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In 1936, the engine was converted to burn oil. Two years later, the locomotive was given a larger tender able to hold of water and of fuel oil. 3751 was also present at the grand opening of Union Station in Los Angeles on May 7, 1939, pulling the "Scout", one of Santa Fe's crack passenger trains as it arrived from Chicago. It was the first steam locomotive to bring a passenger train into Union Station.
In 1941, along with other 4-8-4s, 3751 received major upgrades including: drive wheels, a new frame, roller bearings all around, and more. It is speculated that 3751's (as well as most, if not all, engines of the 3751 class) LM-191 whistle was swapped out for the shorter, much higher pitched LM-192 whistle—either during the rebuild, or soon thereafter. (More on that below, in the ‘Mainline Excursion Career’ section)
That same year, it achieved its highest recorded speed at . It continued to be a very reliable working locomotive until 1953, when it pulled the last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train on the Santa Fe to run between Los Angeles and San Diego on August 25; this was its last run in revenue service. After that, it was stored at the Redondo Junction roundhouse in Los Angeles for four years before it was officially retired from the roster by the railroad in 1957, and in 1958, it was placed on display in San Bernardino.
The locomotive is currently owned by the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society, the same organization that performed the initial 1986 restoration.
In August 1992, the 3751 was found on its largest assignment so far, as the engine ran the entire route of Santa Fe's Transcon route between Los Angeles and Chicago with three and later two Santa Fe GE Dash 8-40CWs. The engine spent 18 days traveling over in both directions.
On April 22–23, 1995, 3751 was displayed in the Riverside Sunkist Orange Blossom Festival in Riverside. On September 22, 1995 when Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe merged with Burlington Northern Railroad to form Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the locomotive retained the same number. The excursion happened again on April 20–21, 1996.
In June 1999, the locomotive participated in Railfair 99. On the way to the fair, 3751 ran with a BNSF GE Dash 9-44CW and a passenger train mixed with a boxcar train.
In October 2000, 3751 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A second locomotive of the same class has also been preserved, Santa Fe 3759 in Kingman, Arizona. It too is listed on the NRHP.
The locomotive has been displayed at Fullerton Railroad Days in Fullerton, California a number of times.
In August 2002, the 3751 ran an Amtrak excursion from Los Angeles to Williams, Arizona to participate in the 2002 National Railway Historical Society Convention. The excursion ran over Metrolink, BNSF Railway, and Arizona and California Railroad tracks. The engine also ran on the Grand Canyon Railway for an excursion on the former Santa Fe's Grand Canyon line. The event including double and tripleheading with the Grand Canyon Railway's own steam engines, Ex Chicago Burlington & Quincy 2-8-2 4960 and ex Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 18. There was a night photo session that took place, which featured the three locomotives side by side.
In May 2012, 3751 powered a six-day excursion from Los Angeles to Williams, Arizona to celebrate the state's Centennial. As part of the excursion another special roundtrip doubleheader to the Grand Canyon and back was run with 3751 and GCRY 4960. The train also operated over the Arizona & California Railroad on the way to Williams and on the return trip to Los Angeles. Three weeks before the trip to Arizona the engine also made the trip east to attend the San Bernardino Railroad Days Festival for the third year in a row.
In May 2013, 3751 ran on a fourth trip to the San Bernardino Railroad Days Festival.
In May 2015, 3751 made an appearance at Fullerton Railroad Days 2015 in Fullerton, California, making it the first time since 2008 to appear at this event. From April 31 - May 1, 2016, the loco was on display again and left Fullerton 2 hours late due to traffic. From May 6–7, 2017, she was on display yet again for the last time for a few years as she will be going into a 3-4 year restoration. She will be on display at Union Station's Summer Train Fest on July 15, 2017 before being overhauled. 3751's overhaul is currently estimated to be completed in 2021 if all of the work proceeds as planned.
3751 was also featured in the "There Goes a..." episode "There Goes a Train" footage used in "Route of the Chief".
Santa Fe 3751 can also be briefly viewed—with its 5-chime (LM-192) whistle heard—near the end of the 1952 film "Boots Malone" starring William Holden, and Harry Morgan.
3751 was also featured in the 1950 Clark Gable-starred film "Key to the City" and the 2001 film "Pearl Harbor".
Soo Line 2718 is a H-23 class 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive that was originally owned by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (the "Soo Line"), but operated by their subsidiary, the Wisconsin Central Railway.
2718 was built in May, 1923 in Schenectady, New York. It was one of six H-23 class Pacific steam locomotives built for the Soo Line. In the Soo Line's naming scheme, 'H' indicated the Pacific wheel arrangement. The H-23 were their last Pacific class built.
2718 was donated to the National Railroad Museum in February 1958. The museum used it for a few years to move cars around the grounds. It also saw limited service pulling the museum train.
There were six H-23 class locomotives built in May 1923. Two of them are preserved.
Central of Georgia Railway 509 is a 2-8-0 configuration steam locomotive and tender consolidation on static display in downtown Macon, Georgia, United States. After being removed from service at the end of the steam era, it was given to the city of Macon.
Central of Georgia Railway (CofG) 509 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as one of 24 C-4 class locomotives for the railway in December, 1906. This was the fourth generation in the C class series that was delivered to CofG. The locomotive was originally built under road number 1709 along with the other C-4 locomotives consisting of numbers from 1700 to 1724. It was then renumbered in 1925 to the current number of 509. CofG started to increase its numbers in more powerful steam locomotives and the C-4 class locomotives were then put to branch line use. While some of the C-4 locomotives were used for switching, the others were operating between Macon, Athens, Gordon, Milledgeville, Machen, and Porterdale.
As the use of steam engines declined and they were replaced with diesels, most of the C-4 locomotives were retired by September 1950 with the rest of the C-4 locomotives retired in next three years. 509 was selected as one of the few engines to be kept for preservation by CofG. A letter from November 12, 1953 stated that one 450-class engine, one 500-class engine, and one engine that is the smallest and oldest were to be kept. They would be placed in various places in Georgia; the 500 allocated to Macon, the 450 to Columbus, and the smallest to Savannah. The letter stated that the engines should be kept undercover to prevent deterioration.
In 1959, CofG decided they would transfer 509 to the city of Macon. Before being transferred, 509 received a brand new wooden cow-catcher, a fresh coat of paint, and new stencils. In order to move the locomotive to the display area, which did not have direct rail access, temporary track was laid and part of brick wall was removed. On October 16, 1959, the locomotive was officially handed over to the City of Macon. Since then it has been sitting in Central City Park as a display along with other railroad monuments. Most of the other railroad monuments are no longer standing. One of the only ones left that are still standing today are locomotive 509 and an old CofG coaling tower.
Outside the display is a plaque in memory of Benny A. Scott. He was the locomotive's fireman for the last run of 509, and was also the railroad's first black fireman.
Over the years, 509 has stayed in its place with little action. It was repainted in 1999 for a project on a children's television network, and decorated with what looked to be Christmas lights.
"The Right Way" published an article in 2011 about 509 and discussed the complete restoration of the locomotive to fully operational condition by Hartwell Railroad Company in Bowersville, Georgia. The cost of the restoration was estimated to be around $450,000. The locomotive would then run excursions runs.
Illinois Central No. 790 is a preserved steam locomotive, the only Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-0 Consolidation type of its class to survive into the diesel age of train transportation. It is part of the Steamtown National Historic Site collection in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
This locomotive was built in 1903 by American Locomotive Company as a 2-8-0 Consolidation type. It was originally owned by Chicago Union Transfer Railway and numbered 100. It (and sisters 101–103) were sold to Illinois Central Railroad Company in 1904 and renumbered 641–644. The railroad, which dated back to 1851, operated 4,265 miles of track between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. This locomotive pulled heavy freight in Tennessee and "must have seen hard service, for reportedly the Illinois Central rebuilt it in 1918, modernizing it with a superheater, and possibly replacing the boiler and firebox".
The only surviving locomotive of the Chicago Union Transfer Railway, No. 790 is the only Illinois Central 2-8-0 Consolidation type of its class to survive. "About 146 standard gauge 2-8-0s survive in the United States, including Illinois Central No. 790". After the nationalization of Steamtown, the Steamtown National Historic Site retained this locomotive on the suggestion of the Steamtown Special History Study.
The 1975–76 American Freedom Train to present day.
In 1975, the country was gearing up for America's Bicentennial and plans were underway for The American Freedom Train which would travel across the country stopping in dozens of cities and pulled by steam locomotives. Led by Ross Rowland, a nationwide search was carried out to search for locomotives in restorable condition to pull the train. Southern Pacific 4449 and Reading 2101 were selected for the trip (A group of dedicated preservationists in Ft. Worth also rebuilt a steam locomotive that would pull the train in Texas, Texas and Pacific 610). 2101 was pulled from the scrapyard and restored to operating condition in only 30 days in the same building where she was constructed from a 2-8-0 nearly 30 years earlier—and painted as "American Freedom Train #1".
Strasburg Rail Road (Canadian National) No. 89 is a 2-6-0 "Mogul" type steam locomotive originally built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in February 1910 for the Canadian National Railway. It is now owned and operated by the Strasburg Rail Road outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania where it resides today for use on excursion trains.
No. 89 was originally built in February 1910 by the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario for the Grand Trunk Railway as number 1009. In 1919 it was renumbered 911. In 1923, the Grand Trunk was merged into the Canadian National Railway (CN) with 911 being one of the thousands of locomotives working for this new railroad. In 1951, 911 was renumbered 89. Most of 89's career on the CN is unknown; it appears that it spent the latter part of its working life in Quebec before being retired in the late 1950s and being stored in a deadline of locomotives in Montreal.
In 1961, No. 89 was purchased by New England seafood magnate and steam locomotive collector F. Nelson Blount and moved to North Walpole, New Hampshire, in the United States. No. 89 found a home in the former Boston & Maine North Walpole roundhouse and starting in 1965, would begin operating on the Green Mountain Railroad and would be moved to across the Connecticut River to Bellows Falls, Vermont. No. 89 quickly became Blount's favorite locomotive and he would often be found at the throttle until his death in 1967.
In June 1972, the Green Mountain Railroad sold No. 89 to the Strasburg Rail Road outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania. This is a linear village along the Great Conestoga Road, stretching about two miles along path later known as the Strasburg Road. The population was 2,809 at the 2010 census. The move from Bellows Falls to Strasburg was overseen by Strasburg employee Linn Moedinger. During a stopover in Penn Central's Buttonwood Yard in Wilkes-Barre, No. 89 was stranded when Hurricane Agnes caused the Susquehanna River to flood much of the area. No. 89 spent several days submerged in the rail yard but emerged with little to no damage.
Southern Pacific 1293 is an S-14 class 0-6-0 steam locomotive built by Lima Locomotive Works. It was dedicated to the City of Tracy, California, on August 8, 1958, by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company (now Union Pacific Railroad).
After Southern Pacific retired 1293 in 1957, SP donated the locomotive for display in Dr. Powers Park in Tracy, California. It remains there to this day on static display, subject to deterioration caused by vandalism and exposure to weather.
Santa Fe 5000 is a 2-10-4 "Texas" type steam locomotive constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. No. 5000 was immediately nicknamed the "Madame Queen" and remained a unique member of its own class. It was donated to the City of Amarillo, Texas, in 1957 and is currently maintained by the Railroad Artifact Preservation Society. Santa Fe 5000 is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Texas type on the Santa Fe is by design a Berkshire with an additional driving axle, as it was ordered by most railroads. Although Santa Fe 3829 was the first steam locomotive with the 2-10-4 wheel arrangement, Santa Fe 5000 served as the prototype for all further 2-10-4 locomotives rostered by the road.
In 1930, Santa Fe looked at the contemporary heavy-duty motive power policies of other railroads, and decided that its own needed substantial reappraisal. Additional locomotives were ordered as a result of this study, including the 5000. Santa Fe 5000 was placed in service between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico for observation. The result was the company had purchased a locomotive which would pull 15% more tonnage in 9% less time, burning 17% less coal per 1000 gross ton miles than its 3800 series 2-10-2s.
Although the locomotive was a success, the 1930s brought the national depression and Santa Fe adopted a policy of avoiding capital expenditures during this period. By the time the next 2-10-4s were delivered in 1938 they were placed in a different class because of many design refinements. With the various classes of 4-8-4 types, the 2-10-4 type represented the pinnacle of modern heavy-power development on the Santa Fe Railway System.
Santa Fe 5000 underwent few modifications during its service life. It received a larger 'square tender' which required the cab roof to be modified with an area that allowed crew members to pass from the cab to the top of the tender. In 1940 the locomotive was converted from coal to oil fuel.
On April 17, 1957, after several years of storage and of service, Santa Fe 5000 was retired and donated to the city of Amarillo, Texas. It was placed on outdoor static display at the Santa Fe station. In August 2005, 5000 was moved by the Railroad Artifact Preservation Society to a new location in Amarillo, 500 SE 2nd Avenue, where they plan to construct a building to house and preserve the locomotive. In July 2016, the city of Amarillo proposed selling the locomotive.
Brooks-Scanlon Corporation No. 1 is a 2-6-2 steam locomotive at Steamtown National Historic Site. This type of locomotive is referred to as a Prairie-type locomotive. This locomotive was built specifically for the lumber industry and served several lumber firms in Florida
The Carpenter-O'Brien Lumber Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1913. The company, which operated in Florida, ordered this locomotive from Baldwin Locomotive Works, which completed it in 1914. Locomotive No. 1 was put into service at the company's Eastport, Florida sawmill. The locomotive, which could burn either coal or wood, was likely originally outfitted with a Rushton, or cabbage cinder catching stack, "If so, a later owner apparently replaced the Rushton stack with the 'shotgun' stack now on the locomotive".
After the United States entered World War I in 1917, The Carpenter-o'Brien Lumber Company was sold to Brooks-Scanlon Corporation. By 1928, Brooks-Scanlon was operation in four Florida counties and producing of lumber. This locomotive was probably used to haul logs into the mill from the woods or to switch the yard around the Eastport plant, or both.
Brooks-Scanlon closed its Eastport mill in 1929 and moved its headquarters to Foley, Florida, which was named after the company's general manager, J.S. Foley. Locomotive No. 1 might have been moved to the new location. In the following years the locomotive changed hands four of five times between several interconnected Florida lumber firms.
In 1959, locomotive No.1 was taken out of service by its then owner, Lee Tidewater Cypress, in Perry, Florida. It was sold to F. Nelson Blount in 1962 by the Lee Tidewater Cypress parent company, J.C. Turner Company. It was moved to Walpole, New Hampshire and then, across the Connecticut River, to Bellows Falls, Vermont and displayed at Steamtown, U.S.A., where it stayed until the Blount collection was relocated to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Steamtown Historical Study, which was last updated in February, 2002, made the following recommendation for Brooks-Scanlon No.1:
Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) 1215 was originally assigned to the Dunsmuir rail yard near Mt Shasta. The locomotive was primarily used on the Western Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad, working from Oakland, Sacramento and Bakersfield. The locomotive finished its active career in San Francisco before being retired from service in 1957 and subsequently donated to Hanford, California for a static park display in 1958. The Feather River Railroad Society (FRRS) purchased the engine in 1995 and moved it to their Portola Railroad Museum. The California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (CTRC) acquired the locomotive from FRRS in 2004.
The CTRC has cosmetically restored the locomotive and it is now on display at the History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, CA. After the Southern Pacific locomotive 2479's full restoration they'll consider a full working restoration for 1215. When the San Jose Steam Railroad Museum is completed the CTRC will display the locomotive at the museum.
The Consolidation served on through the steam era of the Smoky, taking a turn about with the line's other steamers. A washout on the line in January 1947, resulted in a "dead railroad" until May 17, 1947, when 107 rolled into town pulling a train of cars of foreign lines which had been stranded in Sevierville. On December 9th, 1954, the SMRR brought in a GE 44 ton diesel to replace the steam locomotives and #107 along with the other SMRR steamers were left on a siding to rust. In 1961, #107 was placed on display in Sevierville along with 2-6-0 #206 (Baldwin, 1910) to advertise the Rebel Railroad (later Dollywood).
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy O-5 was a class of 36 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 and the CB&Q between 1936 and 1940 and operated by the CB&Q until the late 1950s.
The locomotives saw service pulling both freight and passenger trains and four have been preserved, all of which are on display.
Between the mid and late 1950s, all of the O-5s have been retired from revenue service. After being retired from revenue service, No. 5632 was brought out of retirement and was used to haul excursions for the CB&Q steam program until November 1, 1964 when it hauled its last CB&Q excursion and was due for an overhaul. However, by 1966 the railroad got a new president, Louis W. Menk, who ended the program and the repairs on 5632 were halted. The locomotive was sold to caretaker, Richard Jensen, who moved it to the Chicago and Western Indiana Roundhouse for storage. In 1969, the locomotive was moved to a scrapyard, where the locomotive derailed on a switch and it was subsequently scrapped in November 1972.
Four of the Burlington Route's "Northerns" have been preserved, all of which are of the O-5A/B batch.
Soo Line 2719 is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for use on passenger trains operated by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line"). The 2719 was used to haul the Soo Line's last steam-powered train, a June 21, 1959 round-trip excursion between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Ladysmith, Wisconsin. It was then displayed in Eau Claire, Wisconsin until 1996. It was restored and operated in excursion service from 1998 until 2013 when its boiler certificate expired. Today, the locomotive remains on display in Duluth, Minnesota.
On May 23, 1996, a fundraising dinner, entitled "An Evening in the Club Car", was held at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Eau Claire, WI to benefit the restoration of 2719. The restoration was undertaken by the Locomotive and Tower Preservation Fund, Ltd. After a very aggressive restoration schedule, the inaugural running was on September 19, 1998, running a "triple-headed excursion" with Northern Pacific class S-10 328 and Soo Line 1003. 2719 did not have a museum and excursions occurred over different tracks belonging to different railroads.
In June 2000, 2719 was moved to the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad in Spooner. It operated during the summers in Spooner until the purchase of the Wisconsin Central by Canadian National Railway in 2001. It returned to the roundhouse in Altoona, Wisconsin for the winter.
With the last excursion run in 2003 and with the Altoona, Wisconsin roundhouse being razed on June 1, 2004, 2719 was facing a bleak future. 2719 was stored outside, exposed to the elements until the end of 2006.
On December 17, 2006, 2719 was moved to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The museum operates the North Shore Scenic Railroad. After extensive work during the summer of 2007, the engine was test fired on August 24, 2007, and made a successful round trip test run from Duluth to Two Harbors, Minnesota on August 25, 2007. Soo Line 2719 ran a regular excursion schedule from 2007 to 2013.
In May 2013, it met Milwaukee Road 261 for the first time. Soo 2719 pulled special excursions for that weekend (National Train Day).
2719's FRA boiler flue time was to expire on July 31, 2013, but its flue time was extended so that it could operate into late summer of 2013. It pulled its final excursion on September 14, 2013, and afterward, Soo Line 2719 was to have gotten its 15-year rebuild. However, because of ownership disputes, it was drained to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum for display instead. In June 2015, the 2719 was purchased by the LSRM.
The 2719 was used to haul the Soo Line's last steam-powered train between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Ladysmith, Wisconsin, on June 21, 1959.
2719 was also able to have the distinction of being the last steam-powered engine to operate out of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, on former Soo Line trackage in 2001. The locomotive was stored again in 2003, but in 2005 discussions were held to move the locomotive to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. With assistance from the L&TPF, Ltd., the museum relocated the locomotive in December 2006. The museum leased the locomotive and operated #2719 through its affiliate, the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
Since 2013, with 2719 no longer in operation, it is displayed at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. In 2019, the 2719 was displayed outside for the first time (not under the parking ramp) along with Duluth and Northern Minnesota 14 to welcome Union Pacific 4014 during its midwest tour stop in Duluth.
After deciding to restore the D&NE #28 back to operation, the museum abandoned plans to restore the 2719 back to operation. This sparked the L&TPF to seek other options for the 2719. On February 21, 2015, the Locomotive & Tower Preservation Fund approached the City of Eau Claire, WI, and offered to sell 2719 back to the city for $1, with the city also covering the cost of the $135,000 shelter to house the locomotive. It came at great surprise to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, as they were unaware of the talk to move the engine back to permanent outdoor display. The L&TPF weren't interested in renewing the lease with the LSRM, which expired in 2015.
The LSRM was originally seeking $305,000 in 2011 to restore it back to operation after its 15-year limited expired in 2013. However, after 2719's last run, the museum announced it was restoring a different steam locomotive (that the museum owned) to operation in time for the 2016 season, postponing hopes of 2719 return to steam.
The city of Eau Claire attempted to raise funds to return the locomotive but was highly unsuccessful. The L&TPF announced that if the city didn't want the locomotive back, it would look for offers elsewhere.
On February 24, 2015, the city decided it wanted up to two months to make its decision on 2719. It was likely that the city would buy 2719 for $1, then sell it back to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum for $2, as the city council seemed to agree they'd rather have 2719 be restored to operation in the future than sitting on permanent display.
The city, however, wanted this time extension to explore all options available. Representatives from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum were present at the meeting and promised if 2719 stayed in Duluth, it could possibly run again.
On May 11, 2015, the city of Eau Claire held a community meeting to debate what the city's intentions for the locomotive would be. Some community members argued the locomotive should be returned to its home in Eau Claire, while others suggested that the Lake Superior Railroad Museum would make a better home for 2719.
The city council discussed 2719's fate on May 12. The council could not reach a majority, and another debate was planned for June. The council wanted the first right of refusal should 2719 be sold by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum sometime in the future.
On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, the city of Eau Claire, WI, the Locomotive & Tower Preservation Fund, and the Lake Superior Railroad Museum agreed to an immediate sale of the locomotive from the city to the LSRM. The city of Eau Claire was given repurchase rights of the locomotive for 3 years if the city decides they want the locomotive back. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum, as part of the deal, would pay for and design signage for the city where the locomotive was once displayed.
Eau Claire's "buy-back agreement" lasted three years for the city to find any way to restore and return the locomotive to the city.
In June 2018, the city of Eau Claire voted for an extension to 2019 for the right to repurchase the locomotive and return it to Eau Claire, the city then purchased the locomotive back from Duluth for $4 in August, and explored options to return the locomotive to Eau Claire from Duluth.
However, in April 2019, the City of Eau Claire decided to open leasing and/or purchasing options for the locomotive after realizing the substantial cost to relocate and protect the locomotive. LSRM in Duluth and city council members began new negotiations to keep the locomotive in Duluth and to alternate operating cycles with D&NE 28.
On October 22, 2019, the Eau Claire City Council voted to sell the locomotive back to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum for $8, with the hope that the museum will return her back to steam again.
There were six H-23 class locomotives built in May 1923. 2719 and 2718 are preserved.
Illinois Central 201 is a steam locomotive, originally owned and operated by Illinois Central Railroad. The engine hauled thousands of passengers to the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, at which time, Casey Jones was one of its engineers. In 1949, the locomotive was operated at the Chicago Railroad Fair as part of the "Wheels A-Rolling" pageant. It is now on static display at Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
201 was one of several 2-4-4T locomotives built for commuter service between the edge of the Chicago Loop and the South suburbs (now part of the Metra Electric District).
1401 was retired in 1926 when the IC electrified the route. The rest of the fleet retired in 1935 from yard service; some were sold to other railroads. in 1934, it was renumbered back into 201 where it took part at the Chicago Worlds Fair for many years until 1949. In 1975, the locomotive was sold to a private owner and displayed in front of the depot in Owatonna, Minnesota. It was donated to the Illinois Railway Museum in 2002.
Southern Pacific No. 18, also known as the "Slim Princess", is an oil-fired "Ten Wheeler" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1911.
It was originally built in 1911 for the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway and was sold to Southern Pacific in 1926. No. 18 worked the rest of its career on the Southern Pacific narrow-gauge. The locomotive, along with sisters Nos. 8 and 9, were nicknamed "The Desert Princess" for serving the desert areas of Nevada and California.
In 1954, a new narrow-gauge General Electric diesel locomotive was purchased as Southern Pacific No. 1 to replace Nos. 8 and 18, resulting in the two steam locomotives retiring soon after the arrival of No. 1. No. 8 was donated to the City of Sparks, Nevada, while No. 18 was donated to the City of Independence, California.
No. 9 was the last Southern Pacific narrow-gauge steam locomotive to retire and pull a Southern Pacific narrow-gauge passenger train, with the last day of steam operation on the narrow-gauge line being August 25, 1959 and was retired a year later.
The locomotive was preserved, along with No. 8 and E9 Unit No. 18, was restored for operating condition between 2009 and July 2017 on a short stretch of track in a public park in Independence, California. Then, in early November 2018, No. 18 was leased to the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, Colorado to train the crew on an oil burner, as the D&SNG is restoring K-37 No. 493 to operating condition while also converting the locomotive from burning coal to burning fuel oil. Restoration work on No. 493 was later completed on January 24, 2020.
On April 9, 2019, while the locomotive was working a spring excursion, a piston ring broke, creating a hole in the right-side cylinder head. The failure of the piston ring occurred on the grades between Hermosa and Rockwood. The four passenger cars, along with 100 passengers on board, were hauled back to Durango. The next day, No. 18 was hauled back to Durango for repairs.
The cause of the piston ring failure is unknown. On July 22, 2019, the engine returned to service. No. 18 returned home to the Eastern California Museum in October 2019.
On April 8th, 2021 it was announced that No. 18 is returning to Durango & Silverton from April 2021 to October 2021 and on April 11th it departed for Durango, Colorado via truck.
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630 is a preserved 2-10-0 "Decapod" type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Today, Frisco No. 1630 is currently one of two operating Decapods in service in America, the other being former Great Western No. 90 at the Strasburg Rail Road outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania. No. 1630 is also one of three operational steam locomotives at the Illinois Railway Museum, the other two being J. Neils Lumber Co. 3-truck Shay No. 5 and the soon-to-be restored Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 428.
On the evening of September 14, 2019, during the Museum Showcase Weekend, the locomotive doubleheaded with recently restored J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5 (aka Shay No. 5), as this was the first time a doubleheader has been seen at the Illinois Railway Museum in a long time. As of 2021, the locomotive continues to run in excursion service for the Illinois Railway Museum.
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12, also known as Tweetsie Locomotive No. 12, is a historic narrow-gauge 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive located near Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ceased operations in 1950 and No. 12 is the only one of the railroad's narrow-gauge engines still in existence. The locomotive is located at the Tweetsie Railroad theme park. Today, No. 12 operates at the Tweetsie Railroad alongside former White Pass and Yukon Route 2-8-2 No. 190.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
PRR 3750 is a Pennsylvania Railroad K4s 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive located in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. For over a decade, 3750 stood in for the prototype K4s, 1737, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is one of the two remaining K4s locomotives and, along with PRR 1361, was designated the official state steam locomotive in 1987 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
PRR 3750 was used to haul the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline passenger trains such as the "Broadway Limited". Despite the attempt by railroad management to replace the K4s with the K5 and T1, the K4s would remain in action until dieselization in 1957. The 3750 was spared from being scrapped because, when the Pennsylvania Railroad was considering steam engines for preservation, the first K4s, 1737, had deteriorated to the point that it was not worth preserving. The Pennsylvania decided to scrap 1737 and use 3750 as a stand-in; 3750 received the original number plates and tender from 1737.
In 1921, 3750 headed up soon-to-be President Warren G. Harding's campaign train. Three years later, it also was one of the locomotives that pulled Harding's funeral train.