1881 to Oregon Ry & Nav. Co.
Comyn NCO 6 Baldwin 17124 10/1899 4-6-0 Rn 1910 3rd #4; sold 9/1/1929 to SP #4; scr 9/12/1934.
Concinillas FCCM 40 Taunton 830 1/1882 4-4-0  
Concord FRR 8 Hinkley 135 12/1847 4-4-0 Off roster by 1884
Concord No&W Rogers 17 12/1839 4-2-0  
Conewago HJH&G 1 Norris 12/1853 4-4-0 Acquired 4/1855 from the Philadelphia & Sunbury; off roster by 1905
Confucius CP 77 Rhode 51 4/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1202; scr 1/13/1897 Sac.
Congress CGCo 1 Brooks 2679 7/1896 0-6-0 First oil burner built by Brooks.
Conhocton V&J Baldwin 158 8/1840 4-2-0 Off roster by 5/1866; listed in Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #101 as Commercial RR.
Conkal FCUY 21 Baldwin 6478 11/1882 4-4-0 Ex-M&V #1; scr 1903.
Conkling A&Sy Rogers 183 8/1849 4-4-0  
Connecticut H&NH Rogers 112 11/1847 4-4-0  
Connecticut Hou Rogers 88 10/1846 4-4-0  
Conness (, John) CP 6 Mason 153 2/1864 4-6-0 First unit built for freight use in the US; built as Arctic; scr 9/30/1908 Sac.
Connotton (1st) O&T 2 National 1875 4-4-0 To New York Equip Co 1889; to Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley.
Connotton (2nd) O&T 15 Porter 473 1/1882 4-4-0 A. W. Conger was the designated engineer of this unit; sold 1889 to NY Equipment Co.
Consolidation LV 63 Baldwin 7/1866 2-8-0 This engine was the origin for the class name Consolidation; ordered by the Lehigh & Mahanoy RR, but delivered to the Lehigh Valley RR after the merger; it was first tested under steam on July 20, 1866, and shipped on August 17; reboilered in 5/1875; ret 1886.
Constantia NYOW 18 Rhode 188 6/1870 4-4-0 Sold 10/26/1887 to NY Loco Wks; sold 4/1888 to Centralia & Chester RR.
Coolidge A&P 41 Hinkley 1531 6/1882 2-8-0  
Coolidge ATSF 70 Hinkley 1878 4-4-0  
Coos A&StL     4-4-0 Coos, c. 1856 in Longueuil, Quebec
Copper Gulch D&RG 43 Baldwin 4942 1/1880 2-8-0  
Copperhead CoRR 1st 9 Porter 1735 3/1897 0-4-4T Retired 1922; rb 1937 for display at Clifton, Ariz.
Cordova WU 20 Baldwin 1381 5/1865 4-4-0 Ex-NI Gen. Grant.
Cornelius Ennis G&RR        
Cornelius Ennis H&TC 75 Dickson 194 9/1876 4-4-0 Rn 1901 #7.
Corsair SRR Baldwin 970 10/1860 4-4-0 Off roster after 1877.
Corsair W&A Rogers 358 12/1852 4-4-0  
Cortez D&RG 4 Baldwin 2566 1871 2-4-0  
Cortland SCNY 35 Mason 431 10/1871 4-4-0  
Cottonwood D&RG 53 Baldwin 5006 1880 2-8-0  
Countess of Dufferin CanP 1 Baldwin 2660 1872 4-4-0 Countess of Dufferin First loco in Western Canada; Ex-NP #56; bought by Joseph Whitehead 10/9/1877; to CanP in 1883; rn 1883 #151; sold 1897; s CanP 1910; stood for a time in Sir William Whyte Park, Winnipeg; now preserved at the Winnipeg Railway Museum.
More information: Wikipedia.
Courier LNA&C 2 Norris 6/1850 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S 1st Providence.
Courser CP 107 Rogers 1601 9/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1125; sold by 1896.
Courtland NYOW 78 Rhode 430 9/1872 2-6-0 Rn 2nd #68 1873; Renamed Utica.
Crane CP 144 Schen 519 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1148; rb air brakes 4/24/1874; scr 1891.
Crawford NYOW 38 Baldwin 2646 12/1871 4-4-0 Rn 2/2/1879 2nd #28.
Crawfordsville NA&S Norris 1851 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 10, Rattler, in 1859.
Crestones D&RG 50 Baldwin 4992 1880 2-8-0  
Cricket LV LV 1870 2-2-2T  
Cromwell (1st) EBT 4 Baldwin 3578 5/1874 2-8-0 Wrecked; rb by Baldwin 1875; off roster by 1895.
Cromwell (2nd) EBT 2nd 4 Baldwin 19849 12/1901 4-6-0 Retired 1927; off roster by 12/1943.
Crook A&P 37 Manch 1039 1/1883 4-4-0  
Croton HR Lowell 91 1851 4-4-0 Made its first run on July 24, 1851; pulled a 90-ton train between New York City & Poughkeepsie at an average speed of 40 mph; became NYC 10 after merger in 1869; in svc until 1877; may have been cannibalised for 2nd #10.
Crown Point CPIC 5 Dickson 425 5/1883 2-6-0 Became CO&I #13.
Cuautitlan MT&C 1        
Cuba M&Sa Rogers 550 12/1854 4-6-0 Named after construction by 3/6/1855.
Cucharas D&RG 11 Baldwin 3021 1873 2-6-0  
Culebra D&RG 35 Baldwin 4738 1879 4-4-0  
Cumberland   H & Drury 1 1840    
Cumberland (1st) C&Pa 18 Norris 1865 0-8-0 Rebuilt as 0-10-0; off roster by 1888.
Cumberland (2nd) C&Pa 30 Winans   0-8-0 Built for Eckhart Branch; acquired 1870; off roster by 1873.
Cumberland NWis 1 Pittsburgh   4-6-0  
Cumberland PRR Baldwin 12/1852 2-6-0 This engine's leading, non-powered axle was permanently attached to the engine's rigid frame, making it not a true mogul class engine; rb as 4-6-0 c. 1863.
Cumbres D&RG 406 Baldwin 7/1881 2-8-0 Narrow gauge C-16; became D&RGW 346; now at Colo. State RR Museum.
Current Creek D&RG 48 Baldwin 4984 1880 2-8-0  
Curtiss Mann M&SP 158 Mason 470 9/1872 4-4-0 Off roster by 1893.
Cuttingsville R&B 11 Ballard-Vale 9/1849 4-4-0 Ex-Redbird.
Cuyler NYOW 101 Rhode 547 8/1873 2-6-0 Sold 6/12/1911.
Cyrus K. Holliday Dis 1     4-4-0 In operation at Disneyland

Photo credits

  • C. P. Huntington - Wikipedia's image description page (retrieved October 16, 2008) asserts that as this photograph was taken in 1888, it is now in the public domain.
  • Cleveland - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph available through the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website.  The image description page for this photograph (retrieved July 16, 2009) asserts that there are "no known restrictions on publication."
  • Cloud (MWCR) - The image description page (retrieved October 23, 2008) for this image on Wikimedia Commons asserts that this image is in the public domain because it was first published in the United States before 1923.
  • Col. Fairbanks - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph in the collection of Norb & Marie Novocin of Estate Auctions, Inc. I believe this image is in the public domain because it was first published in the US before 1923.
  • Commodore Vanderbilt - Cropped from an image available through the Prints and Photographs Reading Room website of the Library of Congress. Neither the image description page nor the catalog record list any restrictions on reproduction. I believe this image is in the public domain because it was first published in the US before 1923.
  • Coos - Wikimedia Commons' image description page (retrieved October 22, 2008) asserts that since this photograph was taken c. 1856, it is now in the public domain due to its age.
  • Countess of Dufferin - Wikipedia's image description page (retrieved October 16, 2008) asserts that this image was uploaded and released into the public domain by its creator.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with D

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
D. A. Baldwin CStPM&O 10 Baldwin 2390 3/1871 4-4-0 Retired 9/1892.
D. A. Olin M&SP 42 Niles 1854 4-4-0 Ex-Mi&W Watertown; Rb 1868
D. A. Schuttee M&Ci Rogers (1300) 9/1865 4-4-0  
D. B. Molloy M&O Rogers (958) 9/1860 4-4-0  
D. C. Greene M&SP Taunton 604 3/1873 4-4-0 Rn #182 in 1899; rn #1311 in 1899; rn #83 in 1912; off roster in 7/1915.
D. C. Haskin CalP 11 Mason 361 6/1870 4-4-0 Rb by 1891; rn 1891 #1241; leased to Stockton & Copperopolis #1 2/1/1871-8/1871; scr 8/1899 Sacramento.
D. C. Shepard M&SP 134 Taunton 472 8/1869 4-4-0 Off roster by 1898.
D. D. Campbell LC&M 17 Schen 161 9/1856 4-4-0 Became M&SP #17 in 1863; off roster by 1890.
D. D. Ranlett (1st) CV 11 CV St Albans 1879 2-6-0 Sold 11/1881 to NLN #160.
D. D. Ranlett (2nd) CV 5 CV St Albans 1881 2-6-0 Took place of Vernon; rn 1/1/1900 to #311.
D. E. Butler GRR Rogers (1683) 12/1869 4-4-0  
D. F. Bradford OSNCo Cooke 1862 4-2-4T 5 ft ga; rb to SG 1880; became OR&N #2.
D. F. Vail T&B   c. 1867    
D. Ferguson M&SP 126 Baldwin 1754 8/1868 4-4-0 Rn #409 in 1898; rn #1245 in 1899; off roster by 1907.
D. Flanigan WU 21     4-4-0 Rb 1869; became CM&SP #268 in 1879; rn #1244 in 1899; rn #1423 in 1910; off roster by 1913.
D. H. Rucker USM Jersey   4-4-0 USM purchased on November 4, 1863; s 1865 to B&O.
D. J. Wittemore M&SP 138 Taunton 477 10/1869 4-4-0 Rn #1236 in 1899; rn #1419 in 1910; off roster by 1912.
D. L. Bush WU 12 Niles 4/1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Rockton. The Wisconsin Historical Society says this locomotive was built in 1879 by WU Racine, but W. D. Edson in "Milwaukee Road Locomotives" [Railroad History number 136 (Spring 1977, p 71)] says it was built by Niles; interestingly, the same picture as WHS displays is also displayed on page 72 of the aforementioned article.
More information: Wisconsin Historical Society.
D. L. Yulee P&G Rogers (980) 12/1860 4-4-0 Named in honor of David Levy Yulee
D. M. Hughes M&SP 54 Mason 216 10/1865 4-4-0 Rn #218 in 1898; rn #1218 in 1899; off roster by 1907.
D. McLaren CH&D CH&D Cin 1856 4-4-0  
D. N. Pickering IaC 21 Mason 516 9/1873 4-6-0 Off roster by 1910
D. O. de Diaz FCUY 31 Baldwin 6111 3/1882 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #1; scr 1906.
D. R. May WU 24 Jersey City 1865 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #271 in 1879; off roster by 1899.
D. R. Sortwell (1st) M&WR 2nd 3 Manch 630 4/1874 4-4-0 Ex-Vermont.
D. R. Sortwell (2nd) M&WR 5 Manch 1447 2/1890 4-4-0 Scr 1920.
D. S. McMullen COn 7 Rogers 3252 4/1883 4-4-0  
D. T. Davies GH&SA 44 Manch 835 11/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #695; rn 1901 #186; sold 2/19/1908 to Southwestern Ry, Henrietta, Texas, #1.
D. T. Vail HR Cooke 1861 4-2-4T  
D. W. C. Rice CalP 10 Mason 319 7/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1188; scr 7/6/1895.
D. W. Dana WU 8 Rogers 701 9/1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Belle City.
D. W. Lawrence O&LC 330 Rhode 1585 1885 2-6-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #330; became Rutland #399.
D. Willis James D&SC Rogers (1184) 7/1864 4-4-0 Purchased from Rogers by M. K. Jesup & Co. for the D&SC
Dagny   Baldwin 60069   0-4-2RT  
Dakota CC&BH 1 Mason 560 7/1876 0-6-0 3ft 6in gauge; sold 1890 to Riverside Land Company
Dakotah LC&M 19 Taunton 218 11/1856 4-4-0 Became M&SP #19 in 1863; rb 1881; off roster by 1891.
Dallas O&C 14   1870 4-4-0 Ex-OC; probably ex-PRR; rn 1891 #1108; sold 1897.
Dallas OLtd 6 Porter 375 7/1880 2-6-0 Sold 1/26/1895 to Sierra Valleys RR #1.
(Dallas) (SPTx) Rogers (1486) 9/1867 4-4-0 This locomotive was ordered by Southern Pacific of Texas but not delivered; it was subsequently sold 7/3/1869 to European & North American as #1 Frederickton
Dan'l Southwick R&S Springfield 1848 4-4-0 Became D&H #100; scrapped 1881.
Dana ATSF 75 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Danby WV Hinkley 393 8/1852 4-4-0 May have become New York & Harlem Cayuga, but is doubtful due to conflicting cylinder sizes.
Daniel D. Page Pac Rogers (1084) 5/1863 4-4-0 5' 6" gauge
Daniel Drew A&S 14 Dickson 27 1867 4-4-0  
Daniel Kilgore S&In Rogers 387 4/1853 4-4-0  
Daniel Nason Bo&P Roxbury 1863 4-4-0 Inside connected; on display in Danbury, Connecticut; now preserved at the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis.
Daniel R. Garrison Pac 49 Rogers (1355) 3/1866 4-4-0 5' 6" gauge
Daniel Ravenel NESC Rogers (805) 9/1857 4-4-0  
Daniel Webster NCe 3 Winans 7/1851 0-8-0 Camelback; sold 1878 to Baltimore & Potomac RR.
Dannemora CO&I 8 Dickson 411 2/1883 2-6-0  
Danville ETH&C 5 Rogers (1965) 10/1871 4-4-0  
Danville GWRIl Rogers (1079) 5/1863 4-4-0  
Darien Pan Portland   0-4-0  
Dart CP 145 Schen 520 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1149; scr 1891.
Dart G&C Rogers 279 9/1851 4-4-0  
Dart LNA&C 4 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Orleans.
Darwin C&C 8 Baldwin 6689 1883 4-4-0 Ret 1928; Scrapped 1932.
Datton M&StL 71 Manch 992 4/1882 4-4-0 Rn 1910 #132; scr 2/1916.
Dauntless ATSF 3 Taunton 481 11/1869 4-4-0  
Dauntless LSMS 358 Rogers (2012) 1/1872 4-4-0  
David Fergusson FCDS 7 Rhode 939 5/1881 4-4-0 Rn 8/24/1907 #62; off roster by 7/1910.  Some references list this locomotive's name as Pergrison.
David Gibson M&Ci Rogers (1189) 8/1864 4-4-0  
David H. Moffat DP 29 Baldwin   4-4-0 Pulled the first (tracklaying work) train into Denver, Co., on June 23, 1870.
David Leavitt Hou 14 Rogers (1641) 8/1869 4-4-0  
David Macy P&I 4 Rogers (1031) 6/1862 4-4-0 To Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago 1864; Sold to Wabash, St Louis & Pacific #504 1881.
David Robinson, Jr. TS&M 11 Rogers 3847 11/1887 4-4-0  
David S. Draper Hou 15 Rogers (1859) 2/1871 4-4-0 This locomotive was ordered by the Connecticut Western
David Upton HR Schen 1854 4-4-0  
David Wilbur A&S 21 Dickson 39 1869 4-4-0  
Davidson L&N Baldwin      
Davidson T&A Rogers (867) 7/1859 4-4-0  
Davy Crockett S&S Stephenson 1833 4-2-0 Scrapped before 1854.
Dawn SR 1 Hinkley 1251 1877 0-4-4T Ex-Billerica & Bedford Railroad Ariel; scrapped 1912.
Daylight SP 4449 Lima 7817 5/1941 4-8-4 This engine is the only remaining operable 4-8-4 that Southern Pacific used to haul its various Daylight trains; when it was restored by volunteers of Portland, Oregon, the engine unofficially earned the name Daylight; it is used mostly by Union Pacific to haul various specials mostly in the western states; one of its first duties was to power the Bicentennial era American Freedom Train.
More information: Wikipedia.
Dayton MR&LE Rogers 382 3/1853 4-4-0  
Dayton V&T 18 CP Sac 6 1873 4-4-0 Sold 1938 to Paramount Pictures.
De Pere M&N 9 Brooks 203 1873 4-4-0 Rn #24; became CM&SP #924 in 1893; rn #1299 in 1899; off roster by 1910.
De Ruyter NYOW 15 Rhode 185 6/1870 4-4-0 Sold 10/25/1887 to NY Loco Works; scrapped 1/1888.
De Soto ATSF 54 Baldwin 1872 4-4-0  
Dean Richmond B&SL 42 Rogers (1442) 2/1867 4-4-0  
Deanna WiP 4 Baldwin 11900   0-4-2T In operation in Coto de Caza, California
Decatur A&G Rogers (1379) 5/1866 4-4-0  
Decatur B&M 66 Hinkley 1146 1873 0-4-0  
Decatur CST Rogers (925) 5/1860 4-4-0  
Decatur EP 2 Rogers (890) 11/1859 4-4-0  
Decatur GWRIl Rogers (1082) 5/1863    
Deckertown NYOW 73 Rogers (1924) 7/1871 4-4-0 Transferred to NJ Midland 1874 #4; sold to NYSW #3
Dedham Bo&P Griggs 1851 2-2-2 Rn Uncle Tom; sold to Fitchburg & Worcester RR.
Deer (1st) O&LC 1st 5 Kirk 5/1850 4-4-0  
Deer (2nd) O&LC 13 Boston 248 10/1849 4-4-0 Ex-2nd St. Lawrence.
Deerfield ConnR 8 Rogers 2528 6/1879 4-4-0  
Deerfield LC&M Swinburne 1856 4-4-0 Became M&SP #32 in 1863; off roster by 1899.
Deerhound CP 132 Rhode 77 11/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1155; leased to SF&NP #132 Deerhound 4/1872; returned as #185 1873; scr 7/6/1895 Sacramento.
Deerhound SF&NP 132 Rhode 77 11/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1155; ex-CP #132 Deerhound 4/1872; returned as #185 1873; scr 7/6/1895 Sacramento.
Defender ER&E 3 Baldwin 8776 8/1887 4-4-0 Became NWP #3; rn #151; rn #351; scr 9/20/1916.
Defiance M&M 43 Breese Kneeland 1857 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #43 in 1861; became M&SP #114 in 1868; off roster by 1898.
DeKalb M&W Rogers 296 1/1852 4-4-0  
Del Norte ATSF 47 Baldwin 3884 5/1876 4-4-0  
Del Norte D&RG 7 Baldwin 2617 1871 2-4-0  
Delavan R&M Rogers 602 8/1855 4-4-0 Became WU #3 J. L. Mitchell in 1867; became CM&SP #250 in 1879; scr 1892.
Delavan WU 32 Taunton 626 8/1873 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #279 in 1879; rn #1286 in 1899; off roster by 1910.
Delaware CNJ Rogers 326 6/1852 4-4-0 Sold to USMR; rn Lieutenant General Grant; became #7 Warrior; sold 1865 to B&O #280.
Delaware D&H F Rastrick 5/1829 0-4-0 Retired 1834.
Delaware (D&P) Rogers 696 8/1856 4-4-0 This locomotive was ordered for the Racine & Mississippi as Morris K. Jesup but diverted to be Dubuque & Pacific Delaware and diverted again to be delivered to the Great Western Railway of Illinois 8/1856.
Delaware D&P Rogers 704 8/1856 4-4-0 Purchased by R. B. Mason & Co.; was originally ordered as Buchanan but renamed before delivery
Delaware KPDP 2 Norris 1867 4-4-0  
Delaware N&F Baldwin * c. 1832 2-2-0 This engine was assembled by Baldwin before he went into business as a locomotive builder.
Delaware NY&E Rogers 81 5/1846 4-4-0  
Delaware NYOW 4 Rhode 109 5/1869 4-4-0 Sold 9/19/1887 to Carthage & Adirondack RR.
Delaware P&R Winans 1837    
Delhi NYOW 16 Rhode 186 6/1870 4-4-0 Sold 10/24/1887 to NY Loco Wks; sold 4/1888 to Centralia & Chester RR.
Dell Roy O&T 5 Baldwin 5141 6/1880 2-8-0 Wrecked at Brimfield 2/4/1883; rb for service; to NY Equip Co 1889; became Manistee & Luther #6.
Delphos TD&I 3 Pittsburgh 388 11/1878 4-4-0 To TD&B #8 8/1879.
Delta C&NW 141 Hinkley 730   4-4-0  
Denver D&NO 4 Rogers 2873 11/1881 4-4-0  
Derby Naug Rogers (1218) 11/1864 4-4-0  
Des Rivieres CV 66 CV St Albans 4/1870 4-4-0 Renumbered to 9 in 1900; scrapped 1905.
Deseret W&JV 2 National 9/1873 0-6-0 Sold to D&RGW #3.
Despatch B&M 401 Manch   4-4-0  
Detroit AG&Co Rogers (871) 8/1859 4-4-0  
Detroit D&Mi Baldwin      
Dewey RH 2 Baldwin 4036 12/1876 0-6-0T Bought 1880.
DeWitt C. Brown O&LC 2nd 5 Mason 282 6/1868 4-4-0 Rn #305; scrapped before 5/31/1895.
DeWitt Clinton M&HR West Point 1831 0-4-0 DeWitt Clinton This was the first locomotive to operate in the state of New York; it was also the fourth locomotive completely built in the United States.
More information: Wikipedia.
Diana CP 159 Schen 559 3/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1226; scr 10/1899 Sacramento.
Dillon NC 2nd 2 Baldwin 5575 4/1881 2-6-0 Sold 11/1938.
(Dinkey) EBT ALCO 28647 5/1903 0-4-0T Built as H. S. Kerbaugh (contractor) #116; s 1906 to Cincinnati Equip. Co.; Bought as Rockhill Furnace Co. #2 3/1906; s 6/1916 to EBT (informally named); scr after 10/1935.
Dinky GWP     0-4-0T On static display in Chester, California
Dixi Crosby GH&SA 22 Mason 563 7/1876 0-6-6T Rn 1885 #658; off roster by late 1890s.
Dixiana RC&BT 1 Lima 2593 1912 2T Shay In operation
Dolores D&RG 31 Baldwin 4384 1878 2-8-0  
Don Juan FCMYG 9 Rogers 4330 7/1890 4-6-0 Rn 1902 #456.
Don Patricio FCMYG 10 Rogers 4331 7/1890 4-6-0 Rn 1902 #457.
Donahue SF&SJ 9 Cooke 1870 4-4-0  
Donovan SFN 18 Rogers 4280 4/1890 4-4-0  
Dorchester C&SL Stephenson 1836 0-4-0 First locomotive to operate in Canada; involved in the first grade crossing accident in 1837 when it hit a team of oxen at Côte St. Raphael.
Dorothy LV 300 LV W-Barre 1884 4-2-4  
Dover M&E Baldwin 1841 4-2-0 Rb as 4-2-2.
Dover NY&H Rogers 163 3/1849 4-4-0  
Dr. F. Herff SA&AP 10 Baldwin 8284 12/1886 4-4-0 Off roster by 1917.
Dr. Goodale LMCX Cincinnati 1853 4-4-0  
Dr. James S. Hamilton GRR Rogers (1799) 10/1870 4-4-0  
Dr. Ordway B&S Locks 10/1839 2-2-0 Rb 1837 for John's River RR as 0-4-0; ex-WofMass Hampshire; s 1848 to Cheshire RR Rough & Ready.
Dr. Thompson A&WP Rogers (974) 11/1860 4-4-0  
Dragon CP 74 Cooke 4/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1542; scr 7/6/1895 Sac.
Dragon P&R Milner c. 1837    
Driver CP 95 M & Aldus 6/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1164; scr 2/18/1893.
Dublan FCMS 12 Yorkshire 436 1890 0-6-0T  
Dubuque D&P Rogers 693 7/1856 4-4-0 Purchased from Rogers by R. B. Mason & Company for the Dubuque & Pacific
Dugald McAlpine H&TC 35 Rogers (1937) 8/1871 4-4-0  
Dukes B&A 214 Eddy 1872 4-4-0  
Duluth M&StL 28 Baldwin 5313 10/1880 4-4-0 Dropped from the roster between 1917-1932
Dummerston VV 2 Rogers 264 6/1851 4-4-0 Leased to Rutland as #37.
(Dummy) SR&SQ   1870    
Dundee NYOW 47 Baldwin 2815 5/1872 2-6-0 Rn 2/16/1889 to 2nd #53.
Dundee OLtd (9) (Baldwin) --- (4-4-0) This unit was ordered from Baldwin, but the order was canceled before completion.
Dunmore R&B 25 Boston 10/1854 4-4-0 Ex-Lake Dunmore.
DuPage G&CU Rogers 403 6/1853 4-4-0  
Dupont TD&I 1 Porter 273 5/1877 0-4-2T To TD&B #6 8/1879.
Durango FCCM 37 Taunton 826 12/1881 4-4-0 Rn #44.

Photo credits

  • DeWitt Clinton - Wikipedia's image description page (retrieved October 16, 2008) asserts that this photograph was taken in the 19th century and is therefore now in the public domain.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with E

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
E. A. Birchard R&B 21 Amoskeag 50 1852 4-6-0 Rn Nathan Rice.
E. A. Chittenden CV 6 CV St Albans 1880 2-6-0 Renum 1/1/1900 #307; scrapped 1902.
E. A. Eddy WU 14 Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Beloit.
E. B. Thomas EEng Cooke   4-4-0  
E. B. Wakeman LC&M 21 Mason 48 9/1856 4-4-0 Ex-Erastus Corning.
E. B. Wesley M&SP 50 Rogers 1286 8/1865 4-4-0 Rn #216 in 1898; rn #1219 in 1899; off roster by 1907.
E. C. Delevan A&S 1 McQueen 9/1862 4-4-0  
E. C. Simmons TT 60 Grant 1548 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 11/1887; sold 2/24/1900 to Bluff City Lumber Co.
E. Corning M&M 5 Schen 11 6/1852 4-4-0 Rb 1859; became M&PDC #5 in 1861; became M&SP #75 Milwaukee in 1868; off roster by 1888.
E. Corning USM Taunton 302 1863 4-4-0 USM purchased new on April 10, 1863; s 1863 to Central Ohio Railroad.
E. D. Bennett B&R 8 Schen 563 1869 4-4-0 Ex-Mountain Boy.
E. D. Holton M&M 16 Portland 72 9/1854 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #16 in 1861; became M&SP #86 Mazomanie in 1868; off roster by 1899.
E. D. Standiford L&N 1     4-4-0  
E. D. True TT 81 Rhode 1460 6/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 8/1887; sold 9/19/1891 to R. W. Worthen
E. F. Barnes WU 9 Rogers 648 2/1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M M. K. Jessup.
E. F. Perkins CV 8 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Ex-Lamoille; scrapped 1893.
E. F. Walker TT 79 Rhode 1458 6/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 2/1887; sold 2/1900 to Lufkin Land & Lumber Co.
E. Fairbairn M&PDC 48 Rogers 1240 2/1865 4-4-0 Became M&SP #119 in 1868; off roster by 1898.
E. G. Lucas CV 81 Rhode 1446 1/1884 2-6-0 Built to replace #81 Pacific (1st); rn 1/1/1900 #334.
E. H. Baker CV 84 Rhode 1449 1/1884 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #101.
E. H. Blossom H&W 1 Lima 450 1893 2T Shay Ex-M&WR #450 Columbia.
E. H. Cushing H&TC 43 Cooke 759 9/1871 4-4-0  
E. H. Quimette O&CV 1 Baldwin 4294 3/1878 4-4-0 Left factory lettered for "Olympia & Tenino"; s 5/1891 to Columbia & Puget Sound #10; s 1897 Whit Pass & Yukon #4; s 1907 Tanana Valley #50; became Alaska RR #50; scr 1930.
E. H. R. Lyman LB&Mi 23 Baldwin 4459 10/1878 4-4-0  
E. K. Scranton B&JC Norris 1859 2-2-2  
E. Kirby T&R Taunton 86 1851 4-4-0 Rn Bates; became D&H #108.
E. L. Ellsworth A&LG Rogers 509 7/1854 4-4-0  
E. L. Frank M&SP 157 Mason 460 6/1872 4-4-0 Rn #1278 in 1899; rn #1444 in 1910; rn #146 in 1913; off roster by 5/1918.
E. L. Miller SC Baldwin 2 2/1834 4-2-0 This engine's design was very heavily based on the Mohawk & Hudson River RR's Experiment.
E. L. Wentz USM Mason 1862 4-4-0  
E. M. Hall C&SP 39     4-4-0 Ex-Milwaukee & Watertown; consolidated into La Crosse & Milwaukee in 1856; Merged into Milwaukee & St Paul in 1863; rebuilt 10/1867; off roster by 1899.
E. M. Hamilton M&M 29 Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #29 in 1861; became M&SP #99 in 1868; off roster by 1891.
E. M. Stanton USM Norris 1862 4-6-0 E. M. Stanton in Alexandria, Virginia, July 1864Ex-Hercules.
E. O. Stanard TT 57 Grant 10/1882 2-6-0 sold 11/20/1887 to Anniston & Atlantic Ry.
E. P. Barton WU 39 Baldwin 1872 4-4-0 May have been ex-NP; became CM&SP #286 in 1879; rn #1422 in 1899; rn #1405 in 1910; off roster by 1913.
E. P. Hill S&ET 3 Dickson 232 8/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #688; rn 1901 #150; scr 7/31/1913 Houston.
E. P. Prentice A&S 3 Norris   4-4-0  
E. P. Ripley Dis 2   1955 4-4-0 Named in honor of former Santa Fe Railway president Edward Payson Ripley. Still in daily operation at Disneyland.
E. P. Swenson SA&AP 9 Baldwin 8118 9/1886 4-4-0 Off roster by 1917.
E. P. Walton CV 79 Rhode 1444 1/1884 2-6-0 Built to replace #79 Otis Drury; Rn 1/1/1900 to #332.
E. R. Eckley O&T 1 National 1874 2-4-0  
E. R. Ford A&S 2 Norris 9/1862 4-4-0  
E. Thompson Gale R&S 36 Schen 577 1869 4-4-0 To D&H #131; scr 1894.
E. W. Cabe H&TC 40 Rogers   4-4-0  
E. W. Horner R&B 36 Taunton 466 1869 4-4-0 Ex-2nd J. Burdette.
E. Y. Comstock F&K 2 Pittsburgh 337 8/1874 4-4-0  
Eagle BL&N     4-4-0  
Eagle CP 115 Cooke 7/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1154; rb by 1875; rn 2nd #176 c. 1874.
Eagle MWCR       Eagle in operation sometime before 1895
Eagle USM Jersey      
Eagle River D&RG 89 Baldwin 5105 1880 4-4-0  
Eastern Pioneer SRR Baldwin 355 4/1849 4-4-0 Inside connected; off roster by 5/1866.
Eaton NYOW 11 Rhode 131 9/1869 4-4-0 Sold 10/4/1887 to NY Loco Works; scrapped 1/1888.
Ebenezer Allen G&RR Norris   4-4-0  
Ebenezer Allen H&TC 72 Dickson 191 9/1876 4-4-0 Rn 1901 #1.
Echeconnee SW Rogers 239 12/1850 4-4-0  
Echo SR 2 Hinkley 1261 1877 0-4-4T Ex-Billerica & Bedford Railroad Puck; sold to Phillips & Rangeley Railroad; scrapped 1912.
Eclipse B&SL Rogers 359 12/1852 4-4-0  
Eclipse CP 94 M & Aldus 6/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1208; rb by 1871; off roster by 1895.
Eclipse LNA&C 30 Schen 21 11/1852 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Michigan City.
Eclipse USM Jersey City   4-4-0 Rn Scout.
Economy CP&I CP&I 1861 2-2-4T Inspection locomotive.
Economy DCC Baldwin 466 3/1852 0-6-0 Built for Ohio & Penn.; rb 1859 for Pittsburgh, FT. Wayne & Chicago (outshopped as s/n 844).
Economy (1st) O&LC 317 Portland 456 6/1882 2-6-0 Became Rutland #382.
Economy (2nd) O&LC 2nd 19 Malone   0-4-0  
Edith S&J 1 Brooks 1233 2/1889 4-6-0 Bought 2/1890.
Edmonson L&N M & Richardson      
Edmund Rice SP&C 3 Mason 410 6/1871 4-4-0 Became M&SP #172 in 1872; rn #1263 in 1899; rn #1433 in 1910; off roster in 1913.
Edna NYT&M 6 Baldwin 6319 8/1882 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #576; rn 1901 #154; s 3/10/1910 to Imperial Valley RR #1.
Edward Blake CV 77 CV St Albans 1871 4-4-0 Rn 1881 to replace #29 Granby; scrapped 1898.
Edward Mugge SA&AP 14 Baldwin 8297 12/1886 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #106; off roster by 1917.
Edward Paddleford M&W Rogers 529 9/1854 4-4-0  
Edward Roberts EBT 1 Baldwin 3167 3/1873 2-6-0 Built as Cairo & St. Louis #12; order canceled and delivered to EBT; rb 1905; s 1911 to Tuscarora Valley RR #1.
Edward W. Burns CV 9 Baldwin 5627 1881 4-4-0 Ex-H&NP #1; Ex-Ad&SL #1; Scrapped 1899.
Edwin Kilbourne S&NW 1 Rhode Island 7/1871 4-4-0 sold to Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific 465; rn 1465.
Edwin Stevens GH&SA 58 Manch 905 9/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #698; rn 1901 #189, 2nd #173; s 3/21/1906 to Burr's Ferry, Browndel & Chester #3.
Eel River ER&E 1 Baldwin 7013 1884 4-4-0 Became NWP #2; retired 7/15/1920.
El Buspe FCCM 33 Rhode 1092 1/1882 0-4-0 Rn 1902 #1012.
El Dorado CP 34 Norris 1185 5/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1268; rn 1901 #1515; rb 4/15/1871; rb by 1891; scr 8/15/1910 W Oakland.
El Dorado CV 31 Amoskeag 1852 4-4-0 Rb 2/18/1863; rn Georgia 3/1869.
El Gobernador CP 237 CP Sacramento 1884 4-10-0 El Gobernador Largest unit of its time; built following the success of Mastodon; scrapped 1894.
More information:Wikipedia.
El Lugareno N&PP Rogers 78 2/1846 4-4-0  
El Pan M&Sa Rogers 241 12/1850 4-6-0  
El Ravo M&Sa Rogers 61 2/1845 4-4-0  
Eldorado ATSF 40 Baldwin 1872 4-4-0  
Eleazer Lord NY&E 1 W Norris 1840 4-4-0  
Elena FCCH 1 Baldwin 20092 2/1902 2-6-0 Scr 1953.
Elephant SV 4 Globe 1849 4-4-0 Rn C. K. Garrison; rn Pioneer.
Elias Sims RR Baldwin 3662 11/1874 4-2-0T  
Elidir   Avonside 2071 1933 0-4-0T 1' 10¾" guage; ex-Burnhope Reservoir (England) #83 Lanchester; shipped to Canada for operations in 1966; returned to England; awaiting restoration to operations for the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.
Elisha Peck H&NH Rogers 284 10/1851 4-4-0  
Elk B&O 41 G & Winans 1847 0-8-0  
Elk IRR Harkness 1851   This locomotive is recorded as having four drivers, but it is not clear what wheel arrangement was used; retired c. 1880.
Elk Mountain D&RG 40 Baldwin 4872 1/1880 2-8-0  
Elkhorn R&M Rogers 617 10/1855 4-4-0 Originally built for the Illinois Central but diverted to the Racine & Mississippi; Became WU #2 W. H. Franklin in 1867; became CM&SP #249 in 1879; scr 1898.
Elkhorn WU 31 Taunton 625 8/1873 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #278 in 1879; rn #1285 in 1899; rn #1451 in 1910; off roster by 1913.
Ellenville NYOW 21 Rhode 229 8/1870 0-4-0 Sold to MofW Dept 12/29/1899; used on transfer table at Middletown; retired 7/1903.
Ellettsville NA&S Hinkley 478 9/1853 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 26, Meteor, in 1859.
Embuda D&RG 95 Baldwin 5140 1881 4-4-0  
Emeterio De La Garza FCMYG 5 Rogers 4250 2/1890 2-6-0 Rn 1902 #107.
Emigrant CP 64 M & Aldus 2/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1198; rn 1901 #1217; scr 10/1902 Sac.
Emma Nevada NC 2 Baldwin 1881 2-6-0 NG; s 1937 to Grizzly Flats RR (Ward Kimball); donated 1990 operable to Orange Empire Ry Museum, Perris, Ca.
Emma Sweeney RGS 20     4-6-0 NG; named and painted in 1949 for a movie.
Empire At&B Rogers 43 5/1843    
Empire LV 323 LV 1876 4-6-0 Rb 11/1888 at LV's Sayre shops.
Empire M&SC Rogers 69 7/1845 4-4-0  
Empire V&T 13 Baldwin 3091 1872 2-6-0 Renumbered to 15 in 1881 after sale of Aurora; sold 1924; stored in Ca.
Emporia ATSF 17 Taunton 554 1/1872 4-4-0  
Endicott ATSF 79 Taunton 697 5/1879 4-6-0 Rn #439.
Energy O&LC 319 Portland 457 7/1882 2-6-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #319; became Rutland #383 in 1901.
Enfield H&S Rogers 61 11/1844 4-4-0  
Enoch Pratt B&D 1 Brooks 596 1881 2-6-0  
Enon MR&LE Rogers 383 3/1853 4-4-0  
Enosburgh CV 13 H & Drury 1850 4-4-0 Ex-Champlain; sold 4/1/1884 to SS&C.
Enterprise CuV Wilmarth 1854 4-2-4  
Enterprise G&CU Chicago 10/1853    
Eolo M&Sa Rogers 310 3/1852 4-4-0  
Equinox B&SL Rogers 356 11/1852 4-4-0  
Erasmus Gest NCO 3 Baldwin 8791 8/1887 4-4-0 Off roster 12/1918; restored 4/30/1923; sold 9/1/1929 to SP #3; scr 9/14/1934.
Erastus Corning LC&M 21 Mason 48 9/1856 4-4-0 Rn E. B. Wakeman; became M&SP #21 in 1863; off roster by 1888.
Erie (1st) CV 16 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Rn 3/1869 Roxbury.
Erie (2nd) CV 21 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Ex-Huron; Rb 6/17/1856; wrecked 1879.
Erie HR Springfield 1849 4-2-2  
Erie MR&LE Rogers 85 7/1846 4-2-2  
Erie O&LC 17 (1st) H & Drury 299 4/1851 4-4-0 Renamed 2nd Ontario; Rebuilt.
Erie R&S Baldwin 13 1835 4-2-0 Scrapped before 1857.
Erin GWR GWR Hamilton 1861 0-6-0  
Ernest S. Marsh Dis 4 Baldwin 58367 1925 2-4-0  
Ernie Birdsall SJ&SN 1 Porter   2-4-2T Ex-Lyon Mill & Mining Co #1 2/1882; sold 1897.
Escanaba C&NW 137 Hinkley 726   4-4-0  
Esmerelda CP 164 Cooke 11/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1179; rn 1901 #1210; rn 1906 #1486; Sold 2/1/1907 to Atlantic Equipment Co.
Esmerelda V&T 14 Baldwin 3094 1872 2-6-0 Sold 1901 to Mexican Govt. Rys.
Esperanza FCPM 1 Baldwin 13025 10/1892 0-4-2T  
Espita FCUY 28 Baldwin 16671 4/1899 4-4-0 Ex-M&V #8; scr 1949.
Essex Bo&L Lawrence 1850 4-2-0  
Essex CV 33 Essex 1852 4-4-0 Rb 4/27/1860; scrapped around 1/1/1890.
Essex GWR Lowell 1853 4-4-0  
Essex (1st) M&E Boyden 2 5/1838 4-2-0 S 1851 to Iron RR, Ohio; sunk in Lake Erie in transport.
Essex (2nd) M&E Rogers 291 12/1851 4-6-0  
Estela FCUY 57 Baldwin 12420 2/1892 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&P #7; scr 1955.
Estelle VRR 1 Baldwin 4102 6/1877 2-4-4T Too heavy for VRR track; returned to Baldwin; some parts used to build VRR #2.
Ethan Allen CV 37 H & Drury 1849 4-4-0 Rb 5/1855; rn Forest City.
Ethan Allen (1st) R&B 19 Hinkley 552 10/1854 4-4-0 Rn 1855 Green Mountain; rn 1862 Wide Awake; rn 1867 Pico; rb 1867 at Rutland; Rb 1871; became Central Vermont #210; scrapped 1893; may have been ex-Otter Creek.
Ethan Allen (2nd) R&B 26 Hinkley 549 1854 4-4-0 Ex-2nd Know Nothing.
Etta LBC 2 Lima 361 7/1891 2T Shay s 4/9/1925 to Monument Investment Co.; s 1926 to Denver Metal & Machine Co. (Morse Bros.); scr 1942.
Eufaula SW Rogers 380 3/1853 4-4-0  
Eugene (1st) O&C 8 Baldwin 2547 9/1871 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1246; rn 1906 #1502; to Brooklyn Shops 2nd #3 12/1914; to SPMW #261; scr 3/28/1921 Brooklyn.
Eugene (2nd) O&C 11 Baldwin 2892 8/1872 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1249; rn 1906 #1504; scr 9/25/1912 Brooklyn.
Eureka CP 158 Schen 558 3/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1225; scr 10/1899; first unit to be shipped to California over land rather than by sea.
Eureka (1st) E&P 1 Brooks 167 6/1873 2-6-0 S c. 1/1880 to Nevada Central #1.
Eureka (2nd) E&P 4 Baldwin 3763 7/1875 4-4-0 S 1896 to Sierra Nevada W&L #5; restored to operating condition, now privately owned. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Las Vegas, Nevada.
More information: Wikipedia.
Eureka ER&E 2 Baldwin 7400 1884 4-4-0 Became NWP #1; retired 12/4/1916.
Eureka SF&NP 15 Grant 1888 4-6-0 Became NWP #102; retired 5/31/1929.
Evarts E&P 7 Baldwin 6662 3/1883 4-4-0  
Ewa EPC 1     0-4-2T  
Exeter   Hinkley 264      
Excelsior CP 157 Rogers 1659 4/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1224; scr 8/1896; this unit was originally ordered from McKay & Aldus which then went bankrupt, so the order was transferred to Rogers & Schenectady.
Experiment M&HR West Point 1831 4-2-0 First "bogie" loco to be built in the US (first with a leading truck). One source lists this engine as being renamed Brother Jonathan.
Experiment NCI Rogers 4 6/1838 4-2-0  
Express (1st) CV 26 Amoskeag 1851 4-4-0 Rb 5/1/1856; off roster by 6/1890.
Express (2nd) CV 15 H & Drury 1849 4-4-0 Ex-1st Woodstock; scrapped before 5/29/1895.
Express LNA&C 29 Schen 21 10/1852 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Lafayette; rn Quickstep.

Photo credits

  • E. M. Stanton - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph available from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website.  The MARC record for this photograph (retrieved July 16, 2009) asserts that there are "no known restrictions on publication."  As the photograph was first published in the United States before 1923, this image is now in the public domain.
  • Eagle (MWCR) - The image description page (retrieved October 23, 2008) at Wikimedia Commons asserts that this image is in the public domain because it was first published in the United States before 1923.
  • El Gobernador - Wikipedia's image description page (retrieved October 16, 2008) asserts that because this locomotive was scrapped in 1894, the photo must have been taken before that time, therefore it is in the public domain.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with F

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 US Military Railroads locomotive Firefly on a trestle belonging to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad 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 Brate & 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.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with G

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
G. A. Thompson WU 26 WU Racine 1867 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #273 in 1879; rn #1200 in 1899; off roster 12/1901.
G. Canton FCUY 60 Baldwin 16314 11/1898 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&P 10; scr.
G. E. Merchant SC&D 5 Brooks 1879? 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #331 in 1880; rn #527 in 1890; rn #1410 in 1899; off roster 9/1905.
G. F. Carman B&R 1st 7 Rogers 166 3/1849 4-4-0 Ex-New York & Harlem #27 Albany.
G. G. Maxon R&S 39 Schen 693 1871 4-4-0 To D&H #134; rn 418; off roster by 1902.
G. H. Cramer R&S 35 Schen 504 1868 4-4-0 To D&H 130; sold to Poughkeepsie & Eastern #6.
G. H. Wellman FLA&P 1 Baldwin 4082 5/1877 4-4-0 Sold 1892 as Eagles Mere #1.
G. L. Shuyler S&S   1851 4-4-0 Xf to R&S 1862.
G. L. Stone CV 82       Replaced by CV 2nd #82 Paul Dillingham.
G. M. Barnard O&LC 2nd 2 Taunton 471 8/1869 4-4-0 Rn #302 W. L. Frost 1/1/1891; scrapped before 5/31/1895.
G. M. Porter SC&P   1858 0-4-0  
G. Mancera FCHN 21 Baldwin 17456 2/1900 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #21 in 1908.
G. Merrill CV 52 CV Northfield 3/1865 4-4-0  
G. W. Rogers CP&L Mason 284 7/1868 4-4-0 To Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville RR 1867; to Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago 1871.
G. W. Scranton C&Su Rogers 197 12/1849 4-4-0  
G. W. T. Riley TD&B 17 Mason 636 10/1880 0-6-6T To TC&SL #17 1881.
Gabriel W&AR Fox-Walker 1868 4-4-0 Gabriel soon after delivery c. 1870. Imported from England in November 1868.
Garangula S&U Rogers 113 12/1847 4-4-0  
Garcia M&S Rogers 136 7/1848 4-4-0  
Garden City G&CU Chicago 1854   Sold c. 1858 to CB&Q
Gardner ATSF 97 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Garibaldi CC 3 R Norris 7/1860 4-4-0 Sold to CP 12/22/1865; Rn 1891 #1004; scr 1892.
Gasconade PacMo Taunton 1853 4-4-0  
Gazelle CP 84 Schen 480 2/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1207; scr 10/1899, Sacramento.
Gazelle LNA&C 20 Hinkley 400 9/1852 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Putnamville.
Gazelle LSMS Cooke 1862 4-2-4  
Gazelle M&I Rogers 285 10/1851 4-4-0  
Gazelle MC Hinkley 199 9/1848 4-4-0 Ex-O&C #3 Jo. B. Stevens.
Gazelle W&A Rogers 555 12/1854 4-4-0  
Gem P&R   1841    
Gen. Clark T&R Portland 16 1850 4-4-0 Became D&H #109; scr 1887.
Gen. Darcy (1st) NJR&T Rogers 87 10/1846 4-4-0  
Gen. Darcy (2nd) NJR&T NJR&T Jersey 3 1868 4-4-0  
Gen. Garfield B&M 276 Hinkley 1784 4/1889    
Gen. Grant B&M 41     4-4-0  
Gen. Grant CV 56 Manch 12/1865 4-4-0 Rn Boston 6/1873.
Gen. Grant NI Baldwin 1381 5/1865 4-4-0 Sold to WU as #20 Cordova; became CM&SP #267 in 1879; off roster by 1899.
Gen. Green P&W Rogers 105 9/1847 4-4-0  
Gen. Gridley LB&Mi 24 Baldwin 4460 10/1878 4-4-0  
Gen. Hammond CPIC 1 Dickson 126 7/1873 2-6-0  
Gen. Humphrey QMD Vulcan   0-4-2T  
Gen. Hunt T&MNG 1 Porter 184 6/1874 0-4-0 To Toledo, Delphos & Burlington #1 8/1879.
Gen. Manuel Gonzales FCCM 4 Baldwin 5329 10/1880 4-6-0 Rn 1902 #400.
Gen. N. P. Banks   Hinkley 645      
Gen. Pedro Baranda FCUY 37 Baldwin 16052 8/1898 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #7; scr 1928.
Gen. Porfirio Diaz FCCM 3 Baldwin 5328 10/1880 4-6-0 Rn 1902 #399.
Gen. Putnam CPIC 3 Dickson 128 10/1873 2-6-0 Rn Hammondville.
Gen. Riva Palacio FCDS 2 Rogers 2644 10/1880 4-4-0 Rn 5/27/1907 #56; s 12/31/1909 to SPDeM; off roster by 1924.
Gen. Sheridan CV 59 Manch 4/1866 4-4-0  
Gen. Sheridan M&SP 48 Mason 206 7/1865 4-4-0 Off roster by 1898.
Gen. Sherman B&M 42     4-4-0  
Gen. Sherman BBB&C Baldwin   4-2-0 Bought 10/12/1852 in Boston from either the Bo&P or Bo&W; could be serial number 25, 30, 34, 39, 71, 155, 166, or 168; sold 7/1870 to Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio RR #1; quickly off roster.
Gen. Sherman O&LC 311 Malone 1866 4-4-0 Ex-1st Fawn.
Gen. Sherman WU 19 Manch 66 1865 4-4-0 Rn W. R. Bloomfield.
Gen. Stannard CV 57 Manch 1/1866 4-4-0  
Gen. Strong CV 211 Taunton 1851 4-4-0 Built for the R&B; scrapped 1891.
Gen. Taylor CV 10 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Ex-Old Zach.
Gen. Taylor P&W Rogers 102 7/1847 4-4-0  
General W&A 3 Rogers 631 12/1855 4-4-0 General preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia. Involved in the great locomotive chase of the Civil War. Preserved on static display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia.
More information: Wikipedia.
General A. P. Hill RF&P 554 Baldwin 1937 4-8-4  
General Burnside USM Mason 125   4-4-0 Acquired new on 2/13/1863; sold 1863 to Central Ohio Railroad.
General Couch USM Taunton 299   4-4-0 Acquired new on 5/2/1863; sold 1865 to North Carolina Railroad.
General Dix USM Baldwin 1095   4-4-0 Acquired 12/23/1862; sold to Virginia Central Railroad in 1865.
General Geary USM Jersey City      
General II SMSRy   1920s   Ex-Louisiana & Eastern #1.
General J. E. B. Stuart RF&P 553 Baldwin 1937 4-8-4  
General J. E. Johnson RF&P 555 Baldwin 1937 4-8-4  
General McClellan USM Jersey 1862 4-4-0  
General Meade USM Taunton 297   4-4-0 Acquired new on 5/16/1863; ex-Stuart Gwynn; sold 1865 to B&O.
General Meigs USM Norris   4-4-0 Acquired new on 6/23/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
General Ord GH&SA 34 Manch 782 10/1879 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #694; rn 1901 #185; s 10/5/1905 to St. Louis Traction Co.
General Robert E. Lee RF&P 551 Baldwin 1937 4-8-4  
General Robert E. Lee SGT 7 Crown 1963   In Silver Springs, Fl.
General Sam Houston SGT 4 Crown 1962   In Silver Springs, Fl.
General Sheridan Pan 2 Baldwin   2-6-0  
General Sheridan USM Rogers   4-4-0 Ex-Northern Light; rb 1862; s 1865 to William Phelps.
General Sherman CV 58 Manch 4/1866 4-4-0 Renamed R. Camp in 3/1871.
General Sickles USM Mason 126   4-4-0 Acquired new on 2/13/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
General Storm R&B 20 Taunton 78 1851 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1873; became Central Vermont #211; scr 1891.
General T. J. Jackson RF&P 552 Baldwin 1937 4-8-4  
General Taylor NCe 13 B&S shops 10/1846 4-4-0 Scrapped 1863
General Vallejo SoV 3 Baldwin 5488 1881 4-4-0 S 1889 to Oahu Ry & Land Co #45.
General Wool T&B Schen c. 1867 4-4-0  
Genesee L&W Rogers 329 7/1852 4-6-0  
Genesee NY&E 30 Rogers 160 2/1849 4-4-0  
Genesee O&LC 1st 19 Essex 5/1851 4-4-0 Rn #31; received new cylinders before 1/1/1876; Scrapped.
Genl. Haupt USM Mason 124   4-4-0 The engineer's side of Genl. Haupt in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1863US Military Railroad locomotive Genl. Haupt in operation.Some references list this as General Haupt; but it is clear in the photo that the locomotive had Genl. Haupt on the cab side. Acquired new on 1/17/1863; rn General J. C. Robinson; sold 1865 to B&O.
Genl. J. C. Robinson USM Mason 124   4-4-0 Gen. J. C. RobinsonSome references show the name as Gen. J. C. Robinson while others show General J. C. Robinson; but the photo shows Genl. J. C. Robinson. Ex-General Haupt; acquired new on 1/17/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
Genoa NYOW 81 Rhode 443 10/1872 4-4-0 Rn 10/1887 1st #67.
Genoa V&T 12 Baldwin 3090 1872 4-4-0 Sold 1938; stored in California.
Geo. A. Parker USM Baldwin 1862 4-4-0  
Geo. B. Hubbard TT 47 Grant 1564 11/1882 4-4-0 NG; sold 6/18/1898 to Pine Bluff Arknsas River RR #1; sold 6/10/1907 to Grant Lumber Co, Clio, Ar.
Geo. Bain TT 53 Grant 1542 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 11/1891 to Jose M. Espinoza; delivered 6/1892 to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, for the Ferrocarril Guanajauto A San Luis De La Paz Y Pozos #1; became NdeM #90; lost during Mexican Revolution.
Geo. C. Bode SC&TC 2 Baldwin 3603 5/1874 0-6-0T S 2/1878 to Seattle & Walla Walla #3; rb as 2-6-2T; s 11/1880 to Columbia & Puget Sound #3; destroyed in Seattle fire 6/7/1889; scr.
Geo. D. Fisher TT 9 Grant 11/1880 2-6-0 NG; sold 2/10/1891 to George M. Dilley & Son, Palestine, Tx.
Geo. G. Hunt CV 84 CV St Albans 1872 4-4-0 Rn 1874 #4; rn 1/1/1900 #35.
Geo. H. Benedict M&SP 131 Taunton 443 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn #397 in 1898; rn #1230 in 1899; s 3/1902; rn C. A. Place.
Geo. I. Seney Jr. LB&Mi 25 Baldwin 4461 10/1878 4-4-0  
Geo. L. Stone CV 82 CV St Albans 1871 4-4-0 Rn 1876 #30 to replace Windsor; rn 1892 #25; rn to replace J. R. Langdon.
Geo. L. Woods CP 123 Globe 1865 4-4-0 Off roster by 1886.
Geo. M. Barnard R&B 33 Taunton 509 1870 4-4-0 Rn George B. Chase.
Geo. M. Dilley TT 33 Grant 1510 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 1887; Boiler exploded at Tyler 2/8/1893; scrapped.
Geo. M. Rice CV 62 CV St Albans 1872 4-4-0 Took place of 2nd Richmond.
Geo. M. Tibbetts R&S 28 Schen 407 1865 4-4-0 To D&H #123; scr 1887.
Geo. Sanborn M&M 21 Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #21 in 1861; became M&SP #91 in 1868; off roster by 1891.
Geo. Smith M&SP 130 Taunton 442 9/1868 4-4-0 Rn #396 in 1898; rn #1229 in 1899; rn #1415 in 1910; off roster by 3/1907.
Geo. T. Childs CV 80 Rhode 1445 1/1884 2-6-0 Built to replace #80 J. M. Pinkerton; rn 1/1/1900 to #333.
Geo. W. Brown TT 52 Grant 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 6/1887; sold 7/11/1900 to L. W. Dantzler, Moss Point, Ms.
Geo. W. Cobb MPt 1 Taunton 209 10/1856 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #427 in 1880; off roster by 1899.
Geo. W. Kneisley TD&B 12 Mason 627 8/1880 0-6-6T To TC&SL #12 1881.
Geo. Wm. Ballou TD&B 14 Mason 630 9/1880 0-6-6T To TC&SL #14 1881.
Geo. Yaeger V&J Baldwin 718 9/1856 4-4-0 Scr 1866.
George B. Chase R&B 33 Taunton 509 1870 4-4-0 Received as Geo. M. Barnard and immediately renamed; Became Central Vermont #223.
George Dilling GH&SA 54 Manch 900 7/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #702, 659; rn 1901 #181; destroyed in wreck with #136 at Berclair 6/11/1904.
George Dilling SA&AP 42 New York 385 7/1888 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #113; off roster by 1917.
George F. Bragg (1st) SV 5 R Norris 7/1860 4-4-0 Built as Garibaldi for California Central RR; Leased from California Central (#4 Sam Brannan) 5/1862-7/1864.
George F. Bragg (2nd) SV 2nd 5 Cooke 1863 4-4-0 Ex-Freeport Nebraska 1865; sold 1874 to CP 2nd #93; sold 10/1888 to Union Coal Co.
George F. Renton Jr. EPC 7        
George F. Talman NA&S Rogers 614 10/1855 4-4-0 Originally built for the Racine & Mississippi but diverted to NA&S; Became LNA&C 31 Telegraph; rn 60 c. 1885.
George H. Emerson B&O 5600   1937 4-4-4-4  
George Hall CR&B Rogers 49 10/1843 4-4-0  
George Hood   Hinkley 1105      
George Leavitt Adir 3 Schen 636 1870 4-4-0 Rn #6; rn C. E. Durkee.
George Lyman NA&S NA&S NA   4-4-0 Became LNA&C 16, Alaric, in 1859.
George Mason RF&P 616 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
George McCloud L&N Baldwin      
George Nichols CV 7 CV St Albans 1878 2-6-0 Renum 300 1/1/1900; scrapped 1902.
George S. Brown B&D 4 Baldwin 6140 1882 2-8-0 Built as D&RG #293, but diverted to the B&D on completion; wrecked at Vale in 1899.
George Stephenson MWCR 2     2-2-0 George Stephenson on the Mount Washington Cog Railway
George W. Fulton Jr. SA&AP 19 Baldwin 8658 7/1887 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #110; off roster by 1917.
George Washington P&C Norris 6/1836 4-2-0  
George Washington RF&P 614 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
George White RF&P 620 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
George Winchester NCe 20 Newcastle 1846 4-4-0 Off roster by 1872.
Georgia CR&B Rogers 604 9/1855 4-4-0  
Georgia (1st) CV 31 Amoskeag 1852 4-4-0 ex-El Dorado; sold to Canadian Atlantic in 1883.
Georgia (2nd) CV 31 Mason   4-4-0 Rb 1871; ex-B&L Lamoille; exchanged 12/1884 for CV #19 Bethel; scrapped 1890.
Georgia SRR Baldwin 932 5/1860 4-4-0 Off roster after 1877.
Georgina SC&TC 3 Baldwin 3713 4/1875 0-6-0T S 2/1878 to Seattle & Walla Walla #4; s 11/1880 to Columbia & Puget Sound #4; off roster by 1890.
Geronimo Trevino FCMYG 1 Rogers 4094 1/1889 2-6-0 Rn 1902 #106.
Geyser SF&NP 4 Union 16 1873 4-4-0 Scr 1904.
Giant CP 89 Rhode 57 6/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1050, 1058; scr 6/30/1919, Sacramento.
Gigue Juc Rogers 566 2/1855 4-6-0  
Giles Merrill CV CV Northfield 1865 4-4-0 Scrapped 1893.
Gladiator CP 90 Rhode 58 7/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1551, 1049; scr 6/27/1906, Los Angeles.
Glenbrook TNG 2 Baldwin 3712 3/1875 2-6-0 NG; S 1/31/1899 to Lake Tahoe Ry & Navigation Co. #1.
Glencoe LC&M 17 Taunton 215 10/1856 4-4-0 Rn #20; became M&SP #20 in 1863; off roster by 1892.
Glendale CH&D Rogers 315 4/1852 4-4-0  
Glengary   Taunton 49 3/1850 4-4-0 Privately owned; ex-R&B #8 Pittsford.
Glidden ATSF 28 Taunton 579 8/1872 4-4-0  
Golden Eagle CP 119 Cooke 8/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1134; rb coal 7/15/1870.
Goldfield CC&V 1     0-4+4-0 2 ft gauge; ex-Minas Mexicana Peñoles #1.
Gold Run CP 28 M & Aldus 1/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1191; scr 12/20/1898.
Gold Town D&RG 47 Baldwin 4985 1880 2-8-0  
Goliath CP 27 Cooke 2/1867 0-6-0T Goliath in use on Central Pacific at Wadsworth Rn 1891 #1013; rb by 1875; rb by 1891; scr 8/3/1906 W Oakland.
Goliath OR&LC 8   1878 0-4-2T Ex-Sonoma Valley RR Sonoma.
Goodwin ATSF 93 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Goo Goo CO&I 3 Dickson 204 4/1879 0-4-0 Became Dannemora #3 (?).
Gordon CR&B Rogers 44 6/1843 4-4-0  
Gorgona Pan Portland 1854 0-4-0  
Gorilla CP 86 Rogers 1516 5/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1547; rb by 1878; scr 10/6/1899, Sacramento.
Goshen VRR 3 Baldwin 8251 11/1886 2-4-0 Sold 1898 to Anderson & Bella Vista #2; destroyed by fire 12/10/1905.
Gosport NA&S Norris 1851 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 8, Apollo, in 1859.
Gouv'r. Morris   Rogers 293 12/1851 4-4-0 Moshein & Rothfus show this locomotive as purchased by "Gouverneur Morris" but note that it may have been purchased for the NY&H.
Gov. Bradford OC Hinkley 1845    
Gov. Bullock Jr. Che Pittsburgh 1871 4-4-0  
Gov. Carver OC Hinkley 1845    
Gov. Chittenden T&R Taunton 100 1852 4-4-0 Became D&H 112.
Gov. Fish NJR&T Rogers 381 3/1853 4-4-0  
Gov. Gilpin D&S 1 Baldwin 1874 0-4-0 Passenger unit disguised as streetcar.
Gov. Hubbard TT 1 National 2/1877 2-6-0 NG; Sold 12/1887 to F. De Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mex.
Gov. Jay   Rogers 321 5/1852 4-4-0 Moshein & Rothfus show this locomotive as purchased by Gouverneur Morris and may have been purchased for the NY&H.
Gov. Morgan T&NO 5 Baldwin 4543 2/1879 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #565; rn 1901 #143; scr 5/15/1916 Ennis.
Gov. Morrow LMRR Rogers 28 4/1841 4-4-0  
Gov. Page R&S 34 Schen 499 1868 4-4-0 To D&H #129; sold to A&StL #1.
Gov. Paine CV 1 Baldwin 1849 4-2-2 Deliv. 9/7/1849; Rebuilt to 4-4-0 and renamed J. Clark on 9/12/1863.
Gov. Pollock NCe 36 Lancaster 7/1858 4-4-0 Built for Sunbury & Erie RR.
Gov. Richard Coke T&NO 1 Baldwin 3657 10/1874 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #557; rn 1901 #137; off roster by 1909.
Gov. Robinson CO&I 1 Dickson 184 8/1878 4-4-0 Became Dannemora #1 (?).
Gov. Seymour H&NH Rogers 362 12/1852 4-4-0  
Gov. Smith (1st) CV 40 Souther 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Iron Horse; sold 1/1884 to SS&C; returned to CV as I. B. Futvoye; also may be referenced unabbreviated.
Gov. Smith (2nd) CV 29 CV St Albans 1883 4-4-0 Last 4-4-0 delivered to CV; built to replace Northfield; rn 1/1/1900 #53; scrapped late 1830s.
Gov. Southard NJR&T Rogers 475 3/1854 4-4-0  
Gov. Trumbull H&P Rogers 192 10/1849 4-4-0  
Government USM Jersey 1862 4-4-0  
Governor W&A Rogers 557 1/1855 4-4-0  
Governor Benjamin Harrison RF&P 604 Baldwin 1938 4-8-4  
Governor Claude A. Swanson RF&P 612 Baldwin 1942 4-8-4  
Governor Edmund Randolph RF&P 607 Baldwin 1942 4-8-4  
Governor Fitzhugh Lee RF&P 610 Baldwin 1942 4-8-4  
Governor Helms L&N Fairbanks      
Governor Henry A. Wise RF&P 608 Baldwin 1942 4-8-4  
Governor James Monroe RF&P 605 Baldwin 1938 4-8-4  
Governor John Letcher RF&P 609 Baldwin 1942 4-8-4  
Governor John Tyler RF&P 606 Baldwin 1938 4-8-4  
Governor Nye USM Norris   4-4-0 Governor Nye in serviceAcquired new on 2/18/1863; still on USM roster as of 4/1866.
Governor Page Rut 11 Taunton 447 11/1868 4-4-0 Became Central Vermont #205 L. E. Roys 1891; rn 1901 #64.
Governor Patrick Henry RF&P 601 Baldwin 1938 4-8-4  
Governor Stanford CP 1 Norris 1040 11/1863 4-4-0 Rb by 1878; on loan to California State RR Museum, Sacramento.
Governor Thomas Jefferson RF&P 602 Baldwin 1938 4-8-4  
Governor Thomas Nelson RF&P 603 Baldwin 1938 4-8-4  
Governor Underwood R&B 29 Taunton 366 1865 4-4-0 Rn J. Burdette; rb 1877; became Central Vermont #219. Another source shows this engine as being traded in to Baldwin in 1860 by P&R. Baldwin probably resold the engine rather than scrapping and rebuilding for the next customer.
Governor William Smith RF&P 611 Baldwin 1942 4-8-4  
Gowan & Marx P&R E & Harrison 18 1839 4-4-0 Ordered in summer 1839; named for a London, England, banking firm; pulled the first train between Reading and Philadelphia on December 5, 1839; pulled a record-length 101-car train weighing 423 tons on February 20, 1840; designed to burn coal, but burned wood until January 1855; rb 8/1856; soon after 1857 traded-in to Baldwin for new engines.
Granada ATSF 43 Mason 558 4/1876 4-4-0  
Granby CV 28 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Ex-Sorelle; sold 8/1881.
Grand Canne LW 7 Baldwin 4945 1/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #549; rn 1901 #129; scr 6/24/1913 Algiers.
Grand Canyon D&RG 41 Baldwin 4940 1/1880 2-8-0  
Grand Maree LW 5 Baldwin 5099 5/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #555; rn 1901 #134; s 3/9/1909 to Industrial Lumber Co., Beaumont, Tx.
Granite City (1st) BRR 1 Baldwin 9946 1889 2-4-2ST Ex-Brooklyn, Bath & West End Ry 1888; s 12/9/1890 Boston, Concord & Montreal; leased to M&WR 1/19/1892; wrecked 5/20/1893; rb by 7/10/1893; rn 10/8/1902 Montpelier; s 1913 to White River RR.
Granite City (2nd) BRR 4 Baldwin 20931 9/1902 0-6-2ST Xferred to Barre & Chelsea #4 9/18/1913; s 1940 to Rock of Ages #4; in Montpelier roundhouse fire 2/7/1907; scr 1951.
Granite State BC&M 2nd 1 Manch 574 4/1873 4-4-0 Ex-M&WR #3 Marshfield.
Grape Shot USM Taunton 301   4-4-0 Ex-W. A. Murphy; sold 1865 to North Carolina Railroad.
Grasshopper ATSF 27 Taunton 574 7/1872 4-4-0  
Grasshopper ShL     0-4-0T  
Grass Valley NCNG 1 Baldwin 3762 7/1875 4-4-0 Scr 1936.
Gray ATSF 77 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Great Gulf MWCR 6 Manchester 1906 0-2-2-0  
Great Western NOO&GW Rogers 446 12/1853 4-4-0 Became ML&T #16; rn 1885 516; off roster by 1/1897.
Great Western V&J Baldwin 157 5/1840 4-2-0 Off roster by 5/1866; listed in Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #101 as Commercial RR.
Greeley ATSF 202 Baldwin 4411 9/1878 4-4-0  
Green Bay M&N 8 Baldwin 3014 11/1872 4-4-0 Rn #23; became CM&SP #923 in 1893; rn #1298 in 1899; rn #1460 in 1910; rn #153 in 1913; off roster 6/1914.
Green Mountain R&B 19 Hinkley 552 1854 4-4-0 Ex-Ethan Allen.
Green Ridge NCe 37 Swinburne 7/1858 4-4-0 Built for Sunbury & Erie RR.
Green River D&RG 400 Baldwin   2-8-0 Now at Knott's Berry Farm in Anaheim, Ca.
Green River L&N M & Richardson      
Greencastle NA&S Hinkley 402 9/1852 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 22, Comet, in 1859.
Greene MR&LE Rogers 389 4/1853 4-4-0  
Greenhorn D&RG 17 Baldwin 3869 1876 4-4-0  
Greenwood M&I Rogers 144 9/1848 4-4-0  
Gregory NJR&T Rogers 129 5/1848 4-4-0  
Grey Eagle CP 118 Cooke 8/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1133; rb by 1875; scr 10/1899 Sacramento.
Grey Fox CP 150 Schen 532 1/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1217; scr 10/1899 Sacramento.
Greyhound CP 131 Rhode 76 11/1868 4-4-0 Rb coal 7/26/1872; sold 1/1872 to SF&NP #131 Greyhound; scr by 1892.
Greyhound SF&NP 131 Rhode 76 11/1868 4-4-0 Rb coal 7/26/1872; ex-CP #131 Greyhound; scr by 1892.
Griffin CP 47 M & Aldus 9/1867 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1260; rb 7/19/1872 as 4-4-0; scr 10/6/1899 Sac.
Grizzly CP 56 Schen 493 5/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1532; scr 1/4/1896.
Groton M&WR 4 Manch 575 4/1873 4-4-0 S 7/29/1875 to C&PR 2nd #25 Amos Barnes; became B&M #438 1887; s 12/12/1895 to Poulterer & Co.
Grove BM&L 2 Union 27 1881 0-6-0  
Growler CP 75 Cooke 4/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1543; rn 1901 #2009, #1012; scr 5/1903.
Guamutas Juc Rogers 302 2/1852 4-4-0  
Guanajuato FCCM 6 Baldwin 5369 11/1880 4-6-0 Rn 1902 #402.
Guaymas FCDS 3 Rogers 2646 10/1880 4-4-0 Rn 8/9/1907 #57; off roster by 7/1910.
Guilford NH&NL Rogers 319 5/1852 4-4-0  
Guilford NYOW 23 Rhode 297 7/1871 2-6-0 Traded 5/16/1887 to Sinnemahoning Valley RR with 1st #31 for SV #2 (became NYOW 2nd 89).
Gunnison D&RG 94 Baldwin 5139 1880 4-4-0  
Guston Silv Lima   2T Shay Traded for RGS 2-8-0 #34 in 1892; sold 1899.
Gypsy E&KR 2     0-4-0T  

Photo credits

  • Gabriel - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph available at Wikimedia Commons. The image description page for this photograph (retrieved May 7, 2009) asserts that this image is in the public domain due to its age.
  • Gen. J. C. Robinson - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph, one of two plates of a stereograph image, online at the Library of Congress website. The rights and reproductions page for this image (retrieved December 21, 2008) asserts "There are no known restrictions on these photographs."
  • General (W&A) - The image description page (retrieved October 24, 2008) at Wikimedia Commons asserts that "The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that Credit is given to the photographer, Harvey Henkelman."
  • Genl. Haupt (engineer's side) - Cropped from a scan of the original photo available at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website.  The original photograph was made by Andrew J. Russell.  The photograph description page (retrieved July 16, 2009) asserts that there are "no known restrictions on publication."
  • Genl. Haupt (fireman's side) - This image was 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.
  • George Stephenson - The image description page (retrieved October 24, 2008) at Wikimedia Commons asserts that since this photo was first published in the United States before 1923, it is therefore in the public domain.
  • Goliath (CP) - Cropped from a scan of the original stereocard available at the Library of Congress. The MARC record for this image (retrieved October 24, 2008) asserts that there are "No known restrictions on publication."
  • Governor Nye - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph, one of two plates of a stereograph image, available at the Library of Congress website. The rights and reproductions page for this image (retrieved December 21, 2008) asserts "There are no known restrictions on these photographs."

Locomotive names of North America beginning with H

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
H. A. Arbuckle CoRR 2nd 9 Porter 1874 8/1898 0-4-4T 20 inch gauge
H. A. Blodgett CV 92 Baldwin 10467 1890 2-6-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #321.
H. A. Church O&LC 2nd 4 Taunton 431 4/1868 4-4-0 Ex-John C. Pratt.
H. A. Miller WU 38 Baldwin 1872 4-4-0 May have been ex-NP; became CM&SP #285 in 1879; rn #1431 in 1899; rn #1414 in 1910; rn #52 in 1913; off roster 1915.
H. A. Widemann WSC 1     0-6-0T  
H. B. Stone GH&SA 24 Mason 547 2/1875 0-6-6T Built as Utica, Ithaca & Elmira #8 Leviathan; returned to Mason 12/1786 and rb as #26.
H. C. Atkins M&M 10 Menominee 1853 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #10 in 1861; became M&SP #80 in 1868; rb 1870; off roster by 1892.
H. C. Atkins M&SP 135 Taunton 473 8/1869 4-4-0 Rn John Lawler; rn #1234 in 1899; off roster by 1907.
H. C. Hall R&S Rogers K&G 325 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Alfred Bishop; became D&H #104.
H. C. Lockwood R&S 33 Schen 441 1867 4-4-0 To D&H #128; scr 1892.
H. C. Stimson M&SP 63 Hinkley 1867 4-4-0 Rb 1885; off roster by 1898.
H. D. Knapman SA&AP 21 Baldwin 8743 8/1887 4-4-0 Rn 1908 #33; off roster by 1917.
H. E. Chamberlain R&B 22 Amoskeag 51 1852 4-6-0 Ex-John Howe.
H. F. Fuller WU 11 Rogers 738 2/1857 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Sou'n Wisconsin.
H. F. Shaw   Hinkley 1881 4-4-0 Had double cylinders per side.
H. G. Askew TT 36 Grant 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 1889; sold 4/2/1892 to Tyler Star Lumber Co, Gilmer, Tx.
H. G. Marquand SL&IM Grant 1278 1/1874 4-4-0 Rn 5/1879 #232; rn 1884 #378; rn 12/1905 #8707.
H. Galpin M&SP 55 Rogers 1325 1/1866 4-4-0 Off roster by 1893.
H. H. Baxter M&SP 129 Mason 294 11/1868 4-4-0 Rn #395 in 1898; rn #1227 in 1899; s 4/1905 to TMER&L.
H. H. Durand R&M Rogers 648 2/1856 4-4-0 May have been named M. K. Jessup.
H. H. Locklin CV 51 CV St Albans 3/1869 4-4-0  
H. K. Adams CV 48 M & Aldus 5/1865 4-4-0 Ex-Sharon; replaced by A. C. Bean.
H. K. Nutt ATSF 103 Baldwin 4333 5/1878 4-4-0 Ex-P&AV #103
H. K. Sheldon T&NO 6 Baldwin 4549 2/1879 4-4-0 rn 1885 #566; rn 1901 #144; scr 6/21/1913 Algiers.
H. L. Robinson USM Mason 123   4-4-0 Acquired new on 12/26/1862; sold 1865 to B&O.
H. P. McCullough B&R 2nd 6 Schen 3352 1891 2-6-0 Sold 1881 to Rutland as #381.
H. R. Remsen NJR&T Rogers 335 8/1852 4-4-0  
H. S. Durand R&M Manch 27 6/1856 4-4-0 Became WU #10 H. S. Durand in 1867; became CM&SP #257 in 1879; scr 1883.
H. S. Marcy R&S 38 Schen 637 1870 4-4-0 To D&H #133; rn 417; off roster by 1900.
H. W. McNeil A&NW 2 Paul 3/1882 4-4-0  
Hackensack H&NY Rogers 1860 4-2-0  
Hackensack NYOW 34 Baldwin 2614 11/1871 4-4-0 Sold 6/1900 to Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley RR 2nd #4; transferred to D&H #416 9/19/1903; scrapped 4/20/1905.
Halacho FCUY 38 Baldwin 17102 10/1899 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #8; scr 1947.
Halawa HPC        
Hall BM&L 22 Union 23 1881 2-4-0T  
Hamburgh NYOW 53 Baldwin 2869 7/1872 2-8-0 Sold to DL&W (ML) #34; rn 745; rn 737; rn 715.
Hamden NYOW 59 Baldwin 3083 1/1873 2-6-0 Rb 1902 at Rome Machine Works as #117.
Hamilton NYOW 75 Mckay Iron 10/1872 4-4-0 Sold to Richmond & Potomac RR 6/1881.
Hampshire WofM Locks 10/1839   S to B&S Dr. Ordway; s 1848 to Cheshire RR as Rough & Ready.
Hanamaulu LPC 6 Baldwin 17855 6/1900 0-4-2T Converted to oil burner in 1924; reboilered twice; scrapped in late 1940s.
Hancock A&P 32 Manch 1034 1/1883 4-4-0  
Hancock MR&LE Rogers 131 6/1848 4-4-0  
Hancock NYOW 55 Baldwin 2964 10/1872 4-4-0 Rn 1/28/1889 to 2nd #43.
Hannah RR Baldwin 1727 6/1868 4-2-0T Ex-Rockport.
Hardin MR&LE Rogers 90 10/1846 4-4-0  
Hardin County L&N M & Richardson      
Hardon ATSF 73 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Hardscrabble D&RG 25 Baldwin 4192 1878 2-8-0  
Harrisburg   Hinkley 660     Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #144 lists the roadname as "BBB&C" only.
Harrisburg BBB&C Norris 8/1859 4-4-0 S 7/1870 to GH&SA #4; off roster by 1882.
Harrisburg O&C 7 Baldwin 2548 9/1871 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1245; scr 1/13/1906 Brooklyn
Harrodsburg NA&S Hinkley 477 9/1853 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 25, Zebra, in 1859
Harry Wilson CC 2 R Norris 7/1860 4-4-0 Sold 12/22/1865 to CP; Rn 1891 #1119; sold to CP for Sacramento Valley #6 Oronoco 1/1867; to CP #93 2/29/1869; to SP #17 9/1872; scr 7/28/1893.
Hart County L&N Niles      
Hartford CV 47 CV Northfield 5/1865 4-4-0 Scrapped 1895.
Hartford H&NH Rogers 15 10/1839 4-2-0  
Hartland CV 46 CV Norhtfield 12/1864 4-4-0 Sold 5/1/1884 to SS&C; still on roster 6/1/1885.
Hassayampa P&AC 1 Porter 770 8/1886 2-6-0 Sold 3/1897 to Sierra Ry #1; rb as 0-6-0; sold 6/20/1901 to Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Valley Ry #1; sold before 1/1910.
Hastings SP&C 5 Mason 412 6/1871 4-4-0 Became M&SP #174 in 1872; rn #1265 in 1899; rn #1435 in 1910; rn #143 in 1913; off roster in 12/1917.
Hatch A&P 34 Manch 1036 1/1883 4-4-0  
Hatch NC 4 Baldwin 3682 1/1875 4-4-0 Bought 11/1879.
Hawk CP 112 Cooke 7/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1128; scr 9/1891.
Hawthorne C&C 6 Baldwin 6090 1882 4-4-0 Scrapped 1907.
Healdsburg SF&NP 10 Grant 1665 1883 4-4-0 Became NWP #10; scr 6/10/1937.
Hecelchakaru FCUY 36 Baldwin 14020 4/1894 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #6; scr 1930.
Hecelchaken FCUY 44 Baldwin 23758 2/1904 4-6-0 Rn 1963 #271.
Hector CM&SP 196 Baldwin 3488 10/1873 0-4-0 Rn #2 in 1898; rn #1001 in 1899; sold 6/1905.
Hector CP 67 M & Aldus 3/1868 4-4-0 rn 1891 #1201; scr 7/20/1895 Sac.
Henry Clay RF&P 615 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
Henry Cobb ATSF 112 Rhode 807 12/1879 4-4-0  
Henry F. Shaw P&SI Hinkley 1379 1880 4-4-0 Named for oiginal owner; sold to P&SI 1893.
Henry Keep M&SP 128 Mason 293 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn #394 in 1898; rn #1226 in 1899; s 1906 to J. Marsh as #24.
Henry McAlpin CR&B Rogers 345 10/1852 4-4-0  
Henry P. Haven NLN     4-4-0  
Henry Sampson H&TC 38 Rogers   4-4-0  
Henry Starke A&BR 1 Brooks 2431 1894 2-6-0  
Henry W. Dexter NB Mason 1874 2-4-4T Ex-H&NP #2; Sold to Ad&SL as #2
Herald B&S Stephenson 1831 0-4-0 Rb 10/1832 as 4-2-0; rb 1847 as 0-6-0; in service until 1857.
Herald CP 128 M & Aldus 8/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1138.
Herald NCe 1 Stephenson 7 9/1832 0-6-0 Rb as 0-4-0; Rb as 4-2-0; rb as geared 0-6-0; sold 1859 to Baltimore & Susquehanna RR.
Hercules ATSF 50 Hinkley 1876 0-4-0  
Hercules B&O G & Winans 1844 0-8-0 First of B&O's Mud Digger class locos; class name given because the drive rods kicked up dirt along the tracks.
Hercules BM G & Eastwick 1837 4-4-0  
Hercules BRR 6 Baldwin 37527 2/1912 0-6-2ST Transferred to Barre & Chelsea #6 9/18/1913; rn Frank H. Smith; s 1/1953 to Rock of Ages #6; placed on exhibition at Rock of Ages 7/1958.
Hercules CM&SP 198 Baldwin 3489 10/1873 0-4-0 Rn #3 in 1898; rn #1002 in 1899; sold 12/1905.
Hercules CP 13 Cooke 12/1865 2-6-0 Rb 10/1871 as 4-4-0; rb after 1878; scr 8/16/1909 Sac.
Hercules G&CU Rogers 540 10/1854 4-4-0  
Hercules GMANS Hackworth   0-6-0  
Hercules LNA&C 18 Schen 115 5/1855 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Westville.
Hercules M&Sa Rogers 200 1/1850 4-4-0  
Hercules Mi&W Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Transferred to LC&M in 1856; became M&SP #44 Minneapolis in 1863; off roster by 1893.
Hercules NJR&T Rogers 27 3/1841 4-4-0  
Hercules SRR Baldwin 965 9/1860 4-4-0 Rn 5/1879 Morris Emanuel; off roster after 1877.
Hercules USM Norris 1862 4-6-0 Rn E. M. Stanton.
Hermano D&RG 74 Baldwin 5164 1880 2-8-0  
Hermosillo FCDS 4 Rogers 2648 10/1880 4-4-0 Rn 11/14/1907 #58; off roster by 7/1910.
Hero B&O 54 B&O 1848 0-8-0 Rb 1857.
Heron CP 114 Cooke 7/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1130; sold 6/1892.
Hesperis D&RG 100 Baldwin 5436 1881 4-4-0  
Hiawatha P&R P&R Reading 1859 4-4-0 Sold 1867 to Lebanon Valley RR; sold to East Pennsylvania RR; retired 1883.
Hiawatha USM Norris   4-4-0 Acquired new on 2/10/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
Hichens & Harrison P&R Baldwin 139 1839    
Hicksville LIRR Locks 1836   This engine may have been the first in the US to have a whistle mounted on it
Hidalgo FCCM 18 Taunton 819 12/1881 4-4-0  
Hidalgo FCHN 1 Baldwin 6498 12/1882 4-4-0 Retired by 1908.
Higginson ATSF 201 Baldwin 4410 9/1878 2-6-0  
Highgate CV 61 CV Northfield 8/1866 4-4-0  
Highland Light CCC Mason 1867 4-4-0  
Hiiaka HAC 4 Baldwin 23632 1/1904 0-6-2  
Hiland Hall B&R 1 Mason 241 1866 4-4-0 Hiland Hall
Hill ATSF 83 Taunton 705 7/1879 4-6-0 Rn #433.
Hoaeae OSC 8 Porter      
Hocking M&SC Rogers 407 7/1853 4-6-0 5 ft 4 in gauge.
Holstein M&N 4 Brooks 106 1/1872 4-4-0 Rn #19; became CM&SP #919 in 1893; rn #1294 in 1899; rn #1457 in 1910; rn #150 in 1913; off roster 6/1918.
Holyoke SS&C H & Drury 1845 4-4-0 Ex-CV #43 Bolton
Homer HE&WT 7 Dickson 301 8/1881 2-6-0  
Honesdale D&HG 3 Cooke 1861 0-4-0 Rn Terrapin; rn Fine Plume; retired 1899
Honey FCHN 24 Baldwin 17961 7/1900 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #24 in 1908.
Hoopston LM&B 9 Brooks 286 10/1876 4-4-0 Became LB&M #15.
Hoosac FRR Souther 1854 4-4-0 Acquired by US Military Railroad.
Hoosier D&RG 59 Baldwin 5023 1880 2-8-0  
Horace Clark T&R Taunton 95 1852 4-4-0 Became D&H #111; scrapped 1881.
Horace Tucker TT 83 Rhode 1462 6/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 12/1887; rebuilt to oil fuel 9/8/1898; sold 6/28/1901 to Orange & Northwestern #100.
Horace White R&Sy Rogers 376 1/1853 4-4-0  
Horatio Allen D&H 1400 ALCO 1923 2-8-0 Three cylinders; auxiliary engine on rear tender truck
Horicon LC&M 15 Schen 150 5/1856 4-4-0 Became M&SP #15 in 1863; off roster by 1890.
Housatonic Hou Rogers 191 10/1849 4-4-0  
How A&Sy Rogers 139 8/1848 4-4-0  
Howadji O&T 24 Brooks 864 2/1883 2-6-0 Sold 1889 to NY Equipment Company; sold 12/1889 to Galveston & Western; sold 1891 to Houston, East & West Texas #17; sold 1897 to Cameron Lumber Co.
Howard NCe 19 Locks 28 1839 4-2-0 Sold 1859
Hoyle O&LC 331 Malone 1870 4-4-0 Scrapped
Huajuapam de Leon FCTHL 1 Baldwin 20370 4/1902 2-8-0 Sold to FC Mexicano in 1910; retired 1951.
Hualapai A&P 13 Taunton 768 1/1881 4-4-0  
Huauchunango FCHN 26 Baldwin 25839 7/1905 4-6-0 NG; became NdeM #26 in 1908
Huaya FCHN 17 Baldwin 14055 7/1894 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #17 in 1908
Hudson D&H F Rastrick 9/1829 0-4-0 Retired 1834.
Hudson NYOW 27 Rhode 301 9/1871 0-4-0 Rn 1/22/1889 2nd #23
Huehuetoca FCCM 10 Baldwin 5901 11/1881 4-4-0 Ex-San Juana
Huerfano D&RG 9 Baldwin 2728 1871 2-6-0  
Hugh L. White N&C Rogers 534 10/1854 4-4-0  
Hugh McKee D&K 1 Baldwin 4297 3/1878 0-4-0 To TD&B #4 8/1879
Huki Moku WAC Fowler      
Humboldt CP 10 Cooke 7/1865 2-6-0 Rb 2/2/1871 as 4-4-0; was to be named Winnemucca; scr 1889 for parts for 2nd #10.
Humboldt FCHN 2 Baldwin 6678 3/1883 4-4-0 NG; retired by 1908
Humboldt V&T 8 Baldwin 2198 1871 2-6-0 Sold 5/1882; became CanP 3 New Westminster
Humming Bird P&R Baldwin 633 1855 4-4-0 Acquired by US Military Railroad on 1/25/1863; sold 1865 to W. L. Scott.
Hunter CP 101 M & Aldus 7/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1166; scr 7/6/1895, Sacramento
Hunter UW 2 Brooks 227 4/1875 2-6-0  
Hurricane CP 88 Rhode 56 6/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1549, 1067; rb 2/1889; scr 7/22/1909, Sacramento
Huron CV 21 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Rb 6/17/1856; rn 11/1870 2nd Erie
Huron MR&LE Rogers 68 7/1845 4-4-0 Ex-Miami.
Huron (1st) O&LC 1st 21 Essex 8/1851 4-4-0 Scrapped 1876
Huron (2nd) O&LC 2nd 25 Taunton 62 12/1850 4-4-0 Ex-1st Richelieu; Rn 1/1/1891 #325; scrapped before 4/1/1891
Hutchinson ML&T 12 Baldwin 2023 12/1869 4-4-0 Built new as 5 ft 6 in gauge; sg'ed; rn 1885 #512; off roster by late 1890s
Hyak C&PS 7 Porter-B 114 2/1872 0-4-0T Ex-WW&CR #1 Walla Walla
Hyde Park P&O Portland 202 1871 4-4-0 Used on the Vermont division

Photo credits

  • Hiland Hall - Cropped from a scan of the original photo in the collection of Norb & Marie Novocin of Estate Auctions, Inc. Photographer unknown; I believe this photo to be in the public domain because my understanding of current US copyright law is that photographs first published in the US before 1923 are public domain.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with I

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
I. Acken NJR&T Rogers 294 12/1851 4-4-0  
I. B. Futvoye CV 40 Souther 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Iron Horse; rebuilt and renamed Governor Smith in 1866; sold 1884 to SS&C; returned and renamed back to I. B. Futvoye; scrapped 1895.
I. E. James V&T 9 Baldwin 2199 1871 2-4-0 Sold 1907; scrapped 1946.
I. S. Roberts H&TC 34 Rogers   4-4-0  
I. V. Baker R&S 31 Schen 435 1867 4-4-0 To D&H 126; rn 379; off roster by 1902.
I. W. Dow NLN 17 Manch 1872 4-4-0 Rn 1892 #167; transferred to CV 23.
I. W. McDade H&TC 9 Schen 452 6/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #9; off roster by 1901.
I. W. McDade WC 1 Rogers 1416 11/1866 4-4-0 Became H&TC #41 3/11/1869.
Idaho CP 17 Mason 224 2/1866 4-6-0 Exploded 1 mile east of summit tunnel (Donner Pass?) 1/2/1879; scr.
Idaho U&N 5 Grant 9/1872 4-6-0 Rn #286; scr c. 1886.
Idaho UP 7 Schen 1865 4-4-0 Rn 1882 #574; rb 1882; scr 1896.
Illinois   Milholland 1852    
Independence M&SC Rogers 255 4/1851 4-4-0  
Independencia FCUY 53 Baldwin 20970 9/1902 0-4-0 Ex-FCM&P #13; scr 1925.
Indiana PRR Baldwin 1849 4-2-2  
Indianapolis P&I 6 Rogers 1091 7/1863 4-4-0 To IP&C 1864; to WStL&P #506 1881.
Indian Chief B&O   1833 0-4-0 Rn Traveller.
Industry WP I Norris-L 14 1864 4-4-0 off roster by 1878; first coal burner on West Coast; to CP 6/1870 2nd #25.
Ingleside SA&AP 15 Baldwin 8298 12/1886 0-6-0 Off roster by 1917.
International C&NF 3 Rogers 375 2/1853 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Inyo B&B 2 Baldwin   2-6-0  
Inyo V&T 22 Baldwin 3693 1875 4-4-0 Sold 3/1937 to Paramount Pictures.
Ionic LNA&C 24 Hinkley 463 8/1853 4-4-0 Ex-Reindeer; ex-NA&S Woodville.
Iowa M&SP 71 Norris 1848 4-4-0 Ex-M&M #1 Bob Ellis, the first locomotive to operate in Wisconsin.
Ira Brownell R&S S & Jackson 1863 4-4-0 Rn 24; became D&H #119; scr 1881.
Ira E. Shuman A&S 19 Dickson 37 1868 4-4-0  
Iris   Winans 59     Camelback locomotive.
Irolo FCHN 4 Porter 837 7/1887 0-4-4T NG; retired by 1908.
Irolo Irolo 2 Baldwin 6080 3/1882 2-6-0 Became FCI (Mexico) #27 in 1889; rn #25; NG.
Iron City PRR Baldwin 1854 0-8-0  
Iron Cliff C&NW 139 Hinkley 728   4-4-0  
Iron Horse CV 40 Souther 1852 4-4-0 Renamed 1885 to I. B. Futvoye; rn Gov. Smith 3/1869; rb 1/1866.
Iron Ivan AC 7 Baldwin 18595 1/1901 2-6-2 Originally built for the McCloud River Railroad; s 1937 to Amador Central; pulled the last steam-powered train on in Amador County, California, on a trip between Ione and Martell in 1956. Preserved on static display in Ione, California.
Ironsides   Baldwin 1832    
Iroquois CV 15 H & Drury 1849 4-4-0 Rb 4/13/1861; rn 3/1869 Woodstock; rn 3/1871 Express; sold 4/1/1884 to SS&C.
Iroquois RGSW 32 Baldwin 8699 8/1887 2-8-0 Ex-Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs.
Irvington HR Lawrence 1856 4-4-0 Designed by Alba F. Smith, then superintendent of the Hudson River Railroad.
Isaac Lees TT 23 Grant 3/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 8/1888 to William Black, Brinkley, Ar.
Isaac N. Seymour D&HG 5 Jersey 1866 4-4-0 Exploded 3/10/1879 at Carbondale; sold to Dickson Loco Works.
Isaac Scott M&W Rogers 146 10/1848 4-4-0  
Isaac Sherman M&SP 57 Rogers 1360 4/1866 4-4-0 Rn #220 in 1898; rn # 1223 in 1899; rn 1416; off roster by 1907.
Ithaca C&Su Rogers 250 2/1851 4-4-0  
Ithaca I&A Baldwin 1871 2-4-0  

Locomotive names of North America beginning with J

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
J. A. Conant R&B 26 Hinkley 549 1854 4-4-0 Ex-2nd Know Nothing.
J. A. Rhomberg A&NW 1 Paul 12/1881 4-4-0  
J. B. Clark PP&J 6 Portland 3/1865 4-4-0 Rn 1881 for Wabash, St Louis & Pacific 488; rn 1488.
J. B. Fisher TT 27 Grant 1501 6/1882 2-6-0 NG; ex-Texas & St. Louis RR #27 7/2/1886; sold 7/2/1886 Arizona Narrow Gauge Ry. #1; sold to Los Angeles dealer after 1894.
J. B. Haggin HMCo 1 Baldwin 4669 1879 0-4-0 On display at Deadwood, South Dakota.
J. B. Jervis NIRR Amoskeag 1856 4-4-0  
J. B. Kehlor TT 55 Grant 1544 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 4/1887; sold 4/1900 to Redwater Lumber Co.
J. Buell M&SP 61 Hinkley 1867 4-4-0 Rn #245 in 1898; off roster by the end of 1898.
J. Burdette (1st) R&B 29 Taunton 366 1865 4-4-0 Ex-Governor Underwood.
J. Burdette (2nd) R&B 38 Taunton 466 1869 4-4-0 Rn #36; Ex-CV #71 W. C. Smith; rn E. W. Horner; Became Central Vermont #226.
J. C. Ainsworth DRR Cooke 1862 4-2-4T 5 ft ga; rb to SG in 1880; became OR&N 1.
J. C. Anderson GL&LC Baldwin 4286 1878 2-6-0 Ex-H&NP #3; Sold to Ad&SL as #3; Became Central Vermont #12; Renumbered #4.
J. C. Davis B&O 600 B&O M C 1875 2-6-0 First passenger mogul on B&O; retired 1926; now in the B&O Museum in Baltimore, Md.
J. C. Neville Ma&Pa 2 Baldwin 14408 1895 2-6-0 Built for the York Southern at the time of its conversion to standard gauge; retired in 1927.
J. C. Paige H&TC 12 Schen 506 9/1868 4-4-0 Off roster by 1901.
J. C. Pratt O&LC 2nd 1 Malone   4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 301 W. J. Rust; scrapped before 6/27/1892.
J. Clark (1st) CV 1 Baldwin 1849 4-4-0 Rb 9/12/1863; sold 1879 to Southeastern RR; sold to an iron mine at Bessemer, Ont.; scrapped.
J. Clark (2nd) CV 1 CV St Albans 1880 2-6-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #306.
J. D. Giddings H&TC 11 Norris 1860 4-4-0 Off roster by 1887.
J. D. Goldman TT 8 Grant 11/1880 2-6-0 NG; sold 12/22/1890 to Dilley Connelly & Mansfield, Tyler, Tx.
J. D. Hatch CV 73 CV St Albans 11/1870 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #18.
J. D. Wolfe HR Cooke 1862 4-2-4T  
J. E. Terry A&BV Baldwin 8251 1886 2-4-0 Originally Visalia RR #3 Goshen; s 1897 to Southern Pacific then returned; burned in roundhouse fire.
J. Edgar Thompson NCe 14 Winans 3/1851 0-8-0 Camelback.
J. F. Crosby T&NO 3 Baldwin 3958 7/1876 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #563; rn 1901 #142; scr 12/20/1915 San Antonio.
J. F. Crosby H&TC 67 Cooke 825 9/1872 0-4-0 Off roster by 1901.
J. G. Downey SF&NP 2 Union 14 1870 4-4-0 Became NWP #6; Scr 7/31/1915.
J. G. Garner M&SP 62 Hinkley 1867 4-4-0 Rn #246 in 1898; rn #1225 in 1899; sold 1906 to J. Marsh as #23.
J. G. Kellogg SF&A 1 SF&A shops 1/1866 4-4-0 Sold 6/1870 to CP #176 Kellogg.
J. G. Marshall M&I Rogers 193 11/1849 4-4-0  
J. G. McCullough B&R 14 Schen 4199 1894 4-4-0 Sold to Rutland as #180; Renumbered #864; Renumbered #84; Sold 10/1920 to Ft. Smith & Western as #6.
J. Goodyear A&S 7 Cooke 5/1865 4-4-0  
J. H. Benedict M&SP 142 Danforth 1867 4-4-0 Off roster by 1899.
J. H. Cheney LB&Mi 22 Baldwin 4457 10/1878 4-4-0  
J. H. Devereux LSMS 317 LSMS Buffalo 1875 4-4-0  
J. H. Devereux USM Jersey 1862 4-4-0 J. H. Devereux at Alexandria, Virginia, between 1857 and 1865.
J. H. Draughan TT 67 Grant 1576 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 12/1895; sold 11/1901 to Zwolle & Eastern 1st #101.
J. H. Kamonman GH&SA 52 Manch 899 6/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 # 692; rn 1901 #183; sold 1/26/1907 to B. Co. Ltd., Mobile, Al., Col. Merrill.
J. H. Kimball CV 55 M & Aldus 6/1865 4-4-0 Ex-Mansfield.
J. H. Ramsey A&S 4 Cooke 8/1864 4-4-0  
J. H. Timberlake VC Rogers 592 7/1855 4-4-0 This locomotive was originally ordered and begun for the Chicago & Rock Island but diverted to the Virginia Central.
J. H. Williams R&B 34 Taunton 512 1870 4-4-0 Became Central Vermont #224; Scrapped 1900.
J. J. Austin A&S 16 Dickson 29 1867 4-4-0  
J. J. Chetwood NJR&T Rogers 1859    
J. K. Graves A&NW 3 Paul 6/1882 4-4-0  
J. Knickerbocker R&S 21 Schen 139 1856 4-4-0 Rn 27; Became D&H #116.
J. L. Hallett O&C 10 Baldwin 2697 2/1872 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1248; rn 1906 #1503; sold 12/30/1911 to Sheridan & Willamina #6.
J. L. Martin B&W 3     2-4-0 NG; transferred to CV; rebuilt to 4-4-0; scrapped 1901.
J. L. Mason CV 76 Rhode 1441 1/1884 2-6-0 Built to replace #76 St. Alexander; Rn 1/1/1900 #329.
J. L. Mitchell WU 3 Rogers 602 8/1855 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Delavan.
J. L. Sloss TT 6 Porter 338 6/1879 2-6-0 NG; Sold 1888 to Queen City Lumber Co.
J. M. Cook R&S 20 Schen   4-4-0 Rn 21; to D&H #115; scr 1887.
J. M. Foss CV 26 CV St Albans 9/1869 4-4-0 Rb 11/1870; replaced 2nd Express; rn 1888 #33.
J. M. Haven R&B 32 Rutland 9/1870 4-4-0 Became Central Vermont #222; equipped with snowplow; rb 1888; Scrapped 1900.
J. M. Kelso TT 72 Grant 1582 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 1890; sold 4/1893 to Hershey Land & Lumber Co, Sargent, Mo.
J. M. Marvin R&S 30 Schen 432 1867 4-4-0 To D&H #125; rb as 2-8-0.
J. M. Pinkerton CV 80 CV St Albans 1871 4-4-0 Rn 1879 #41 to replace Randolph.
J. M. Ryder CalP 9 Mason 318 7/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1187; scr 7/6/1895.
J. M. Weaver TT 12 Grant 11/1881 2-6-0 NG; sold 3/10/1891 to Tyler Car & Lumber Co.
J. M. Williams R&S Taunton 87 1851 4-4-0 Ex-Col. Williams; To D&H #110; scrapped 1881.
J. N. Stegall TT 13 Grant 1420 11/1881 2-6-0 NG; sold 12/1892 to Tyler Car & Lumber Co.
J. Nickerson ATSF 18 Taunton 563 4/1872 4-4-0  
J. O. Pattee M&PDC 47 Rogers 1238 2/1865 4-4-0 Became M&SP #118 in 1868; off roster by 1898.
J. P. Douglas TT 7 Porter 337 6/1879 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 11/1886; sold 11/19/1886 to Gulf & Ship Island Ry, Ripley, Ms.
J. P. Jackson NJR&T Rogers 259 4/1851 4-4-0  
J. P. Whaling MS&P 139 Danforth 1867 4-4-0 Off roster by 1890.
J. Q. Hoyt CV 3 CV St Albans 1875 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #37.
J. R. Langdon CV 25 CV St Albans 1874 2-6-0 Sold 9/1890 to NLN #175.
J. R. Langdon NLN CV St Albans 1874 4-4-0 Ex-CV #25; to NLN 9/1890 (11/21/1890 ?); rn 12/1890 #25; rn 8/1891 #175; became CV #132.
J. R. Moores CP 125 Globe 1865 4-4-0 Rb coal 4/8/1872; wrecked with #37 3/3/1869; scr by 1886.
J. R. Morris H&TC 23 Schen 649 8/1870 4-4-0  
J. S. Farlow O&LC 2nd 7 Malone   4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #307; scrapped before 5/31/1895.
J. S. Ruckell OSNCo 3 Cooke 1865 4-4-0 5 ft ga; rb to SG 1880; became OR&N #3.
J. Souther USM Jersey City      
J. V. Lewis TT 75 Rhode 1454+ 4/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 4/1887; sold 4/1901 to Frank Kendall, Kedron, Ar.
J. Villagram FCHN 6 Baldwin 9867 3/1889 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #6 in 1908.
J. W. Bowker V&T 21 Baldwin 3689 1875 2-4-0 Sold 1896 to Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co #3; Stored in Ca since 1937.
J. W. Brown TT 22 Grant 3/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 9/1887 to Lutcher & Moore, Orange, Tx.
J. W. Cruse H&TC 46 Rogers 1974 2/1872 4-4-0 Rn 1901 #12; scr 9/1908.
J. W. Hobart (1st) CV 68 Manch 7/1869 4-4-0  
J. W. Hobart (2nd) CV 19 CV St Albans 1884 4-4-0 Built to replace Bethel; Rn 1/1/1900 #54.
J. W. Hunt TD&I 2 Porter 304 6/1878 0-4-2T Ordered by J. W. Hunt, owned by Clark, Post & Martin; to TD&B #7 8/1879.
J. W. Ladd WW&CR 6 Porter-B 292 2/1878 2-6-0 S 7/1881 Columbia & Puget Sound #6; rn Rainier; may have been sold to Mike Earles in 1898.
J. W. Nicholson NEG 2 Baldwin 1876 4-4-0  
J. W. Paramore TT 5 Brooks 345 7/1879 4-4-0 NG; Sold 6/23/1887 to Connotton Valley & Straitsville; sold 1889 to New York Equipment Co.
J. W. Patterson B&O 3 Wm Norris 1838 4-2-0 Used on the Washington branch.
J. W. Pierce O&LC 2nd 3 Taunton 435 6/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #303; Scrapped.
J. W. Sprague OSNCo Cooke 1878 4-4-0 5 ft ga; Standard gauged in 1880 became OR&N #6.
J. W. Van Valkenburgh A&S 22 Dickson 50 1/1870 2-6-0  
J. W. Young U&N 2 Grant 11/1874 4-4-0 Scr c. 1881.
Jack Morgan W&A Rogers 351 11/1852 4-4-0 Ex-New Jersey.
Jackson ATSF 203 Baldwin 4416 9/1878 4-4-0  
Jackson H&TC 10 Norris 1860 4-4-0 Off roster by 1887.
Jackson S&HV Rogers 454 1/1854 4-4-0 5 ft 4 in gauge.
Jackson V&J Baldwin 147 11/1840 4-2-0 Off roster by 5/1866; listed in Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #101 as Commercial RR.
Jacob B. Eastman T&R Taunton 143 1853 4-4-0  
Jacob Brack SJ&SN 3 Porter 510 8/1882 0-4-4T Sold to SP of Calif. #1025; scr 8/1899.
Jacob Edwards CV 43 CV St Albans 1882 2-6-0 Built to replace #43 Bolton.
Jacob H. Schiff TT 43 Grant 1519 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 7/1887; sold 2/24/1900 to Bodcaw Lumber Co, Stamps, Ar.
Jacob Leonard A&S 9 Cooke 10/1865 4-4-0  
Jacob Little NY&H Rogers 62 12/1844 4-4-0  
Jacob Rogers SLSF 73 Baldwin 1882 2-8-0 Rn 273, 707, 2707; scr 1915.
Jacob Waelder GH&SA 11 Manch 653 6/1874 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #646; rn 1901 #148; scr 11/30/1913 Houston.
Jalisco FCCM 17 Baldwin 6006 1/1882 4-4-0  
James Archibald D&H 1402 D&H 1930 4-8-0  
James Brooks NA&S NA&S NA   4-4-0 Became LNA&C 14, Samson, in 1859.
James Donnelly L&N 424     4-4-0 Camelback loco.
James Irvine TD&B 16 Mason 635 10/1880 0-6-6T To TC&SL #16.
James F. Gamble L&N M & Richardson      
James Gadsden C&SC Rogers 413 8/1853 4-4-0  
James Guthrie L&N M & Richardson      
James K. Polk N&C Rogers 537 10/1854 4-4-0  
James M. Foss CV CV St Albans 1869 4-4-0  
James M. Lowry M&M 6 Schen 15 8/1852 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #6 in 1861; became M&SP #76 in 1868; rb 4/1871; off roster by 1899.
James Madison RF&P 618 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
James Ross S&In Rogers 394 5/1853 4-4-0  
James S. Corry SC Baldwin 905 12/1859 4-6-0 This unit was also named Wm. M. Stockton.
James Sedgley LIRR Northern RR 1862 4-4-0 Sold 8/1869 to Bennington & Rutland as 1st #5 Lebanon.
James Sullivan GH&SA 46 Manch 838 11/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #697; rn 1901 #188; scr 4/30/1912 Houston.
James Toleman       4-4-0 Displayed by Hawthorne, Leslie & Co. of Eng.
James Waters M&SP 64 Hinkley before 8/1864 4-4-0 Ex-Washington; off roster by 1885.
Jamestown D&SE 3 Baldwin 4115 7/1877 4-4-0 To TD&B #30 6/1881.
Janus Bo&W Mason 438 3/1871 0-6-6-0 Double ended; Also used on Western of Massachusetts; sold 1874 to LV #164; wrecked 1877.
Jason C. Pierce C&SL Norris 1837 4-2-0  
Jay Gould R&S Taunton 100 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Gov. Chittenden; to D&H #112; scrapped 1881.
Jed P. Clark CV 77 Rhode 1442 1/1884 2-6-0 Built to replace #77 Edward Blake; rn 1/1/1900 to #330.
Jefferson USM Norris      
Jefferson City SCV 1 Baldwin 3715 1876 4-4-0 Built for San Jose & Newark RR; s to South Pacific Coast; off roster by 1894.
Jenny Lind CuV 14 Wilmarth 1851 2-2-2 Rb 1878 as 2-2-4 inspection locomotive; scr 3/1905.
Jenny Lynn PiC 3 Crown 1964   On display in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
Jersey City NYOW 48 Baldwin 2840 6/1872 2-8-0 Sold before 1880.
Jersey City   NY Loco   4-4-0  
Jim Biddle GH&SA 59 Manch 924 9/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #703, 660; rn 1901 #182; scr 4/30/1912 Houston.
Jo. B. Stephens O&C 3 Hinkley 199 9/1848 4-4-0 Ex-Michigan Central Gazelle 11/1869 to Oregon Central RR; Rn 1891 #1172; scr 4/26/1898 Sacramento.
Joe Douglas DS&CV 3 Porter 513 8/1882 0-4-2T S c. 1900 to Lake Arrowhead Development Co.
Joel Crawford W&A Rogers 452 12/1853 4-4-0  
John A. Griswold R&S 27 Schen 404 1865 4-4-0 To D&H #122; rn #414; off roster by 1902.
John A. Willink RL&NF Rogers 317 5/1852 4-4-0 Ordered by and built for A. Boody & Co. for the RL&NF.
John B. Alley H&D 1 Rhode 71 10/1868 4-4-0 Transferred to M&SP in 1872; rn #180 in 1899; rn #1411 in 1910; off roster in 4/1909.
John B. Jervis D&H 1401 ALCO 1927 2-8-0 Auxiliary engine on rear tender truck.
John Bailie M&SP 147 Hinkley 1869 4-4-0 Rn #1242 in 1899; s 1907 to Oglesby & Granville Railroad; rn #1421 in 1910; returned to M&SP in 1913; rn #140 in 1913; off roster by 10/1917.
John Barkley L&D Rogers 434 10/1853 4-4-0 Built for the Lexington & Danville but never delivered; reassigned to serial number 503 and sold 6/27/1854 to Mobile & Ohio Railroad as Macon.
John Belton O'Neall G&C Rogers 411 7/1853    
John Bolton CR&B Rogers 18 12/1839 4-2-0  
John Bradley T&R Taunton 92 1852 4-4-0  
John Brough M&I Baldwin 1850    
John Buddle GMANS Hackworth 1838 (?) 0-6-0  
John Bull C&A Stephenson 25 6/1831 0-4-0 John Bull circa 1893 Shipped in kit form from Liverpool, England, on July 14, 1831, arriving (after first landing in Philadelphia) in Bordentown, NJ, on September 4; assembled, by September 15, at C&A's Bordentown shops by Isaac Dripps; crank axle broke in the summer of 1833; later had a pilot added to make it a 2-4-0 (this pilot also included what may have been the first cowcatcher ever installed on an engine operating in North America), also a cab was added at about the same time; side linkage rod removed to make it a 4-2-0; by the late 1840s it was only used for light passenger work; converted to stationary test engine in 1849; recognized as a piece of history by the New Jersey State Agricultural Society in 1858; out of service by 1866; restored for operation in the 1876 centennial celbration in Philadelphia; acquired by the Smithsonian in 1885; operated from New York to Chicago in April 1893; restored & operated for its 150th birthday in 1981; now the oldest operable steam engine in the US; stored at the Smithsonian; an excellent source for information on this engine is The John Bull - 150 Years a Locomotive written by John H. White, Jr., published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.
More information: Wikipedia.
John C. Breckenridge P&C Lancaster 1/1857 4-4-0 Sold to PRR; rb.
John C. Calhoun Wi&R Baldwin 181 11/1843 0-6-0 This engine had a flexible-beam truck.
John C. Gault M&PDC 51 Rogers 1866? 4-4-0 Became M&SP #122 in 1868; rb 1872; off roster by 1899.
John C. Gibson H&TC 68 Baldwin 4643 5/1879 4-4-0 Ex-Waxahachie Tap RR #1; off roster by 1901.
John C. Pratt O&LC 2nd 4 Taunton 431 4/1868 4-4-0 Renamed H. A. Church; Renumbered #304; Scrapped 1895.
John C. Williams SP&C 10 Taunton 545 10/1871 4-4-0 Became M&SP #179 in 1872; rn #1270 in 1899; off roster in 2/1906.
John Campbell IRR 10 Baldwin 14206 1/1895 4-6-0 Became Detroit Southern #62.
John Cook A&S 6 Cooke 5/1865 4-4-0  
John Crombie (1st) CV 39 Baldwin 1849 4-4-0 Ex-Keystone; wrecked before 1874.
John Crombie (2nd) CV 39 CV St Albans 1874 4-4-0 Built to replace 1st John Crombie.
John Dawson H&TC 4 R Norris 1858   Off roster by 1885.
John Elkins WU 7 Rogers 682 6/1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Wm. C. Allen.
John Ellison IRR 8 Pittsburgh 277 4/1873 4-4-0  
John F. Dravo PCGC&C Pittsburgh c. 1871 0-4-0  
John Gray M&SP 164 Taunton 586 10/1872 4-4-0 Rn #1283 in 1899; rn #1449 in 1910; off roster by 1913.
John H. Couch O&C 13 S & Perkins 11/1853 4-6-0 Built as a 2-6-0; rb into 4-6-0 1870 at Alttona Machine Shop and rn PRR #76; sold to Oregon Central; rn 1891 #1508; sold 1/1892.
John H. Doane NCe 33 Lancaster 12/1856 4-4-0 Renum 7/1872 #59; off roster by 1878.
John Hadley C&W 1 Pittsburgh 786 7/1885 0-4-0 S 1888 to Cleveland & Canton #1.
John Halliday TT 30 Grant 1441 6/1882 2-8-0 NG; SG'ed 2/1887; sold 1/17/1900 to James Hand Lumber Co, Nortac, Ms.
John Hancock B&O 8 D & Gartner 1835 0-4-0 Given to Maj. Pangborn to look like earlier locos in 1892; rn Thomas Jefferson.
John Howe R&B 22 Amoskeag 51 1852 4-6-0 Rn 1869 H. E. Chamberlain; rb as 4-4-0; scr 1890.
John Kenedy H&TC 36 Rogers   4-4-0  
John Krauss TT 82 Rhode 1461 6/1884 2-6-0 NG; boiler removed 1/25/1890 for stationary service; scrapped.
John Lawler M&SP 135 Taunton 473 8/1869 4-4-0 Ex-H. C. Atkins.
John Lucas C&At 1 Baldwin 1878 2-4-4  
John M. Dennison B&D 2 Baldwin (?) 1881 (?) 2-6-0 Listed in C. B. Chaney's notes as built by Baldwin, but doesn't appear in the Baldwin catalog.
John M. Gilkeson TT 14 Grant 1421 11/1881 2-6-0 NG; sold 4/1/1890 to Paragould & Buffalo Island Ry #2.
John Marshall RF&P 613 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
John Molson C&SL K. Hutton 1847 2-2-2  
John P. Kennedy NCe 26 B&S shops 11/1855 4-4-0 Rb 1865 as 4-6-0.
John P. Nelson SA&AP 20 Bladwin 8742 8/1887 4-4-0 Rn 1908 #32; off roster by 1917.
John Paine T&B Schen c. 1867 4-4-0  
John Parham TT 18 Grant 3/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 9/1886 to Coeur D'Alene Ry & Nav Co #1; sold 1904 to Mason & Oceana #1; transferred to L'Anse, Mi, 1910.
John Plankinton M&M 11 Menominee 1853 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #11 in 1861; rb 5/1867; became M&SP #81 in 1868; rb 1876; rn #259 in 1898; rn #1434 in 1899; s 5/1904.
John Quincy Adams B&O 1   1835 0-4-0 Rn 1850 #6; Given to Maj. Pangborn to look like earlier locos in 1892; rn Traveller.
John Randolph RF&P 617 Baldwin 1944 or 1945 4-8-4  
John S. Gittings NCe4 Winans 12/1851 0-8-0 Camelback; sold 1878 to Baltimore & Potomac RR.
John S. Hearn H&TC 31 Rogers   4-4-0  
John Schrier O&LC 34 Mason 294 11/1868 4-4-0 Ex-CV #62 Richmond; rn 1/1/1891 #334 W. K. Blodgett.
John Simonds R&B 31 Taunton 483 1869 4-4-0 Rb 1874; Became Central Vermont #221.
John Smith CV 2 H & Drury 1850   Rebuilt 2/7/1856; wrecked after 3/31/1869.
John Stevens C&A Norris 1849 6-2-0  
John T. Terry T&NO 2 Baldwin 3659 10/1874 4-4-0 rn 1885 #562; off roster by 1/1897.
John Talbot TT 69 Grant 1577 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 8/1887; sold 12/1/1900 to Lufkin Land & Lumber Co.
John Taylor WU 5 Rogers 655 3/1856 4-4-0 Ex-R&M Freeport.
John Thomas BSO&B 4 P Bell 433 7/1881 2-4-0  
John W. Cary M&SP 47 Hinkley 747 7/1865 4-4-0 Off roster by 1898.
John W. Chandler FS 7 Brooks 900 1883 4-4-0 Sold 1900 to Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati RR.
John Westover A&S 11 Cooke 5/1866 4-4-0  
Johnathan UW 3 Baldwin 4982 2/1880 4-4-0  
Jos. G. Eastland MV&MT Heisler   2T Heis  
Joseph Adams M&M 38 Breese Kneeland 1857 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #38 in 1861; rb 1867; became M&SP #108 in 1868; off roster by 1890.
Joseph Clark CV Baldwin 1849 4-4-0 Originally a 4-2-2; rebuilt into new config. in 1863; sold 1877 to Southeastern Ry.
Joseph Field Tonw Rogers 158 1/1849 4-4-0  
Joseph Hickson CV 83 Rhode 1448 1/1884 4-4-0 Named for a company director;built to replace #83 North Star; renum #100 in 1900; scrapped 1923.
Joseph Rudd M&SP 125 Baldwin 1753 8/1868 4-4-0 Off roster by 1899.
Joseph W. Nesbitt P&B 3 Grant 1/1873 2-6-0 Delivered to P&B with NC lettering.
Jucaro Juc Rogers 77 1/1846 4-4-0  
Judge Kingan FLA&P 2 Baldwin 4132 8/1877 2-6-0 Rn #104, 414 and 1403.
Judge Weller R&S Rogers K&G 340 1852 4-4-0 Ex-Plattsburgh; became D&H #105; scrapped 1881.
Judy S&J 2 Baldwin 44801 1/1917 2-8-0 S 2/1970.
Judy TT 2 I. R. Adams 10/1880 2-4-0 NG; Sold 6/18/1886 to Nathaniel Weston, Humphrey, Ar.
Jumbo L&H     2-8-0  
Junction O&C 9 Baldwin 2696 2/1872 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1247; scr 10/1/1905 Brooklyn.
Juniatta P&R P&R Reading 1855 2-6-0 Has rigid leading truck.
Juno B&O Winans 1/1848 4-4-0 Rb 1856.
Juno CP 161 Schen 566 6/1869 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1228; in Rocklin roundhouse fire 11/27/1873; rb 3/18/1874; sold 11/18/1905 to Nevada Northern #1.
Jupiter (1st) Bo&W Stephenson 1834 0-4-0 scrapped 1845.
Jupiter (2nd) Bo&W H & Drury 39 4/1845 4-4-0 Inside connected.
Jupiter CP 60 Schen 505 7/1868 4-4-0 Rebuilt 1886; Rn 1891 #1195; s to GVG&N #1 5/1894; Sold to Gila Valley RR #1; s 1902 to Arizona & Colorado RR #1; Used to build half of first transcontinental RR.
Jupiter LNA&C 6 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Bedford.
Jupiter SCRC 3 Baldwin 3972 8/1876 4-4-0 Sold 2/1885 to Guatemala Central #3; rn 6/1901 #61; sold 1928 to International Railways of Central America #84; sold 1964 to O. Roy Chalk; donated for display at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, WDC; donated to Smithsonian for complete restoration.
Jupiter SRR Baldwin 1480 4/1866 4-4-0 Off roster after 1877.

Photo credits

  • J. H. Devereux - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph available through the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website.  The original photograph was created by Andrew J. Russell.  The MARC record for this photograph (retrieved July 16, 2009) asserts that there are "no known restrictions on publication."
  • John Bull - Cropped and retouched from a scan of the original photograph available through the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website. As the photograph was published in the United States before 1923, I believe it to be in the public domain.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with K

Here it is, the next installment of named steam locomotives that operated in North America. The names that begin with K feature more people's names as well as Native American and Hawaiian names.

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
Kaala OR&LC 19 Baldwin 10131 1889 4-4-0  
Kaala WSC Fowler      
Kabibonokka   Hinkley 1588      
Kaipu GFC 3       Retired 1972; stored in roundhouse.
Kalakaua KW&H 2-1 Baldwin 4906 12/1879 0-4-2T First Baldwin locomotive in Hawaiian Kingdom; s Hawaiian RR Co. 2nd #1 Leslie.
Kalalau AT 1 Porter      
Kalia OR&LC 57 Baldwin 15336 1897 0-6-0  
Kanawha AC&O Baldwin 8/1868 0-4-0  
Kansas ATSF 32 Mason 455 5/1872 4-4-0  
Kansas City ATSF 51 Baldwin 1872 4-4-0  
Kate Connor SLSVP 2 Brooks 167 6/1873 2-6-0 Sold to E&P #1.
Kauila OR&LC 6 Baldwin   0-4-0T Originally built for use in San Francisco; rb as 0-4-2T; still exists in Hawaii.
Kaukauna C&NW 143 Hinkley 732   4-4-0  
Kaw KPDP 7 Rogers 1343 1865 4-4-0  
Keachi HE&WT 14 Dickson 512 12/1884 4-4-0  
Keana KPC 1        
Kearney NYOW 93 Rhode 539 7/1873 2-6-0 Sold 12/20/1905.
Kelley ST 1 Porter 147 2/1873 0-4-0T S 1878 to Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge RR #5.
Kellogg CP 176 SF&A shops 1/1866 4-4-0 Ex-SF&A #1 J. G. Kellogg.
Kendall ST 2 Porter 148 2/1873 0-4-0T S 1879 to NC #2.
Kennesaw W&A Rogers 210 4/1850 4-4-0  
Kenosha GBM&C Rogers 590 7/1855 4-4-0  
Kent ATSF 102 Baldwin 4334 5/1878 4-4-0 Ex-P&AV #102.
Kent O&T 6 Baldwin 5258 9/1880 2-8-0 Ex-Leesburg; to NY Equip Co 1889.
Kenton MR&LE Rogers 124 3/1848 4-4-0  
Ker Boyce M&W Rogers 79 3/1846 4-4-0  
Keyes ATSF 4 Taunton 504 7/1870 4-4-0  
Keystone CV 39 Baldwin 1849 4-4-0 Rb 8/1862; rn 3/1869 John Crombie.
Kickapoo KPDP 11 Baldwin 1515 1866 4-4-0  
Kidder ATSF 24 Taunton 571 6/1872 4-4-0  
Kilauea Hilo 3 Baldwin 1902 4-6-0  
Killington R&B 27 Taunton 355 1865 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1874; became Central Vermont #217.
Kilkenny BC&M        
Kinau HRC Baldwin 5640 5/1881 0-4-4T S to Khului Railroad Company.
Kinsley ATSF 82 Taunton 704 7/1879 4-6-0 Rn #432.
Kit Adams NOO&GW 4 Rogers 421 9/1853 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in gauge.
Kit Carson D&RG 32 Baldwin 4385 1878 2-8-0  
Kittatinny DL&W Rogers 608 9/1855 0-6-0 6 ft gauge
Klamath CP 31 Norris 5/1867 4-4-0 Was to be Washoe; exploded near Elko, Nevada, 3/30/1869; scr.
Know Nothing (1st) R&B 18 Hinkley 548 1854 4-4-0 Rn Otter Creek.
Know Nothing (2nd) R&B 26 Hinkley 549 10/1854 4-4-0 Rn 1855 J. A. Conant; rn 1862 Ethan Allen; became Central Vermont #216; scr 1893.
Knox M&SC Rogers 84 6/1846 4-2-2  
Koalipea OSC 6     0-6-2T  
Kokomo D&RG 99 Baldwin 5425 1/1881 4-4-0  
Konomac NLN 22 Manch 1874 0-4-0 Rn 1892 #172; scrapped 1899.
Koshkonong C&NW 142 Hinkley 731   4-4-0  
Kushaqua SL&A 2-2 Brooks 2677 1896 4-6-0 Renumbered 2nd #4; Sold to NYCL as #2029.
Kyrene MP&SR 5 Baldwin 13907 1/1894 4-4-0 Rn 11/1924 SPdeM #10; rb as 4-4-0T; used as Empalme shop switcher; scr 5/1948.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with L

The list of named steam locomotives to have operated in North America continues with this batch of names that begins with L.

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
L. B. Fish TT 34 Grant 1511 8/1882 4-4-0 NG; SG'ed 1887; sold 5/4/1890 to W. R. Pearson, Thornton, Arkansas.
L. B. Rock M&SP 40 Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Ex-Mi&W Luther A. Cole.
L. Brainerd CV 45 CV Northfield 10/1864 4-4-0 Rb 10/29/1864; sold to SS&C 5/1/1884; still on roster 6/1/1885.
L. C. Demorse TT 21 Grant 3/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 9/13/1890 to Henderson & Kurth, Kelty's Mill, Texas.
L. D. Kingsland TT 28 Grant 6/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 3/6/1891 to Tyler Car & Lumber Company.
L. Downing Jr. TD&B 13 Mason 629 8/1880 0-6-6T To TC&SL #13 in 1881.
L. E. Roys R&B 205 Taunton 11/1868 4-4-0 Ex-Gov. Page.
L. F. Loree D&H 1403 D&H 1933 4-8-0  
L. G. Cannon S&S   1851 4-4-0 Xferred to R&S in 1862.
L. H. Tupper R&S S & Jackson 1863 4-4-0 Rn #23; became D&H #118; off roster by 1895.
L. L. Robinson SV 3 Jersey 1855 4-4-0 Exploded at Folsom 12/31/1867; rb 3/1871; sold 1879 to Sacramento & Placerville #2; sold 1889 to Folsom Water & Power Co.
L. O. Reynolds CR&B Rogers 605 9/1855 4-4-0  
L. P. Morton M&SP 140 Danforth 1867 4-4-0 Rn #1206 in 1899; off roster by 6/1904.
L. Showell W&P Baldwin 1868 4-4-0  
L. Z. Leiter ATSF 114 Rhode 809 12/1879 4-4-0  
La Esmerelda FCPM 3 Baldwin 16470 5/1899 0-6-0  
La Fayette LM&B 1 Brooks 270 5/1876 4-4-0 Became La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie #7, 4/1879.
La Fourche NOO&GW Taunton 237 10/1857 4-4-0 Bought 5/1859 from builder's unsold stock; sold to ML&T #9; rn 1885 #509; off roster by 1890s.
La Grasse O&LC 1st 12 H & Drury 276 9/1850 4-4-0 Rn #29; scrapped before 1/1/1876.
La Jara D&RG 61 Baldwin 5040 5/1880 2-8-0  
La Junta   H & Nasmyth 1840 4-2-0  
La Paz FCPM 2 Baldwin 13205 2/1893 0-6-0  
La Plata D&RG 79 Baldwin 5226 1880 2-8-0  
La Sabanera M&Sa Rogers 74 10/1845 4-4-0  
Lackawanna D&HG 4 Dickson 1862 0-6-0 Scr 1899.
Lackawanna LG Rogers 262 6/1851 4-6-0 Transferred to Cayuga & Susquehanna; probably renamed by C&Su to Cayuga.
Laconia BC&M 14 Hinkley 1858 4-4-0  
LaCrosse M&SP 52 Mason 213 9/1865 4-4-0 Ex-Alex. Mitchell 1868; rn #217 in 1898; rn #1217; off roster by 1907.
Ladoga NA&S Norris 1853 4-4-0 Became LNA&C #13 Rusher in 1859.
Lady Baltimore B&O 5321   1934 4-4-4  
Lafayette B&O 1 Wm Norris 1837 4-2-0 Used on Washington branch.
Lafayette LW 8 Baldwin 5109 5/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #548; rn 1901 #128; scr 4/30/1913 Algiers.
Lafayette NA&S Schen 21 10/1852 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 29 Express in 1859; rb 1859; rn Quickstep.
Laine ATSF 67 Baldwin 4347 6/1878 4-4-0  
Lake Charles LW 6 Baldwin 5020 5/1880 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #556; rn 1901 #135; sold 3/9/1909 to Industrial Lumber Co., Beaumont, Texas.
Lake City SP&C 7 Taunton 539 9/1871 4-4-0 Became M&SP #176 in 1872; rn #1267 in 1899; off roster in 1910.
Lake Dunmore R&B 25 Hinkley 546 10/1854 4-4-0 Rb 1868; became Central Vermont #215; involved in head-on collision at Ludlow, Vermont, station in 1885; rn Dunmore 1/1/1876; rn 1891 #215; scrapped 1893.
Lakin ATSF 10 Taunton 534 7/1871 4-4-0  
Lamoille (1st) CV 8 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Rebuilt 10/10/1862; renamed to E. F. Perkins 1869.
Lamoille (2nd) CV 22 CV Northfield 1859 6-wheel Listed on rosters only as "6-whl"; rb 1870; scrapped 1895.
Lamoille B&L     2-4-6T Transferred to CV in 1889.
Lanakila OR&LC Baldwin 1881 4-4-0 Originally Sonoma Valley RR #3 General Valleho; rn Ben F. Dillingham; rn #45.
Lanark WU 18 (2nd) Baldwin 3634 8/1874 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #265 in 1879; rn #1335 in 1899; rn #96 in 1913; off roster 3/1918.
Lancashire Witch   R Stephenson 1828    
Lancaster Bu&R Rogers 312 4/1852 4-4-0  
Lancaster NCe 35 Lancaster 7/1858 4-4-0 Built for Sunbury & Erie Railroad.
Lancaster P&C Baldwin 3 1834 4-2-0 Ordered by the Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad, sold to Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad; second 4-2-0 built by Baldwin; placed in service on June 28, 1834; out of service by 1850; scr by 1851.
Lancier FEC 3     4-4-0 Rn 1894 #11; sold to L. W. Johnson.
Langdon Cheves SC Rogers 230 10/1850 4-4-0  
Lansing NYOW 80 Rhode 432 10/1872 4-4-0 Rn 10/1887 1st #66.
Lansing Mills CV 78 CV St Albans 1871 4-4-0 Rn 1881 to replace #38 Cascadnac.
Larned ATSF 21 Taunton 566 5/1872 4-4-0  
Las Animas D&RG 12 Baldwin 3165 1873 2-6-0  
Las Cruces Cien Rogers 447 12/1853 4-4-0  
Lawrence   Lawrence   4-4-0  
Lawrence (1st) ATSF 39 Baldwin 1874 4-4-0  
Lawrence (2nd) ATSF 95 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Lawrence Barnes R&B 35 Taunton 514 10/1870 4-4-0 Became Central Vermont #225; scrapped 3/23/1899.
Lawrence Russell C&SP 3 Porter 6/1883 2-6-0 Sold to Arizona & New Mexico Railroad.
Le Mans Pan 51 Cooke 1529 1883 4-4-0  
Leader LNA&C 1 Norris 1849 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S New Albany; rb 9/1859 in New Albany.
Leahi OR&LC 15 Baldwin 10129 1897 4-4-0  
Lebanon B&R 1st 5 Northern RR 1862 4-4-0 Ex-Long Island Rail Road James Sedgley 8/1869.
Lebanon HERR 5        
Lebanon NYOW 64 Baldwin 3130 2/1873 2-6-0 Rb 1902 at Rome Machine Works as #121.
Lee Hou Rogers 508 7/1854 4-4-0  
Leesburg O&T 6 Baldwin 5258 9/1880 2-8-0 Rn Kent.
LeGrand B. Cannon R&S 32 Schen 439 1867 4-4-0 To D&H #127; scrapped 1887.
Lehigh CNJ Rogers 328 7/1852 4-4-0  
Leila MV 2 Baldwin 4292 3/1878 4-4-0 To CinN 1880; to TC&SL 2nd #4 6/1883.
Leon FCCM 8 Baldwin 5829 9/1881 4-4-0 Rn #31.
Leopard Bo&L BL&N 1871 0-4-0  
Les Deux Montagnes QMO&O 18     4-4-0  
Leslie HRC 2nd 1 Baldwin 4906 12/1879 0-4-2T Ex-Kahului, Wailuku & Hamakupoko RR Co. 2nd #1 Kalakaua.
Leviathan CP 63 Schen 512 9/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1197; rn 1901 #1216; rn 1906 #1489; s to Valley Contracting Company 3/26/1908.
Leviathan     2009 4-4-0 Leviathan at the Train Festival in Owosso, Michigan, July 2009Built new beginning in 1999; first public appearance at TrainFestival 2009 in Owosso, Michigan.
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Leviathan LM&B 17 Baldwin 4720 7/1879 0-6-0  
Lewis Brooks Tonw Rogers 137 8/1848 4-4-0  
Lewis Northrup A&S 13 Dickson 20 1866 4-4-0  
Lexington M&SC Rogers 254 3/1851 4-4-0  
Liberty CP 178 SF&O shops 1863 4-4-0 Ex-SF&O #1 6/22/1870; rb as 2-4-2T by CP; rb 3/1872; sold 6/1872 to Stockton & Copperopolis #3; returned to CP; rn 1891 #1101; off roster by 1892.
Liberty NYOW 40 Baldwin 2668 1/1872 4-4-0 Rb 10/1897 at Cooke as 2nd #15.
Licking Ma&S Rogers K&G 92 10/1846 4-2-0 This engine is normally cited as being the largest engine of this type built in the US.
Lieutenant General Grant USM Rogers 326 6/1852 4-4-0 Ex-CNJ Delaware; rn Warrior; s 1865 to B&O as #280.
Lightning   Schen      
Lightning Ut&S E Norris 1849 4-2-2  
Lilliput LV Mason 1862 2-2-0  
Linares FCMYG 6 Rogers 4251 2/1890 2-6-0 Rn 1902 #108.
Lincoln CC 1 R Norris 7/1860 4-4-0 Built as Southerner; sold 12/22/1865 to CP #93; rn 1891 #1007; scr 6/17/1901 Sacramento.
Lion Mach H & Drury 1846 0-4-0 Sold as junk during the 1890s to Thomas Towle; bought by Alderman Rounds; stored to 1905; given to Univ of Maine; restored 1929 for Crosby Mech Labs.
Lion N&L H & Drury 22 1844 0-4-0  
Lion USM Jersey   4-4-0 Purchased new on January 9, 1863; s 1865 to North Carolina Railroad.
Litchfield Hou Rogers 107 9/1847 4-4-0  
Little Buttercup ATSF 100 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Little Salmon O&LC 1st 26 H & Drury 255 11/1849 4-4-0  
Little Trout O&LC 1st 27 H & Drury 262 5/1850 4-4-0  
Livingston NY&E Rogers 165 3/1849 4-6-0 6 ft gauge.
Lodi H&NY Rogers 1860 4-2-0  
Lodi MR&LE Rogers 174 5/1849 4-4-0  
Logan MR&LE Rogers 96 4/1847 2-2-2  
Logan S&U Rogers 138 8/1848 4-4-0  
Logan U&N 3 Grant 10/1871 2-6-0 Rn #297; scr c. 1886.
London CalP 13 Mason 404 5/1871 4-4-0 Sold 1871 to CP 2nd #115; Rn 1891 #1210; scr 10/1899 Sacramento.
Londonderry B&W Cooke 1879 2-6-0 NG.
Long Island LIRR Rogers 311 4/1852 4-4-0  
Loon Lake CO&I 10 Dickson 592 6/1887 4-4-0  
Lord ATSF 25 Taunton 572 6/1872 4-4-0  
Lord Baltimore B&O 2 B&O Mt Clare 1935 4-6-4 Originally built to pull the Royal Blue passenger train; worked on the B&O-owned Chicago & Alton 1935-1942; rn 5340 after 1942; withdrawn in the mid 1940s; scrapped 1949.
More information: Wikipedia.
Loreto FCUY 49 Baldwin 18242 10/1900 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #9; scr.
Los Angeles LA&I 1 Cooke 1004 11/1875 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1170; sold 2/1898 to Ventura & Ojai Valley Railroad as #1; returned to SP 7/1899; rn 1901 #1205; scr 10/1902 Sacramento.
Los Angeles LASP 2 Schen 603 8/1869 4-4-0 Second loco in Los Angeles; name originally spelled Los Angelos on delivery; became SP #31; scrapped 1894..
Los Reyes Irolo 4 Baldwin 6238 6/1882 4-4-0 NG; became FCI (Mexico) #100 in 1889.
Lothbiniere QMO&O 23 Portland   4-4-0  
Louis D. Pilsbury CO&I 2 Dickson 226 12/1878 2-6-0 Became Dannemora #2 (?); rn A. L. Inman.
Louisiana NOO&GW Anderson 4/1854 4-4-0 Sold 11/1858 to SP of Texas; sold to T&P.
Louisiana V&J Baldwin 719 9/1856 4-4-0 Off roster between 1871 and 1874.
Louisville L&N Fairbanks      
Lovett Eames P&R 507 Baldwin 5000 4/1880 4-2-2 Construction number 5000 was assigned by Baldwin to this locomotive to commemorate the technological advancements in single-driver locomotives.  Built for Delaware & Bound Brook Railroad (a P&R subsidiary) as #507; repossessed by Baldwin; s to Eames Vacuum Brake Company and named Lovett Eames in honor of father of the company's founder; shipped to England for use as a demonstrator of the vacuum brake system on the Great Northern Railway; modified for the smaller loading gauge of Britian with a shorter stack and cab roof; operated there as Lovett Eames; sold 1884 to a scrap dealer for $900; scrapped soon after.  The bell from this locomotive has been preserved and as of 1973 resided in the Railway Gallery of the Science Museum in London.
Lowell ATSF 94 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Lowrie ATSF 74 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Lt. Genl. Grant USM        
Lt. John's Berkley NESC Rogers 611 9/1855 4-4-0  
Ludlow R&B 13 Taunton 52 1850 4-4-0 S after 1878.
Lufkin HE&WT 10 Dickson 349 6/1882 2-6-0  
Luisa FCCH 2 Baldwin 20140 2/1902 2-6-0 Scr 1953.
Luther A. Cole Mi&W Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Transferred to LC&M in 1856; became M&SP #40 L. B. Rock in 1863; rb 1868; off roster by 1899.
Luther Park B&R 2 Baldwin 1520 1866 4-4-0 Scrapped 1894.
Luzerne Adir 2 Cooke 1868 4-4-0  
Lycoming AP Norris 12/1851    
Lyme NH&NL Rogers 305 3/1852 4-4-0  
Lyndon M&N 3 Grant 1872 4-4-0 Rn #18; became CM&SP #918; rn #1420 in 1899; off roster 5/1907.
Lyon V&T 1 Union 11 1869 2-6-0 Scrapped.
Lyon Mountain CO&I 5 Dickson 273 10/1880 2-6-0  
Lytton CanP 5 Baldwin 1870 2-6-0 Ex-V&T Nevada; Sold 1887 to Intercontinental Railway as #191; rb in 1896; rn #1026; transferred to Canadian Government Railways; sold 1917 to Canadian Car & Foundry.
Lytton SF&NP 17 Rogers 4155 1889 4-4-0 Became NWP #17; scr 9/21/1935.

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Locomotive names of North America beginning with M

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
M. C. Humphrey TT 3 Brooks 375 2/1880 2-6-0 NG; Scrapped 1886; boiler used as stationary pump at Tyler.
M. G. Bright M&I Baldwin c. 1846 0-8-0  
M. G. Elliott CV 85 CV St Albans 1873 4-4-0 Rn 1874 #16 to replace Roxbury; sold 10/1894 NLN; rn 1/1/1900 #43.
M. G. Howe H&TC 30 Schen 661 10/1870 4-4-0  
M. H. Grinnell HR Cooke 1862 4-2-4T  
M. K. Jessup R&M Rogers 648 2/1856 4-4-0 May have been named H. H. Durand. Became WU #9 E. F. Barnes in 1867; became CM&SP #256 in 1879; rb 1883; scr 1892.
M. Kenedy SA&AP 4 Baldwin 7762 12/1885 2-6-0 Rn 1908 #101; off roster by 1917.
M. M. Strong R&M Rogers 682 6/1856 4-4-0 May have been named Wm. C. Allen.
M. Magiff CV 93 Baldwin 10472 1/1890 2-6-0 Rn 1/1/1900 #322.
M. Maynard LIRR Rogers 270 7/1851 4-4-0  
M. S. Colburn (1st) B&R 1st 11 Brooks 189 1873 4-4-0 Ex- NYB&M #3; Renumbered 2nd #7.
M. S. Colburn (2nd) B&R 2nd 11 Schen 1918 1884 4-4-0 Sold to Rutland as #170; Renumbered #793.
M. S. Latham NPC 9 Baldwin 3749 1875 4-4-0 Wrecked 2/14/1894; rb 1894; parts used to build #17; wrecked & rb 1900 as #21 Thomas Stetson; scrapped 1905.
Macagua Juc Rogers 126 4/1848 4-4-0  
Macomb NCI Rogers 596 8/1855 4-4-0  
Macon M&Oh Rogers 503 10/1853 4-4-0 Originally built as serial number 434 for the Lexington & Danville Railroad as John Barkley but not delivered there; reassigned to serial number 503 and sold 6/27/1854 to Mobile & Ohio as Macon.
(Madam Queen) ATSF 5000 Baldwin 1930 2-10-4 Madam Queen Never officially named by AT&SF.
More information: Wikipedia.
Madawaska SL&A 1st 8 Brooks 2670 1896 4-6-0 Sold to Lake Shore & Michigan Southern as #604; Renumbered #546; Renumbered #5018.
Madison CR&B Rogers 397 5/1853 4-4-0  
Madison LC&M Lawrence 1857 4-4-0 Became M&SP #35 in 1863; off roster by 1899.
Madison M&I Rogers 236 11/1850 4-4-0  
Madison NYOW 2 Rhode 102 4/1869 4-4-0 Sold 10/22/1887 to NY Loco Works; sold 4/1888 to Centralia & Chester RR.
Madison USM Norris      
Magdalena FCDS 9 Rogers 2733 4/1881 4-4-0 S 1882 to FCCM.
Magpie CP 141 Schen 516 10/1868 4-4-0 Rb 8/14/1871; rn 1891 #1146; scr 9/28/1892.
Mahulia KRR 3     0-4-2T  
Maine B&M Hinkley 6/1847 4-6-0  
Maj. Gen. Hancock Adir 1 Cooke 1864 4-4-0 Rn #3.
Maj. W. R. Sterling LF&SH 2 Baldwin   0-6-0  
Majestic CP 45 M & Aldus 8/1867 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1531, #1052; in Rocklin fire 11/27/1873; rb 12/1873; scr 6/30/1919 Sac.
Major Cornell R&S 40 Schen 725 1871 4-4-0 To D&H #135; rn 419; off roster by 1902.
Major Nolton C&A 93     4-4-0  
Major Sykes D&HG 1 Cooke 1860 0-4-0 Wrecked 1871; rb 1872 to 0-6-0; scrapped 1/1889.
Major Whistler NCe 12 Winans 10/1849 4-4-0 Off roster by 1875.
Malone CP 39 M & Aldus 6/1867 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1529; rn 1901 #2002; rb 1889; to Cal. Western #8 10/25/1910.
Malone O&LC 2nd 8 M & Aldus 1867 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #308; scrapped 11/27/1895.
Mamakating NYOW 39 Baldwin 2666 1/1872 4-4-0 Scrapped 4/1900.
Manchester ATSF 150 Hinkley 1880 4-4-0  
Manchester B&R 1st 6 Rogers 765 1857 4-4-0 Ex-Long Island Rail Road Pacific 8/1869.
Manchester HERR 6        
Manchester WV Hinkley 405 10/1852 4-4-0 Leased to Troy & Boston; Transferred to Bennington & Rutland.
Mancos D&RG 38 Baldwin 4810 1879 2-8-0  
Manfred USM Norris   4-4-0 Acquired new on 1/15/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
Manhattan ORR Rogers 32 10/1841 4-4-0 7' gauge.
Manitou SL&A 15 Brooks 2667 1896 4-8-0 Sold to BR&P as #139; Sold to Cumberland & Manchester as #56.
Mansfield B&L Mason   0-6-6T Transferred to CV in 1889.
Mansfield CV 55 M & Aldus 6/1865 4-4-0 Rb & rn J. H. Kimball 1882.
Mansfield M&SC Rogers 59 10/1844 4-2-2 5 ft 4 in gauge.
Manuel Dublan FCMYG 3 Rogers 4142 7/1889 4-4-0 Rn 1902 #56.
Manuel Fernandez FCMYG 7 Rogers 4273 3/1890 4-4-0 Rn 1902 #51.
Manuel Mendoza Cortina MoRR 5        
Manzanares ATSF 64 Baldwin 4358 6/1878 4-4-0  
Mapimi MRR Baldwin 15047 9/1896 0-4-2T  
Mapleton O&T 17 Baldwin 5992 1/1882 2-8-0 John Forbes was the designated engineer of this engine; rn 1883 #23; s 1889 to NY Equipment Co.; s 6/1910 to Vaccaro Brothers RR in Honduras.
Maquoketa DNW Rhode 201 9/1870 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #291 in 1879; off roster by 1899.
Marcus Duarte FCUY 25 Baldwin 9873 2/1889 4-4-0 Ex-M&V #5; scr.
Marietta CR&B Rogers 398 5/1853 4-4-0  
Marin NPC 11 Baldwin 3842 2/1876 4-4-0 Became NWP #82; scr 1911.
Marin SF&NP 9 Grant 1664 1883 4-4-0 Became NWP #9; converted to stationary boiler 5/15/1938.
Marion ATSF 356 Taunton 720 12/1879 4-6-0 Rn #117, #437.
Marion DSW Mason 93 3/1860 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #288 in 1879; off roster by 1893.
Marion L&N M & Richardson      
Marion M&SP 163 Taunton 575 7/1872 4-4-0 Rn #1282 in 1899; rn #1448 in 1910; off roster in 1913.
Marion Wentworth GH&SA 28 Hinkley 1235 1876 4-4-0 Marion Wentworth some time between 1876 and 1885. Rn 1885 #677; s 1870s to Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific Railway #8; off roster by 1900.
Mariposa WP G Norris-L 1864 4-4-0 Became Central Pacific 2nd #31; Rn 1891 #1193; rn 1901 #1215, #1488; rb 1874; s to Atlantic Equipment Co 1/6/1909; to CP 6/1870; became Stockton Terminal & Eastern #1 1/1909; donated to Travel Town (Los Angeles) 7/1953.
Mariscal FCMS 11 Yorkshire 435 1890 0-6-0T  
Marmora B&A 39 B&A 1876 4-4-0 Preserved at the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis.
Mars   Winans 61     Camelback loco.
Mars CP 78 Rhode 52 4/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1203; rn 1901 #1224; rn 1906 #1495; scr 7/29/1909 W Oakland.
Mars H&NH 28 Rhode Island 1867 4-4-0  
Mars SRR Baldwin 1484 5/1866 4-4-0 Off roster after 1877.
Marsh Kasson LC&M 23 Lawrence 9/1857 4-4-0 Ex-M&M 8/1860; became M&SP #23 in 1863; off roster by 1892.
Marshfield M&WR 3 Manch 574 4/1873 4-4-0 S to Boston, Concord & Montreal 2nd #1 Granite State; became Boston & Lowell #103 1884; to Concord & Montreal #64 1889; rb 1892; became B&M #764 1900; scr 1907.
Martin E. Denny WV Hinkley 339 11/1851 4-4-0 Leased to Troy & Boston; Transferred to Bennington & Rutland.
Martin Van Buren B&O     0-4-0 Given to Maj. Pangborn to look like earlier locos in 1892; rn Mazeppa.
Mary Jane 1     0-4-4T Preserved on static display in Opelousas, Louisiana.
Maryland N&F Stephenson 1832 0-4-0  
Maryland WRR Winans 1841 0-8-0 Geared engine with a vertical boiler.
Marysville CalP 2 Mason 246 2/1867 4-4-0 Rn 2nd #6 c. 1869; rn 1891 #1162; scr 1/13/1897 Sacramento.
Marysville CaN 2 Norris 1861 4-4-0 Became NCa #2; rn 1891 #1103; scr 1892.
Mason City M&SP 187 Taunton 618 6/1873 4-4-0 Rn #1314 in 1899; off roster in 6/1913.
Massachusetts H&NH Rogers 114 12/1847 4-4-0  
Massachusetts Hou Rogers 89 10/1846 4-4-0  
Massachusetts P&R Hinkley 6/1849 4-4-0 Inside connected with outside riveted iron-clad wooden frame.
Mastodon CP CP Sacramento 4/1882 4-8-0 World's first successful 4-8-0; led to the development of El Gobernador.
More information: Wikipedia.
Matachin Pan Portland 1854 0-4-0  
Matanzera M&Sa Rogers 51 1/1844 4-4-0 Some documents show this locomotive's name spelled as Matancera, but judging by the railroad name, the spelling with a "z" seems more likely to have been used.
Matehuala VC&RV 2        
Matt H. Shay Erie Baldwin 4/1914 2-8-8-8-2  
Mattawa SL&A 1st 6 Brooks 2668 1896 4-6-0 Sold to Lake Shore & Michigan Southern as #602; Renumbered #544; Renumbered #5019.
Maui MAC 2 Baldwin 1904 2-6-0  
May Queen USM Norris   4-4-0 Acquired new on 1/28/1863; sold 1865 to B&O.
Mayflower OC H & Drury 47 8/1845 4-2-0 Sold to Montreal & Plattsburgh RR; Became Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain 1st #28 Chazy.
Mayor Flippin M&C Baldwin 1876    
Mazeppa B&O G & Winans 1838 0-4-0 Ex-Martin Van Buren.
Mazeppa SRR Baldwin 951 8/1860 4-4-0 Off roster after 1877.
Mazeppa V&J Baldwin 48 9/1836 4-2-0 Rn Commercial; sometimes listed as 0-6-0; off roster by 5/1866; listed in Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #101 as Commercial RR.
Mazeppa W&A Rogers 359 12/1852 4-4-0  
Mazomanie M&SP 86 Portland 72 9/1854 4-4-0 Ex-M&M #16 E. D. Holton.
McDonough NYOW 44 Baldwin 2724 3/1872 4-4-0 Scrapped 4/1900.
McDowell A&P 31 Manch 1033 11/1882 4-4-0  
McKenzie A&P 35 Manch 1037 1/1883 4-4-0  
McKim B&O G & Winans 1838 0-4-0  
McNeill CCRR Stephenson 103 2/1835 4-2-0 Built for the Paterson & Hudson River RR; to New York & Erie RR; sold 1855 to Isaac Atkinson; to CCRR 1855; stored at Carrollton 1859-1867; this engine may have been the first to operate in North America with a bell.
Medford BL&N   c. 1869    
Meily SFS 3 Baldwin 5258 9/1880 2-8-0 Ex-Texas, Santa Fe & Northern #3.
Memnon B&O 57     0-8-0 Preserved at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
Memphis Va&T Baldwin 8/1857 4-4-0  
Menasha M&N 7 Baldwin 3012 11/1872 4-4-0 Rn #22; became CM&SP #922 in 1893; rn #1297 in 1899; rn #1459 in 1910; rn #152 in 1913; off roster 6/1914.
Menlo Park SF&SJ 11 Mason 353 4/1870 4-4-0 To SP #11; rn 1891 #1167; scr 2/5/1898.
Menomonee M&M 3 Souther 1850 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #3 in 1861; became M&SP #73 Chandler in 1868; off roster by 1888.
Meramec PacMo 2 Rogers 337 9/1852 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in gauge.
Merced CP 172 Norris-L 37 1864 4-4-0 Rb 10/2/1872 as 4-6-0; rb 2/15/1877 as 4-4-0; rn 1891 #1284; rn 1901 #1522; scr 1/24/1910 W. Oakland.
Merced WP F Norris-L      
Mercedes FCUY 56 Baldwin 10495 1/1890 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&P #6; scr 1927.
Mercer NC&F 2 Pittsburgh 1874 0-6-0  
Mercer NCI Rogers 606 9/1855 4-4-0  
Mercury B&O E & Harrison 1842 4-4-0 Most durable loco of its time (37,000 miles in 1844).
Mercury CP 127 M & Aldus 8/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1137; rn 1901 #1200; rn 1906 #1484; sold 8/25/1911 to Carlton & Coast #2.
Mercury LNA&C 7 Norris 1851 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Bloomington.
Merida (1st) FCUY 22 Baldwin 7129 2/1884 4-4-0 Ex-M&V #2; scr 1903.
Merida (2nd) FCUY 35 Baldwin 13932 1/1894 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #5; scr 1933.
Merrill SCMR 5 Baldwin 9150 3/1888 0-4-2T Ordered as San Diego Street Car Co #6; diverted to SCMR 9/1888; to SP #5; to engineering dept. 5/23/1905; sold 1907 to Willett & Burr; used in 1913 to extend SP's Coos Bay Branch.
Merrimac V&T 24 Baldwin 3891 1876 2-6-0 Sold 1901 to Boca & Loyalton RR, Ca; Sold to WP #123; scrapped 6/1930.
Merritt Clark R&S Taunton 162 1854 4-4-0 To D&H #114; sold 1878 to Lebanon Springs RR.
Meteor Bo&W Stephenson 26 1832 2-2-0 First loco in Maine; sold 1835 to B&P Canal & RR co; inside connected; rn Pioneer by B&P; possibly scrapped 1865.
Meteor LNA&C 26 Hinkley 478 9/1853 4-4-0 Ex-NA&S Ellettsville.
Mexcanu FCUY 33 Baldwin 9537 10/1888 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #3; scr 1955.
Mexico FCCM 1 portland 331 5/1880 2-6-0  
Miami KPDP 12 Rogers 1409 1866 4-4-0  
Miami LMRR Rogers 91 10/1846 4-4-0  
Miami MR&LE Rogers 68 7/1845 4-4-0 Originally ordered for the Matanzas & Savanilla Railway but not delivered there; rn February 4, 1846, Huron.
Michigan   Milholland 1852    
Michigan C&NW 138 Hnkley 727   4-4-0  
Michigan CV 38 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Rb 4/1857; rb 12/1869; rn 6/1873 Cascadnac.
Michigan O&LC 1st 15 Essex 3/1852 4-4-0 Scrapped before 1/1/1876.
Michigan City NA&S Schen 22 11/1852 4-4-0 Became LNA&C #30 Eclipse in 1859.
Middleburgh M&S Cooke 1868 4-2-4T  
Middlebury (1st) R&B 5 Taunton 35 6/1849 4-4-0 Wrecked at Pittsfield in 11/1864; rb by Taunton; Sold 1866 to F&W as Sterling.
Middlebury (2nd) R&B 5 CV Northfield 8/1866 4-4-0 Rebuilt; became Central Vermont #202 1891; scrapped before 1895.
Middlesex CV 27 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Ex-Saguenay; scrapped 1897.
Middletown NYOW 36 Baldwin 2618 11/1871 4-4-0 Rb 8/5/1896 at Cooke as 2nd #10.
Mifflin PRR Baldwin 1849 4-2-2 Returned to Baldwin; rb as 4-4-0.
Mikado CP 65 M & Aldus 2/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1199; scr 2/1900 Sacramento.
Milan W&LE 1 National 4/1877 4-4-0  
Miles Sells TT 65 Grant 12/1883 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 6/1888; sold 6/1899 to Pine Bluff & Western Ry.
Miles Standish OC Hinkley 1845    
Millie EBT 12 Baldwin 37325 12/1911 2-8-2 Named in 1960; last operated in October 2000, stored in the EBT roundhouse as of 2009.
Milton (1st) CV 9 Baldwin 1850 4-4-0 Rb 10/15/1861; Ex-1st St Albans; wrecked 6/1890.
Milwaukee GBM&C Rogers 572 3/1855 4-4-0  
Milwaukee M&SP 75 Schen 11 6/1852 4-4-0 Ex-M&M #5 E. Corning.
Milwaukee M&SP 161 Mason 475 10/1872 4-4-0 Rn #1280 in 1899; rn #1446 in 1910; off roster by 1913.
Mineral Point MPt 3 Taunton 214 10/1856 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #429 in 1880; off roster by 1899.
Minneapolis M&SP 43 Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Ex-Mi&W Hercules.
Minnehaha M&SP 41 Niles 1854 4-4-0 Ex-Mi&W Oconomowoc.
Minnehaha P&R P&R Reading 1859 4-4-0  
Minneiska LC&M 29 Rogers 779 7/1857 4-4-0 Rn #26; became M&SP #26 in 1863; off roster by 1888.
Minnesota LV 318 Baldwin 3802 1875 4-6-0  
Minnesota P&R       Camelback loco; exploded.
Minnie C&NW C&NW Shops 1863   This unit was fitted with a steam brake in 1866 by shop mechanic George W. Cushing.
Minsink NYOW 30 Baldwin 2551 9/1871 4-4-0 Rb 10/1897 at Cooke as 2nd #13.
Mirimichi SL&A 1st 7 Brooks 2669 1896 4-6-0 Sold to Lake Shore & Michigan Southern as #603; Renumbered #545; Renumbered #5017.
Mirror Lake CO&I 12 Dickson 718 7/1889 4-4-0  
Missisco CV 25 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Rb 12/1858; rb 2/1870; sold 1873 to Rutland Division as #42.
Mississippi N&H Dunham 1836 0-4-0 Rb by IC's McComb shops.
Mississippi PacMo 9 Rogers 579 5/1855 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in gauge
Mississippi R&M Rogers 1042 12/1862 4-4-0  
Mississippi SRR Baldwin 935 6/1860 4-4-0 Off roster between 1875 and 1877.
Mississippi V&J Baldwin 49 9/1836 4-2-0 Off roster by 5/1866; listed in Railway & Locomotive Historical Society bulletin #101 as Commercial RR.
Missouri H&SJ Mason 1857 4-4-0 Missouri
Missouri PacMo 8 Rogers 575 4/1855 4-4-0 5 ft 6 in gauge
Mitchell NA&S Norris 1851 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 5, Arrow, in 1859.
Mogadore O&T 9 Porter 396 12/1880 4-4-0 To NYEC 1889.
Mogollon D&RG 92 Baldwin 5118 1880 4-4-0  
Mogul CNJ Taunton 1866 2-6-0 Possible origin of class name.
Mohammed CoV 21 Brooks 855 2/1883 2-6-0 S 1885 to Cleveland & Canton RR #21; s 1889 to NY Equip Co.; s 1891 to Shreveport & Houston RR; s 6/1891 to HE&WT &15; s 4/1895 to J. J. White (McCord City, Ms.).
Mohammed O&T 21 Brooks 855 2/1883 2-6-0 S 1889 to NY Equip Co; s 1889 to Galveston & Western; s to Shreveport & Houston; s 6/1891 to Houston, East & West Texas #15; s 1895 to J. J. White.
Mohave CP 37 Norris 1189 5/1867 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1175; rn 1901 #1208; rb 9/13/1872; wrecked 3/3/1869; s 6/1870 to SF&SJ #17; returned as CP #37 1872; scr 1/2/1903 Sacramento.
Mohawk A&Sc McQueen 1848 4-4-0 Rb c. 1847; may be first loco built in US with Cylinder saddle.
Mohawk HR Matteawan 1849 4-2-2  
Mohawk KPDP 6 Baldwin 1341 1866 4-4-0  
Mohawk R&S Rogers K&G 213 1850 4-4-0 Became D&H #103; scrapped 1881.
Mohegan          
Mohican M&SC Rogers 405 7/1853 4-6-0 5 ft 4 in gauge.
Mojanda D&RG 45 Baldwin 4976 1880 2-8-0  
Molly O. WT     3T Climax  
Monarch BRR 5 Baldwin 33301 3/1909 0-6-2ST Transferred to Barre & Chelsea as #5 9/18/1913; s 9/1948 to Rock of Ages as #5; scr 10/1959.
Monitor HR Cooke 1861 4-2-4T Rb 1877 as inspection loco; rn Chemung.
Monitor USM Jersey City      
Mono B&B 3 Baldwin 3638 1874 2-6-0 Ex-E&P #2 Onward; still running as of 1907.
Mono CP 23 M & Aldus 8/1866 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1526, #1051; In Rocklin fire 11/27/1873; rb 1/26/1874; s to Tejunga Rock Co. as #1 2/18/1910.
Monocacy B&O Wm Norris 1839 4-2-0 Used on the Washington branch.
Monroe IR 1     4-4-0  
Monroe M&M 23 Breese Kneeland 1856 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #23 in 1861; became M&SP #93 in 1868; off roster by 1891.
Monroe NY&E 9 Baldwin      
Monroe NY&E 29 Rogers 156 1/1849 4-4-0  
Monroe USM Norris      
Monson NLN 5 Hinkley 1851 4-4-0 Inside connected; scrapped 1890.
Monster C&A C&A c. 1836 0-8-0 Axles connected by gears rather than a drive rod.
Montague NLN 7 Manch 1863 4-4-0 Rn 12/1890 #26; rn 8/1891 #176; transferred to CV as #6; scrapped 1901.
Montana CP 24 M & Aldus 8/1866 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1527, #1065; s to Erickson & Petterson Co as #21 6/9/1909; rb by 1891.
Monte Cristo D&RG 19 Baldwin 3899 1876 2-6-0  
Montemorelos FCMYG 11 Rogers 4367 8/1890 4-6-0 Rn 1902 #458.
Monterey M&SV 2 Baldwin 3682 1/1875 4-4-0 Sold 1/1880 to Nevada Central as #4; out of service by 1898 and stripped for parts; remains scrapped by United Commercial CO. 1/1938.
Monterey M&W Rogers 106 9/1847 4-4-0 Became Western & Atlantic Monterey.
Monterey W&A Rogers 106 9/1847 4-4-0 Ex-M&W Monterey.
Monterrey FCMYG 8 Rogers 4278 3/1890 4-4-0 Rn 1902 #52.
Montezuma D&RG 1 Baldwin 2549 1871 2-4-0  
Montgomery MR&LE Rogers 386 4/1853 4-4-0  
Montgomery NA&S Norris 5/1851 4-4-0 Ex-C&W, acquired in 1853; became LNA&C #28 Traveler in 1859.
Monticello DNW Hinkley 1872 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #297 in 1879; off roster by 1899.
Monticello DSW Rogers 1629 7/1869 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #290 in 1879; off roster by 1898.
Monticello NYOW 61 Baldwin 3096 1/1873 2-6-0 Rb 1902 at Rome Machine Works as #119.
Montpelier CV 24 Boston 4/1852 4-4-0 Rb 12/27/1858; wrecked 1878.
Montpelier M&WR 1 Manch 572 4/1873 4-4-0 Wrecked at East Montpelier 8/23/1876; rb 11/13/1889; off roster by 1909.
Montreal CV 11 H & Drury 1850 4-4-0 Rb 11/15/1856; wrecked 1879.
Montreal R&S 43 Schen 796 1872 4-4-0 To D&H as #138; rn 420; off roster by 1902.
Montreal S&W     4-4-0  
Montrose LG Rogers 282 10/1851 4-4-0  
Montville NLN 11 CV St Albans 1879 2-6-0 Replaced Belcherton; rn 12/1890 #10; rn 8/1891 #160; transferred to CV as #305; ex-D. D. Ranlett.
Mooers Mo&P Taunton 112 1852 4-4-0 Rb by Taunton 10/1857; rn S. F. Vilas.
Mooresville NA&S Hinkley 401 9/1852 4-4-0 Became LNA&C #21 Planet in 1859; rb 1859.
Moosalamoo R&B 2nd 16 Taunton 448 12/1868 4-4-0 Became Central Vermont #207 1891; Scrapped 1900.
Morelos MoRR 4        
Morena D&RG 96 Baldwin 5144 1880 4-4-0  
Morgan S&M Rogers 141 9/1848 4-4-0  
Morley ATSF 65 Baldwin 4359 6/1878 4-4-0  
Morris M&E Rogers 151 11/1848 4-4-0  
Morris Emanuel SRR Baldwin 965 9/1860 4-4-0 Ex-Hercules; off roster after 1877.
Morris Ketchum GR&BC Rogers 615 10/1855 4-4-0  
Morrisania   Rogers 334 8/1852 4-4-0 Moshein & Rothfus note that this locomotive was purchased by Gouverneur Morris, possibly for the NY&H.
Morse ATSF 92 Hinkley 1879 4-4-0  
Mosca (1st) D&RG 13 Baldwin 3475 10/1873 2-8-0 Returned to Baldwin; s EBT #3 1st Rockhill.
Mosca (2nd) D&RG 24 Baldwin 4191 1877 2-8-0  
Moses Strong T&R Taunton 91 1852 4-4-0  
Moses Taylor H&TC 21 Schen 644 7/1870 4-4-0  
Mosquito Gulch D&RG 60 Baldwin5039 1880 2-8-0  
Motul FCUY 26 Baldwin 9964 5/1889 4-4-0 Ex-M&V #6; scr.
Mount Carrol R&M Swinburne 7/1856 4-4-0 Rb 1861; scr by 1874.
Mount Carroll WU 34 Baldwin 3635 8/1874 4-4-0 Became CM&SP #281 in 1879; rn #1336 in 1899; rn #97 in 1910; off roster 3/1918.
Mountain Boy B&R 8 Schen 563 1869 4-4-0 Renamed Frank C. White; Renamed E. D. Bennett; Sold to Rutland as #60; Renumbered #1060.
Mountain Boy HERR 7        
Mountain Girl B&R Schen 564 1869 4-4-0 Renamed C. J. McMaster; Sold to Rutland as #61; Renumbered #1061.
Mountain Girl HERR 8        
Mountain King BRR 2 Baldwin 9738 1/1889 0-6-0ST Switched Montpelier yard from 1/7/1891; ran away & wrecked 5/20/1893; rb by 6/17/1891; xf to Barre & Chelsea as #2 9/18/1913; s 1926 Wetmore & Morse Co.; scr 1935.
Mountain View NYOW 95 Rhode 541 7/1873 2-6-0 Sold 8/19/1917 to Southern Iron & Equip Co as #1210; sold 4/1918 to Limestone Mfg Co as #1.
Mountaineer D&RG 101 Vulcan 1873 0-4-4-0T Rn #1001 in 1881.
Mountaineer CP 83 Rogers 1514 4/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1545; rb by 1878; scr 2/1893.
Mount Clare B&O 49 B&O M. Clare   0-8-0 First unit to be built by a railroad.
Mount Vernon IRR 5 Baldwin 1138 5/1863 0-6-0 To Iron Ry in 1884.
Mt. Agassiz D&RG 63 Baldwin 5051 5/1880 2-8-0  
Mt. Holly R&B 12 Taunton 36 9/1849 4-4-0 Rb at Rutland 1866; s 8/29/1878 to D. C. Lindsley of the Burlington & LaMoille as William Hale.
Mt. Hope OC Hinkley 1845    
Mt. Washington BC&M 29 Manch 731 6/1876 2-6-0  
Muldraugh L&N Baldwin      
Mule's Relief ACRy 1 Baldwin 5586 4/1881 0-4-2T  
Mumford Tonw Rogers 221 7/1850 4-4-0  
Muna FCUY 50 Baldwin 18735 3/1901 4-4-0 Ex-FCM&C #10; scr.
Muncie LM&B 2 Brooks 271 5/1876 4-4-0 Became LB&M #8.
Muscoda M&M 39 Breese Kneeland 1857 4-4-0 Became M&PDC #39 in 1861; became M&SP #110 in 1868; off roster by 1890.
Muscogee SW Rogers 427 8/1853 4-4-0 Moshein & Rothfus list this locomotive's build date as 8/28/1853, but where it falls in the construction list, it is more likely to have been built in September 1853.
Music Pass D&RG 52 Baldwin 5002 1880 2-8-0  
Myrtle HRC 3 Dickson 1900 2-4-2  
Myrtle LK&P 3 Porter 7397 1947 2-4-2 Ex-Carbon Limestone Co #35; rb.

Photo credits

  • Madam Queen - Cropped from the original file available at the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; see also this photo's description page in the Flickr Commons project. Photograph by Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, March 1943. This photo was taken by an employee of the US Federal Government while performing his official duties and is therefore under public domain. Further, the Rights and Reproductions statement for the FSA/OWI pictures collection (retrieved March 30, 2009) asserts "Photographs in this filing series (LC-USF35 and LC-USW36) are considered to be in the public domain."
  • Marion Wentworth - Cropped from a scan of the original photo in the collection of Norb & Marie Novocin of Estate Auctions, Inc. As the locomotive number 28 is visible on the smokebox front, this photograph must have been taken before 1885 when the locomotive was renumbered. Photographer unknown; I believe this photo to be in the public domain because my understanding of current US copyright law is that photographs first published in the US before 1923 are public domain.
  • Missouri - Cropped from a scan of the original photo in the collection of Norb & Marie Novocin of Estate Auctions, Inc. Photographer unknown; I believe this photo to be in the public domain because my understanding of current US copyright law is that photographs first published in the US before 1923 are public domain.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with N

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
N. G. Larimore TT 54 Grant 1543 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 5/1888; sold 5/14/1900 to M. Mitschkun Co., Detroit.
N. Grenet GH&SA 48 Manch 897 3/1881 4-4-0 Rn 1885 #699; rn 1901 #190; scr 3/26/1913 Houston.
N. H. Cowdrey M&SP 56 Rogers 1328 1/1866 4-4-0 Off roster by 1898.
N. K. Fairbank ATSF 113 Rhode 808 12/1879 4-4-0  
N. L. Davis R&B 2nd 24 Taunton 426 1868 4-4-0 Became Central Vermont #214; Rebuilt in 1891; scrapped 1900.
N. S. Field WU 22 Swinburne   4-4-0 Rb 1879; became CM&SP #269 in 1879; off roster by 1893.
N. T. White TT 17 Grant 3/1882 2-6-0 NG; sold 10/21/1890 to W. C. Aldridge, Rockland, Texas.
Nacogdoches HE&WT 8 Dickson 302 8/1881 2-6-0  
Nalhegan CV 6 H & Drury 1849 4-4-0 Rebuilt 2/8/1859; received new cylinders 7/20/1869; sold 1879 to SERR.
Nalo WaSC        
Nameaug NLN 24 Baldwin 8311 1887 0-4-0 Rn 1892 #174; transferred to CV as #48.
Nanakuli EPC 5     0-6-0T  
Nancy Hanks CofG     4-4-0  
Nanticoke L&B 1st 2 L&B Kingston 1855 4-4-0  
Nantucket R&B Hinkley 2 1841 4-2-0 Bought from New Bedford & Taunton Railroad by Chamberlain, Strong & Co., the contractors who built the road; Scr 1855.
Napa CalP 6 Mason 251 3/1867 0-4-0 Rn 2nd #2; sold 3/14/1872 to CP 2nd #178; rn 1891 #1008; scr 3/3/1894.
Napateco FCHN 10 Baldwin 10709 3/1890 4-4-0 NG; s 1908 to NdeM #10.
Nashotah LC&M 22 Cooke 1857 4-4-0 Acquired 8/1860; Rb; became M&SP #22 in 1863; off roster by 1892.
Nashua No&W Rogers 19 12/1839 4-2-0  
Nat. Wright LMRR Cincinnati 1856 4-4-0  
Natchitoches NOO&GW Niles 11/1853 4-4-0 Became ML&T #13; Rn 1885 #513; off roster by 1/1897.
Nathan Rice R&B 21 Amoskeag 50 1852 4-6-0 Rn 1864 E. A. Birchard; rb as 4-4-0; became Central Vermont #212.
Nathaniel McKeay   M & Aldus 1868 4-4-0  
Nathaniel Thayer R&Sy Rogers 370 2/1853 4-4-0  
Naugatuck Naug Rogers 172 5/1849 4-4-0  
Navajas FCHN 9 Baldwin 10699 3/1890 4-4-0 NG; s 1908 to NdeM #9.
Navajo A&P 10 Taunton 765 12/1880 4-4-0  
Navajo KPDP 24 Baldwin 1611 1867 4-4-0  
Ne-bras-ka G&CU Rogers 518 8/1854 4-4-0  
Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne SL&A 1st 10 Schen 4401 1896 4-4-0 Sold to New York City & Hudson River RR as #49; Sold to Rutland as #100; Sold to NYCL as #33; Sold to Rutland as #99.
Nebraska FP Cooke 1863 4-4-0 Sold to Sacramento Valley as 2nd #5 George F. Bragg.
Nebraska Mi&W Menominee 1854 4-4-0 Transferred to LC&M in 1856; became M&SP #43 Charles City in 1863; off roster by 1893.
Neosho ATSF 38 Taunton 584 9/1872 4-4-0  
Nepesta D&RG 28 Baldwin 4335 5/1878 2-6-0  
Neptune ATSF 48 Hinkley 1876 0-4-0  
Neptune Bo&W Hinkley 1847 4-4-0  
Neskeglowitt NYOW 77 Mckay Iron 12/1872 4-4-0 Sold 6/1881 to CM&StP.
Nettleton ATSF 29 Taunton 580 8/1872 4-4-0  
Nevada CP 8 Cooke 7/1865 2-6-0 Rb by 1891; in Rocklin roundhouse fire 11/27/1873; rb 12/4/1873; scr 1/20/1900.
Nevada KPDP 27 Baldwin 1697 1868 4-4-0  
Nevada NCNG 2 Baldwin 3758 7/1875 2-6-0 Burned in 1915 and again in 1933; scr 1936.
Nevada SV 2 Hinkley 555 1/1855 4-4-0 Sold c. 1869 to CP as 2nd #166 Argentina; sold 1890 Northern Ry #1020; rn 1891 #1116; scr 1898.
Nevada V&T 7 Baldwin 2200 1870 2-6-0 Sold 10/1883; became CanP #5 Lytton.
Neversink NYOW 31 Baldwin 2580 10/1871 4-4-0 Traded 5/16/1887 with 1st #23 for Sinnemahoning Valley RR #2.
Neversink P&R Baldwin 1836   First loco for the P&R; exploded 1846.
New Albany NA&S Norris 1849 4-4-0 Became LNA&C #1 Leader in 1859; rb 9/1859 at New Albany.
New Berlin NYOW 14 Rhode 134 10/1869 4-4-0 Sold 6/1881 to CM&StP.
New Britain H&P Rogers 195 11/1849 4-4-0  
New England P&R Baldwin 1844 0-6-0  
New Hampshire B&M Hinkley 3/1847 4-6-0 This locomotive was delivered to the B&M on March 18, 1847 according to A History of the American Locomotive; Its Development: 1830-1880, by John H White, Jr.
New Haven H&NH Rogers 20 2/1840 4-2-0  
New Haven L&N M & Richardson      
New Haven R&B 4 Souther 10/1851 4-4-0 Scrapped 12/1874.
New Iberia NOO&GW Taunton 238 10/1857 4-4-0 Bought 5/1859 from builder's unsold stock; sold to ML&T #10; rn 1885 #510; off roster by 1890s.
New Jersey CNJ Rogers 324 6/1852 4-4-0  
New Jersey CR&B Rogers 418 8/1853 4-4-0  
New Jersey GWRIl Rogers 485 4/1854 4-4-0  
New Jersey W&A Rogers 351 11/1852 4-4-0 Rn Jack Morgan.
New London NH&NL Rogers 306 3/1852 4-4-0  
New London NLN 1 Taunton 1849 4-4-0 Inside connected; sold 1875.
New Mexico KPDP 28 Rogers 1499 1868 4-4-0  
New Orleans NOO&GW Niles 6/1857 4-4-0 Sold to ML&T #7; rn 1885 #507; off roster by late 1890s.
New Westminster CanP 3 Baldwin 1870 2-6-0 Ex-V&T Humboldt; sold 1887 to Intercontinental Ry #189; rb in 1896; rn 1024; transferred to Canadian Government Railways; scrapped 1918.
New York CR&B Rogers 404 6/1853 4-4-0  
New York GWRIl Rogers 480 4/1854 4-4-0  
New York H&NH Rogers 128 5/1848 4-4-0  
New York Hou Rogers 40 12/1842 4-4-0  
New York HR   1851 4-4-0  
New York LIRR Rogers 71 8/1845 4-4-0 Moshein and Rothfus assert that this locomotive is often mistaken for another named Abner Chichester.
New York NY&E 8 Baldwin      
New York NY&F Rogers 450 12/1853 4-4-0 Bought by Gouverneur Morris for the New York & Flushing.
New York NY&H Rogers 304 3/1852 4-4-0 Originally ordered by and built for the NH&NL but delivered to the NY&H.
New York P&Ra Rogers 143 9/1848 4-4-0  
New York S&W     4-4-0  
New York VV Rogers 461 1/1854 4-4-0  
New York W&A Rogers 348 10/1852 4-4-0  
Newark NJR&T Baldwin 16 12/1835    
Newark NYOW 94 Rhode 540 7/1873 2-6-0 Scrapped 10/1908.
Newberry G&C Rogers 202 2/1850 4-4-0  
Newburgh O&T 10 Porter 397 12/1880 4-4-0 To NYEC; to Au Sable & Northwestern c. 1889.
Newcombe L&N M & Richardson      
Newfoundland NYOW 51 Baldwin 2872 7/1872 2-6-0 Scrapped 9/30/1908.
Newhall SF&SJ 10 Cooke 1870 4-4-0 To SP #10; rn 1891 #1369; scr 12/20/1896.
Newington   Hinkley 1097      
Newton ATSF 20 Taunton 565 5/1872 4-4-0  
Newton Booth SoV 2 Baldwin 4583 1879 4-4-0  
Niagara B&NF Hinkley 1845 4-2-2  
Niagara C&NF 1 Rogers 368 1/1853 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Niagara L&W Rogers 327 7/1852 4-6-0  
Niagara NCe 2nd 7 Norris 7/1858 4-4-0 Exploded 1861.
Niagara O&LC 1st 14 Essex 2/1852 4-4-0  
Niagra CP 72 Cooke 3/1868 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1540; scr 10/1899 Sac.
Nicola CanP 6     4-4-0  
(No. 999) NYC 999 NYC W Albany   4-4-0
999 on display in 2003

Set speed record with the Empire State Express at 112.5 mph in 1893. Preserved on static display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

No. One R&M Rogers 633 12/1855 4-4-0 Off roster by 1867.
Nochistongo MT&C 5        
Nonpareil BM BM c. 1837 0-6-0 First 0-6-0 built in US.
Nor. Georgia FCHN 15 Baldwin 7523 12/1884 4-6-0 NG; became NdeM #15 in 1908.
Nor. Ill. R&M Rogers 1040 11/1862 4-4-0  
Norfolk Bo&P Bo&P 1845 4-4-0  
North America C&A 9 C&A shops 1835 2-4-0  
North Bend C&WWV 7 Baldwin 3542 2/1874 0-6-0 Sold 1876 to ML&T 2nd #19; rn 1885 #519; rn 1901 #26; sold 8/1903 to Keith Lumber Co.
North Star CV 83 CV St Albans 1872 4-4-0 Rebuilt; rn 1872 #36 to replace Royalton; scrapped 1898.
North Star RL&NF Rogers 401 6/1853 4-4-0  
North Star S&U Norris 1851    
Northern Light USM Rogers   4-4-0 Rn General Sheridan.
Northfield CV 29 Essex 1852 4-4-0 Rb 8/15/1857; wrecked 1882.
Northumberland PRR Baldwin 789 11/1857 0-8-0 Rb 1864 at PRR's Altoona shops as 2-6-0; scr 12/1869.
Northumbrian   Norris 1836 4-2-0  
Norwalk TN&C Boston 375 1852 4-4-0  
Norwalk W&LE 2 National 1877 4-4-0  
Norwich No&W Rogers 13 6/1839 4-2-0  
Norwich NLN 13 Manch 1867 4-4-0 Rn 1892 #163; transferred to CV #29; scrapped 1900.
Norwich (1st) NYOW 13 Rhode 135 10/1869 4-4-0 Sold before 1874.
Norwich (2nd) NYOW 85 Rhode 531 6/1873 4-4-0 To Rhode Island Loco Works 1874; Sold to NJ Midland #80; transferred to NYSW #10.
Novelty P&R   1847   First locomotive in the U.S. with an iron cab.
Novelty PRR Baldwin 1860 2-2-0 Had a combination coach & tender; sold to Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago.
Nueva Paz FCPM 4 Baldwin 19152 6/1901 0-6-0  
Nuevo Granada Pan Portland 1852 0-4-0  
Nydia PRR   1889 2-2-4T Inspection locomotive built for Irving A. Stearns, then manager of PRR's coal holdings.

Photo credits

  • (No. 999) – Photo by Sean Lamb, November 6, 2003.

Locomotive names of North America beginning with O

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

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
O. B. Filley TT 56 Grant 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 10/1887; sold 4/1900 to Dilley Foundry Co.
O. E. Britt M&SP 136 Taunton 474 9/1869 4-4-0 Rn #1235 in 1899; sold 12/1901.
O. G. Murray TT 84 Rhode 1463 6/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 9/1887; sold 5/8/1901 to Griffin Mill Co., Griffin, Arkansas.
Oakland CP 179 Vulcan 3 1863 4-2-0 Ex-SF&O 6/1870; shopped 4/1873 for yard service at Oakland; off roster by 1873.
Oakland NYOW 89 Rhode 535 6/1873 4-4-0 Never delivered to NYOW; sold to Providence & Worcester #30; sold to NYP&B #130; transferred to New Haven #388; rn 1745.
Oakland S&O Baldwin 2/1870 2-6-0 Derailed at the same place twice trying to stop for animals on the track in 1871 and 1881.
Oaxaca O&E 4 Baldwin 20150 3/1902 2-8-0  
Oberon GWR 51     2-4-0 Inside connected; 5 ft 6 in gauge until c. 1872.
Obispo Pan Portland 1854 0-4-0  
Ocampo FCHN 7 Baldwin 9876 3/1889 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #7 in 1908.
Ocmulgee CR&B Rogers 48 9/1843 4-4-0  
Oconee CR&B Rogers 24 9/1840 4-2-0  
Oconomowoc Mi&W Niles 1854 4-4-0 Transferred to LC&M in 1856; became M&SP #41 Minnehaha in 1863; off roster by 1888.
Ocotlan O&E 5 Baldwin 20149 3/1902 2-8-0  
Ogdensburg CP 38 M & Aldus 6/1867 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1528, #1071; s to Crescent City RR #2 2/5/1910.
Ogdensburg O&LC 9 (2nd) M & Aldus 1867 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #309 W. A. Short; Scrapped.
Ogdensburgh NYOW 52 Baldwin 2929 9/1872 2-6-0 Scrapped 10/6/1908.
Ogechee CR&B Rogers 47 8/1843 4-4-0  
Oglethorpe (1st) CR&B Rogers 21 3/1840 4-2-0  
Oglethorpe (2nd) CR&B Rogers 457 1/1854 4-4-0  
Oil City OCRR     4-4-0  
Ojuela MRR Baldwin 15049 9/1896 0-4-2T  
Old Baldy D&RG 30 Baldwin 4382 1878 2-8-0  
Old Ironsides PG&N Baldwin 1 11/1832 2-2-0 Traded in to Baldwin by PG&N in 1846.
(Old Maude) B&O 2400 ALCO 1903 0-6-6-0 Never officially named by the B&O.
Old Rube D&RG Baldwin   2-8-0 Narrow gauge C-16.
Old Zach CV 10 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Rb 7/1854; rb 7/1864; rn 1864 Gen. Taylor; rn 1869 Stanbridge.
Olema NPC 4 Baldwin 3629 1874 4-4-0 Wrecked at Waldo Point 1894; rb; bec NoS #4 1902; bec NWP #4; rn #81; scr 1911.
Olive IRR 6 Baldwin 1671 10/1867 0-6-0  
Olomana WaSC     0-4-2T  
Olympia O&CV 3 Baldwin 7298 5/1884 2-6-0 Delivered to Columbia & Puget Sound 5/1891.
Omaha A&P 16 Rhode 944 3/1881 4-4-0  
Omaha UP 8 Schen 1865    
Oneida NYOW 8 Rhode 124 9/1869 4-4-0 Scrapped 1/18/1887.
Oneida S&U Rogers 22 6/1840 4-2-0  
Oneonta CP 14 Cooke 3/1866 2-6-0 Rb 6/24/1871 as 4-4-0; scr 10/6/1899 at Sacramento.
Onondaga NY&E 31 Rogers 161 2/1849 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Onondaga NY&H Rogers 366 1/1853 4-4-0  
Onondaga S&U Rogers 25 10/1840 4-2-0  
Ontalaunee P&R Newcaslte 1843 4-4-0  
Ontario CV 3 Amoskeag 1851 4-4-0 Rebuilt 8/8/1859; renamed Sheffield before March 1871.
Ontario L&W Rogers 323 6/1852 4-6-0  
Ontario NY&E 32 Rogers 162 2/1849 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Ontario