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Delaware Lackawanna and Western Steam Locomotives

The classifications given by railroads to their steam locomotive fleets were as varied as the machines themselves with several different designations within a particular class! The Delaware Lackawanna and Western steam locomotives were wide-ranging among wheel arrangements from 2-8-0 Consolidations to 4-8-4 Poconos (as they were known on the DL&W, although this wheel arrangement is usually known as Northerns). In any event, the information here is merely meant to list the general types of steam locomotives operated by the DL&W and does not go into detail about their specific differences.

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad rostered many large wheel arrangements from Pacifics (4-6-2) on up 4-6-4 Hudsons and the aforementioned Poconos. Including 4-8-2 Mountains and 2-8-2 Mikados the DL&W fleeted well over 100 steam locomotives at or above the Pacific Type. Today, none of the railroad's largest steamers are known to exist with only two thought to be preserved, an American and Consolidation.

0-4-0T Switcher #4: Built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

0-4-0T Switcher #7: Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

0-6-0T Switcher #8: Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

0-6-0 Switchers #13 - 69, #78 - 146: Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Dickson Manufacturing Company, Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, and the American Locomotive Company (Alco).

0-8-0 Switchers #151 - 185, #201 - 260: Built by the Lima Locomotive Works, DL&W and Scranton shop forces, Alco, and Dickson Manufacturing Company.

2-8-0 Consolidations #301 - 346, #350 - 373, #385 - 399, #724 - 799, #821 - 853, #855 - 899: Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company (Alco), and Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

2-6-0 Moguls #501 - 510, #534 - 589: Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company (Alco), and Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works.

4-8-0 Twelve-Wheelers #801 - 820: Built by the Brooks Locomotive Works and Dickson Manufacturing Company.

4-4-0 Americans #933 - 955, #958 - 999: Built by Baldwin and Alco.

4-6-0 Ten-Wheelers #1001 - 1036, #1050 - 1052: Built by the Brooks Locomotive Works, Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, and Alco.

4-6-2 Pacifics #1101 - 1040, #1151 - 1193: Built by the Brooks Locomotive Works, Lima, and Alco.

4-6-4 Hudsons #1151 - 1155: Built by Alco.

2-8-2 Mikados #1201 - 1262, #2101 - 2150: Built by Brooks Locomotive Works and Alco.

4-8-2 Mountains #1401 - 1405, #1450 - 1454, #2201 - 2235: Built by Brooks Locomotive Works and Alco.

4-8-2 Mountains #1401 - 1405, #1450 - 1454: Built by Brooks Locomotive Works.

4-8-4 Poconos #1501 - 1505, #1601 - 1650: Built by Brooks Locomotive Works and Alco.

For much more information about Delaware Lackawanna and Western steam locomotives please click here to visit the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society's website.

For more about the DL&W's steam locomotives you might be interested in the book Lackawanna: Superpower Railroad of the Northeast by author Robert Lamassena. While the book is mostly a pictorial and covers the DL&W in general its photographs and captions almost entirely focus on steam and the time period between 1930 and 1950. If you're interested in perhaps purchasing this book please visit The Railroad Diamond by clicking the tab in the menu to your left marked "TRD Store".

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