Locomotive names of North America beginning with C

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	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
Caratunk	Som 1	Hinkley		4-4-0	Purchased used; replaced Somerset.
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
Carrabassett	Som 4			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	Inspection 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
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. 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	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.
Concepcion	Hor 3	Baldwin 21823	3/1903	2-6-0	Sold 9/1909 to Godchaux Sugar Company; became Elm Hall & Foley Railroad #7.
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
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	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.