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Trains LIVE — Mikados

By Bob Lettenberger | March 29, 2024

| Last updated on April 2, 2024

We're exploring one of the most popular steam locomotives — the 2-8-2

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Trains LIVE — Mikados — 3-29-2024 — As rail traffic expanded in the early 1900s, the 2-8-0 steam locomotive class had reached its apex. The railroads, however, needed more power, which meant expanding steam-generating capacity. More steam meant having a larger fire and firebox to hold it. Fireboxes became wider, moving behind the last driving wheel. This new weight was supported by a trailing truck — the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.

A narrow-gauge Mikado steam locomotive in a colorful mountain setting. Trains LIVE – Mikados
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge No. 473 is a 3-foot gauge Mikado K28 built by Alco in 1923. Examples of both standard and narrow gauge Mikados have been restored to operation.

The next installment in the Great American Steam Locomotives series talks about the 2-8-2 or Mikado class of locomotives. Today, Kevin Gilliam, Trains video producer, chats with us about the new video production. Our discussion dives into the origin of the class name, why the class was so popular, and where you can see a Mikado today.

Come along as Trains LIVE talks about Mikados.

 

 


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Surviving U.S. Mikado locomotives

StateNo.ClassGaugeRailroad
(former railroad)
City –
location
SatusBuilder,
year
Notes
Alabama4018 (20030)USRA4' 8½"St. Louis-San Francisco (Pennsylvania)Birmingham – Sloss Furnaces National Historical LandmarkdisplayLima #5872, 1919
Alaska19636"White Pass & Yukon (U.S. Army Transportation Corps)Skagway – Buried in Skagway River near milepost 4.9abandonedBaldwin #69431, 1943Retired in 1951 after running 8 years. Lying on left side, portion of boiler and cab can be seen.
Alaska19536"White Pass & Yukon (U.S. Army Transportation Corps)Skagway – Skagway MuseumdisplayBaldwin #69430, 1943
Alaska7336"White Pass & YukonSkagway – WP&Y enginehouseoperationalBaldwin #73352, 1947Operational restoration in 1982. 
Arizona4960O1A4' 8½"Grand Canyon (CB&Q) Williams – Grand Canyon RailwayoperationalBaldwin #56809, 1923Operated in CB&Q's steam excursion program. Fitted with tender from Soo Line No. 4056. Converted to burn waste vegetable oil. 
Arkansas22612-32 1/4-E4' 8½"Dierks Forest ServiceEureka Springs – Eureka Springs & North Arkansas RailwaydisplayBaldwin #60005, 1927
Arkansas4003 (20008)USRAl4' 8½"St. Louis-San Francisco Fort Smith – Fort Smith Trolley Museum, 100 S. 4th St.displayAlco (Schenectady) #60946, 1919  
California114' 8½"Coos Bay Lumber Campo – Pacific Southwest Railway MuseumrestorationAlco (Schenectady) #68276, 1929
California45 (3)12-32 1/4-E4' 8½"California Western (Owen-Oregon Lumber) Fort Bragg – CA Western Railroadout of serviceBaldwin #58045, 1924Operational restoration 1983. Taken out of service 2009. Undergoing overhaul. 
California344' 8½"Sierra Jamestown – Railtown 1897 State Historic ParkstoredBaldwin #58679, 1925
California10004' 8½"Santa Maria Valley Railroad Co.Los Angeles – Travel Town MuseumdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #61535, 1920
California2564MK-104' 8½"Union PacificPerris – Orange Empire Railway MuseumdisplayAlco (Brooks) #62881, 1921
California15 (4)90 ton4' 8½"Hammond Lumber (Humbird Lumber)Samoa – Timber Heritage AssociationstoredBaldwin #43563, 1916
California334MK-714' 8½"Western PacificSuisun City – Western Railway MuseumstoredAlco (Schenectady) #67972, 1929
Colorado494K-3736"Cumbres &Totltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western)Antonito – C&TS yarddisplayBaldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20748, 1928
Colorado495K-3736"Cumbres &Totltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western)Antonito – C&TS yarddisplayBaldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20522, 1928
Colorado499K-3736"Denver &Rio Grande WesternCanon City – Royal Gorge Park, displayD&RGW (Burnham) #20753, 1930Uses the tender of K37 No. 498 on the D&SNG. Damaged in a 2013 fire. 
Colorado486K-3636"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow Gaugeout of serviceBaldwin #58587, 1925Acquired from Royal Gorge Park in trade 1999 for No. 499. Operational restoration August 2000. Taken out of service Oct 2019. Awaiting overhaul and conversion to oil. 
Colorado498K-3736"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow GaugestoredBaldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20640, 1930The tender is being used behind D&RGW sister K37 No. 499 at the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park, Canon City, Colo. 
Colorado493K-3736"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow GaugeoperationalBaldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20550, 1928From the D&SNG Freighthouse Museum, Silverton, Coilo. Operational restoration January 2020. Converted to burn oil.
Colorado473K-2836"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow GaugeoperationalAlco (Schenectady) #64984, 1923Damaged by a runaway truck on June 25, 1987. Converted to burn oil May 2021. Suffered a piston failure Sept. 25, 2021. 
Colorado476K-2836"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow GaugeoperationalAlco (Schenectady) #64987, 1923Operational restoration February 2018. Taken out of service late December 2021. Returned to operation May 25, 2022 and converted to burn oil. 
Colorado478K-2836"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western)  Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow Gaugeout of serviceAlco (Schenectady) #64989, 1923Operational restoration 1981. Taken out of service April 2016. Operational restoration, oil conversition 2024. 
Colorado480K-3636"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow GaugeoperationalBaldwin #58558, 1925Operational restoration July 1985. Converted to burn oil June 2021. 
Colorado481K-3636"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow Gaugeout of serviceBaldwin #58559, 1925Operational restoration 1981. Out of service March 2022. Operational December 2022. Last D&SNG coal burner, now being converted to oil.
Colorado482K-3636"Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Durango — Durango & Silverton Narrow GaugeoperationalBaldwin #58541, 1925Acquired from the C&TS in trade for No. 497 October 1991. Operational restoration May 1992. Out of service January 2021. Operational, converted to oil Dec. 16, 2021.
Colorado491K-3736"Denver & Rio Grande WesternGolden — Colorado Railroad MuseumoperationalD&RGW (Burnham) #20829, 1928Operational restoration August 2014.
Connecticut404' 8½"Valley Railroad (A&R)Essex — Valley RailroadoperationalAlco (Brooks) #61858, 1920
Connecticut3025 (1658)SY4' 8½"Valley Railroad (New Haven)Essex — Valley RailroadoperationalTangshan #1658, 1989Damaged in fire. From China, then the Knox, Kane & Kinzua Railroad. Operational restoration 2011. 
Florida13554' 8½"St. Louis-San FranciscoPensacola – Garden St.displayAlco (Schenectady) #51817, 1912
Georgia302F4' 8½"Georgia RailroadAugusta – Augusta Museum of HistorydisplayLima #5004, 1915
Georgia94' 8½"Albany & NorthernCamilla – city parkdisplayBaldwin #58361, 1925   
Georgia9 (31)4' 8½"Rockton-Rion (Woodward Iron)Waycross – Okefenokee Heritage CenterdisplayBaldwin #38813, 1912
Georgia1054' 8½"GANMoultrie – city parkdisplayBaldwin #60736, 1929
Georgia1004' 8½"Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla RailwaySylvester – Jeffords ParkdisplayBaldwin #61291, 1930
Idaho2295MK-94' 8½"Union PacificBoise – Boise DepotdisplayAlco (Brooks) #61924, 1924Appeared in UP's film Last of the Giants.
Idaho2005MK-14' 8½"Union PacificPocatello – Ross ParkdisplayBaldwin #36367, 1911Displayed with UP Centennial No. 6901.
Illinois639H-6d4' 8½"Nickel PlateBloomington – Miller ParkdisplayLima #6642, 1923
Illinois4978O-1A4' 8½"Chicago, Burlington & QuincyMendota – Union Depot Railroad MuseumdisplayBaldwin #56974, 09/1923
Illinois13524' 8½"St. Louis-San FranciscoTaylorville – I&M engine housestoredAlco (Schenectady) #51820, 09/1912
Illinois4963O-1A4' 8½"Chicago, Burlington & QuincyUnion – Illinois Railway MuseumrestorationBaldwin #56812, 1923
Indiana765 (1330)N-64' 8½"Elgn, Joliet & Eastern (Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range)Gary – Gateway ParkdisplayBaldwin #61080, 1929Last steam locomotive on the EJ&E. 
Indiana624H-6e4' 8½"Nickel PlateRich Valley – Brooks ConstructiondismantledLima #6314, 1922From the Hammond Park Dept, Hammond, IN. To be cosmetically restored by the Fort Wayne RR Historical Society. 
Iowa8419JS4' 8½"Bonne & Scenic Valley (China Railways)Boone – Boone & Scenic Valley RailroadoperationalTangshan #8419, 1989From China. Dropped from crane and heavily damaged upon arrival to the U.S. Taken out of service in 2017. Returned to operation on Sept. 30, 2023. 
Kansas316731604' 8½"Santa FeTopeka – Kaw RiversunkBaldwin, 1917
Kansas407640004' 8½"Santa FeTopeka – Kaw RiversunkBaldwin, 1924Locomotive has never been found. 
Kentucky1518 (1932)4' 8½"Illinois CentralPaducah – Kentucky Ave and Water StdisplayLima #6524, 1923The last IC steam locomotive in service. 
Kentucky587 (5541)H-6o4' 8½"Nickel Plate (Lake Eire & Western)Ravenna – Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. Steam ShopstoredBaldwin #49683, 1918Previously operated in 2003. Awaiting operational restoration
Louisiana745Mk-54' 8½"Suthern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans)Jefferson – LASTAout of serviceT&NO (Algiers), 1921Operational restoration December 2004. Taken out of service in 2019. Undergoing FRA 1,472-day inspection.
Maryland4500Q34' 8½"Balitmore & OhioBaltimore – B&O Railroad MuseumdisplayBaldwin #49153, 1918First USRA locomotive. 
Michigan464K-2736"Denver & Rio Grande WesternFlint – Huckleberry Railroadout of serviceBaldwin #21796, 1903One of two surviving D&RGW K27s (the other D&RGW (C&TS) No.463). Operational restoration 1989. Taken out of service in late 2019. Undergoing FRA 1,472-day inspection.
Minnesota1024 (504)L-44' 8½"Soo Line (Monon)Thief River Falls – City Hall/Soo Line DepotdisplayAlco (Brooks) #50706, 1912Only surviving Monon steam locomotive. 
Minnesota14MK-24' 8½"Duluth & Northern MinnesotaDuluth – Lake Superior Railroad MuseumdisplayBaldwin #39665, 1913Ran at the museum until 1999, appeared in Iron Will
Mississippi30012-34-E4' 8½"Bonhomie & Hattiesburg SouthernHattiesburg – Southern DepotdisplayBaldwin #58241, 1925
Mississippi1414' 8½"Green Brothers Gravel (Mississippi Central)Georgetown – along State HighwaydisplayAlco (Schenectady) #64916, 1923
Missouri551USRA4' 8½"Chicago & Illinois Midland RailwaySt. Louis – Museum of TransportationdisplayLima #7330, 1928
Nevada354' 8½"Pacific LumberBoulder City – Nevada State Railroad MuseumdisplayBaldwin #57538, 10/1923Cosmetic restoration 2013. 
Nevada30 (100)4' 8½"Virginia & Truckee (Santa Maria Valley Railroad Co.)Virginia City – V&T RailroadrestorationBaldwin #59284, 1926The tender is from SMV No. 205. Undergoing operational restoration to be completed 2024.
Nevada184' 8½"Virginia & Truckee (McCloud Railway)Virginia City – V&T RailroadoperationalBaldwin #41709, 1914Starred in Water For Elephants 2011. Taken out of service in October 2015. Returned to operation in August 2021. 
New Jersey142 (1647)SY4' 8½"New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (Valley Railroad)Phillipsburg – Belvidere-Delaware Railroadout of serviceTangshan #1647, 1989Taken out of service in late 2017. Undergoing FRA 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. 
New Mexico487K-3636"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & Toltecout of serviceBaldwin #58588, 1925Operational restoration 1973. Taken out of service July 2018. Returned to operation in December 2019. Taken out of service October 2021. Undergoing FRA 1,472-day inspection and overhaul, and being converted to burn oil. 
New Mexico488K-3636"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & ToltecoperationalBaldwin #58589, 1925Operational restoration 1979. Taken out of service for FRA 1,472-day inspection and overhaul in late 2015. Taken out of service again for boiler work in early 2021. Returned to operation in October 2021. 
New Mexico489K-3636"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & Toltecout of serviceBaldwin #58590, 1925Operational restoration in 1981. Taken out of service for FRA 1,472-day inspection and overhaul in 2019. Returned to operation in 2021 and converted to burn oil. Taken out of service in 2022. Undergoing firebox maintenance and oil conversion improvements. 
New Mexico492K-3736"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & ToltecrestorationBaldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20749, 1928Operational restoration began Aug. 9, 2023. Will temporarily use the tender of No. 497. 
New Mexico497K-3736"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & Toltecout of serviceBaldwin (D&RGW Burnham Shops) #20521, 1930Operational restoration by the D&SNG in 1984. Traded to the C&TS in 1991 for now-D&SNG No. 482. Taken out of service in October 2002.
New Mexico463K-2736"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & ToltecoperationalBaldwin #21788, 1903Operational restoration in 1994. Taken out of service in October 2002 due to a broken side rod. Operational restoration May 2013. Masqueraded as sister K27 locomotive Rio Grande Southern No. 455 in 1997, 2017, 2021, and 2022. 
New Mexico483K-3636"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & ToltecrestorationBaldwin #58584, 1925The first steam locomotive to run on the C&TS. Retired in 1977, cosmetically restored.
New Mexico484K-3636"Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (Denver & Rio Grande Western) Chama — Cumbres & ToltecoperationalBaldwin #58585, 1925Operational restoration in 1971. Featured in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
New York5361P2e4' 8½"CPRDepew – Gould Coupler (industrial park)storedCLC #1775, 09/1926
North Carolina190S11836"Tweetsie Railroad (U.S. Army Transportation Corps)Blowing Rock – Tweetsie RailroadoperationalBaldwin #69425, 1943
North Dakota3059O-14' 8½"Great NorthernWilliston – Railroad ParkdisplayBaldwin #39209, 1913
Ohio4070S-3-a4' 8½"Grand Trunk & WesternCleveland – B&O RoundhouserestorationAlco (Schenectady) #60319, 1918
Ohio19 (105)4' 8½"MCR (Caddo & Choctaw)Sugarcreek – Age of Steam RoundhouserestorationBaldwin #42000, 1915Appeared in movies Emperor of the North and Stand by Me.
Ohio374' 8½"Sugar Pine LumberSugarcreek – Age of Steam RoundhousestoredAlco, 1925Sold to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in 2023. 
Oklahoma22712-32 1/4-E4' 8½"Dierks Lumber & CoalBroken Bow – 224 S Park DrdisplayBaldwin #60006, 1927
Oregon104' 8½"Coos Bay LumberWilliston Crossing RV ResortscrappedAlco (Schenectady) #68548, 12/1930
Oregon214' 8½"Santa Maria Valley Railroad Astoria – Astoria RR PreservationrestorationBaldwin #58368, 1925
Oregon1044' 8½"GPCoos Bay – NRHS Oregon Coast ChapterrestorationBaldwin #55911, 1922
Oregon54' 8½"GPCorvallis – Avery ParkdisplayBaldwin #55399, 1922
Oregon19 (81)36"Sumpter Valley Railroad (White Pass & Yukon)McEwen – Sumpter Valley Railwayout of serviceAlco (Schenectady) #61981, 1920Operational restoration 1996. Taken out of service in September 2021. Undergoing FRA 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.
Oregon20 (80)36"Sumpter Valley Railroad (White Pass & Yukon)McEwen – Sumpter Valley RailwayrestorationAlco (Schenectady) #61980, 1920
Oregon9090 ton4' 8½"Rayonier (Polson Logging)Garibaldi – Oregon Coast Scenic RailroadrestorationBaldwin #59071, 1926
Oregon24' 8½"Polson Logging Co. (Saginaw Timber)Garibaldi – Oregon Coast Scenic RailroadoperationalBaldwin #38967, 1912Taken out of service Aug 2023. Operational restoration November 2023. 
Oregon364' 8½"SierraMerrill – Modoc Northern SidingstoredAlco (Schenectady) #68278, 1930
Oregon1 (6)4' 8½"GP (Manary Logging Co.)Toledo – Yaquina Pacific Railroad Historical SocietydisplayBaldwin #55347, 1922
Pennsylvania1236"East Broad TopOrbisonia – East Broad Top RailroadstoredBaldwin #37325, 1911
Pennsylvania1436"East Broad TopOrbisonia – East Broad Top RailroadrestorationBaldwin #38625, 1912Previously operated in October 2005.
Pennsylvania1536"East Broad TopOrbisonia – East Broad Top RailroadrestorationBaldwin #41196, 1914Previously operated in December 2011.
Pennsylvania1636"East Broad TopOrbisonia – East Broad Top RailroadoperationalBaldwin #43562, 1916Previously operated in early 1956. Test fired on June 24, 2022. Moved under own power on Feb. 1, 2023. In excursion service on Feb. 18, 2023. 
Pennsylvania1736"East Broad TopOrbisonia – East Broad Top RailroadstoredBaldwin #48075, 1918Previously operated in October 2001. 
Pennsylvania1836"East Broad TopOrbisonia – East Broad Top RailroadstoredBaldwin #53541, 1920Previously operated in April 1956. 
Pennsylvania3377 (2977)S-1-d4' 8½"Canadian NationalScranton – Steamtown National Historic SiterestorationCLC #1582, 1919
Pennsylvania3254 (2854)S-1-b4' 8½"Canadian NationalScranton – Steamtown National Historic SitedisplayCLC #1463, 1917
Pennsylvania520L1s4' 8½"PennsylvaniaStrasburg – Railroad Museum of PennsylvaniadisplayBaldwin #44565, 1916Suffered boiler explosion on Nov. 14, 1942 near Cresson, Pa.
South Carolina194' 8½"Rockton-Rion (Woodward Iron)Greenwood – Rockton-Rion Historical CenterdisplayBaldwin #29383, 09/1906
Tennessee6910 (10)4' 8½"Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad Chattanooga – TVRM Soule ShopsstoredBaldwin #53182, 1920
Tennessee4501Ms4' 8½"Southern Chattanooga – TVRM Soule ShopsoperationalBaldwin #37085, 1911Featured in Summer of My German Soldier, October Sky, Fool's Parade, 42, and music video Hurt.
Tennessee13514' 8½"St. Louis-San FranciscoCollierville – Memphis Transportation MuseumdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #51812, 1912
Tennessee7036"White Pass & YukonPigeon Forge – DollywoodoperationalBaldwin #62234, 05/1938
Tennessee7136"White Pass & YukonPigeon Forge – DollywoodstoredBaldwin #62257, 01/1939
Tennessee7236"White Pass & YukonPigeon Forge – DollywoodstoredBaldwin #73351, 1947
Tennessee192S11836"White Pass & Yukon (U.S. Army Transportation Corps)Pigeon Forge – DollywoodoperationalBaldwin #69427, 1943
Texas786Mk-54' 8½"Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans)Austin – Austin & TX CentralrestorationAlco (Brooks) #55972, 1916Operational restoration in December 1991. Previously operated in July 1999. Suffered a cracked cylinder saddle block. 
Texas144' 8½"WTCarter LumberCamden – W. T. Carter Estateprivate displayBaldwin #56917, 1923
Texas771Mk-54' 8½"Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans)Grapevine – Grapevine Vintage RailroaddisplayBaldwin #39726, 1913
Texas18NG-1524"SARHempstead – Hempstead & NorthernprivateHenschel & Sohn (Kassel) #21906, 1931
Texas401 (4994)O-1A4' 8½"Fort Worth & Dallas (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy)Lubbock – National Ranching Heritage CenterdisplayBaldwin #57113, 1923
Texas1104' 8½"Angelina Lumber CoLufkin – Ellen Trout ZoodisplayBaldwin #58040, 1924
Texas400 (410)E-4-A4' 8½"Texas & Pacific (Fort Worth & Dallas)Marshall – Marshall DepotdisplayBaldwin #42125, 1915
Texas204' 8½"Temple Lumber Co.Pineland – Katherine Sage Temple ParkdisplayBaldwin #21435, 1930
Texas30 (400)87 ton4' 8½"Texas State Railroad (Tremont & Gulf)Rusk – Texas State RailroadoperationalBaldwin #46491, 1917
Texas794Mk-54' 8½"Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans)San Antonio – Sunset (SP/Amtrak) DepotdisplayAlco (Brooks) #55980, 09/1916
Texas112-32 1/4-E4' 8½"W.T. Carter LumberTeague – Burlington-Rock Island Railroad MuseumdisplayBaldwin #58413, 1925
Washington154' 8½"CC&CChehalis – Chehalis-Centralia RailroadstoredBaldwin #44106, 1916
Washington10 (16)4' 8½"Crossett Western (Hammond Lumber)Yacolt – Chelatchie Prairie RailroadoperationalAlco (Brooks) #67652, 03/1929
Washington8034' 8½"Long Bell LumberYacolt – Chelatchie Prairie RailroadrestorationAlco (Brooks) #66275, 02/1925
Washington5 (55)4' 8½"Port of Grays Harbor (Carlton & Coast)Mineral – Mineral Shops, Mt. Rainier Scenic RailroadrestorationH.K. Porter #6860, 1924Currently undergoing operational restoration.
Washington7070 ton4' 8½"Rayonier (Polson Logging)Mineral – Mineral Shops, Mt. Rainier Scenic RailroadoperationalBaldwin #55355, 1922Operational restoration on Sept. 1, 2023. 
Washington17 (11)4' 8½"Hammond Lumber (Crossett Western)Mineral – Mineral Shops, Mt. Rainier Scenic RailroadstoredAlco (Schenectady) #68057, 09/1929
Washington2537USRA4' 8½"Union PacificWalla Walla – Jefferson ParkdisplayAlco (Schenectady) #60327, 1918
Washington539 (1762)W-34' 8½"Grand Canyon Railway (Northern Pacific)Port of Kalama – Interprative CenterdisplayAlco (Brooks) #57954, 09/1917Previously static display in Williams, Ariz., never operated on Grand Canyon Railway. 
West Virginia10 (100)Q4b4' 8½"Elk River Coal & Lumber (Toledo Angola & Western)Huntington – Heritage VillagedisplayAlco (Schenectady) #65430, 1924Named to National Register of Historical Places, Sept. 29, 2006. 
Wisconsin100312-32 1/4-E4' 8½"Sumter & ChoctawGreen Bay – National Railroad Museummoving displayBaldwin #57778, 1924Diesel engine in tender. 
Wisconsin1011L-14' 8½"Soo LineHartford – Wisconsin Automotive Museum operationalAlco (Schenectady) #52826, 1913Appeared in the documentary Extreme Steam: Classic North American Steam Locomotives
WisconsinL-24' 8½"Soo LineLadysmith – Old Smoky Rail DisplaydisplayAlco (Brooks) #61732, 1920
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