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B&O Steam Locomotive Roster (Post 1900)

Last revised: September 18, 2026

By: Adam Burns

The Baltimore & Ohio was never a wealthy road. It climbed where the Pennsylvania and the New York Central did not, left New York from Jersey City, and still put passenger trains on the timetable as if the dining car mattered. George H. Drury, in Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, puts the twentieth-century fleet in that light: 414 E-27 Consolidations with the firebox over the rear drivers, Q-class Mikados that included the first USRA locomotive built, 2-10-2 “Big Sixes” that were fast for the type, and thirty Baldwin 2-8-8-4 EM-1s the railroad would rather have skipped for diesels. The company that ran them is the Baltimore & Ohio. Diesels are the diesel roster. This page is the steam after 1900.

Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore bought, built, and rebuilt long after most Class Is had stopped ordering steam. Last public steam was Q-4b Mikado 421 (ex-4434) on a farewell between Cleveland and Holloway, Ohio, May 17, 1958. A few engines were still on the books at the start of 1960. The tables below follow Drury’s post-1900 class grid, including Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, Buffalo & Susquehanna, Coal & Coke, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western, and Morgantown & Kingwood power that took B&O numbers.

Baltimore and Ohio 4-6-2 5309 with a short train at North Ogden Avenue Chicago January 9 1956

Baltimore & Ohio 4-6-2 #5309 has a short train at North Ogden Avenue in Chicago on January 9, 1956. The Great Northern Chair Company is in the background. American-Rails.com collection. Class P-7, Baldwin, 1927—one of the President Pacifics, two years from the end of steam.

On this page: At a glance · A mountain road · Consolidations, Mikados, Big Sixes · Old Maude to the EM-1s · Pacifics, Presidents, experiments · May 17, 1958 · Roster: switchers · Roster: freight · Roster: articulateds · Roster: passenger

At a glance

ItemDetail
RailroadBaltimore & Ohio. Mark BO. Company Baltimore & Ohio
This rosterClasses built since 1900, after Drury, pages 73–77, including absorbed BR&P, B&S, CH&D, CI&W, Coal & Coke, and M&K power
ShopsMount Clare, Baltimore. Also Cumberland, Grafton, Willard
Freight backbone197 E-24 Consolidations (Pennsy H6 copies, 1902–04); 414 E-27s, 1905–10; Q-class Mikados from 1911, including USRA Q-3 4500
Big Sixes31 class S 2-10-2s, 1914; 125 S-1s, Baldwin and Lima, 1923–26, 64-inch drivers
ArticulatedsFirst U.S. Mallet: 0-6-6-0 Old Maude, Alco 1904. Then 0-8-8-0s, 2-8-8-0s, BR&P 2-6-6-2s, SAL 2-6-6-4s, thirty EM-1 2-8-8-4s
PassengerP-class Pacifics, twenty P-7 Presidents of 1927, USRA light P-5s. Hudsons and the 4-4-4-4 Emerson were experiments
Last public steamMay 17, 1958. Q-4b 421, Cleveland–Holloway. Remnants on the roster into 1960
Survivors (notable)Q-3 4500 and P-7 5300 President Washington at the B&O Railroad Museum. No EM-1. No Big Six

Roster follows Drury, Guide to North American Steam Locomotives (revised edition), pages 73–77, with Q-1c 4220–4329 added from the Mikado class page. Brooks, Schenectady, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Rhode Island, and Cooke in the builder column are Alco works. Information compiled September 18, 2026.

A mountain road that still ordered steam

By 1900 the main ran from Philadelphia through Baltimore and Washington to Cumberland. There it split: one route to Chicago via Pittsburgh and Akron, the other to St. Louis via Cincinnati. The original line, Grafton to the St. Louis main through Wheeling and Newark, Ohio, met the Chicago line at Chicago Junction, later Willard. Leonor F. Loree took control in 1901 and spent money on double track and easier grades. Pennsylvania control ended in 1906. Daniel Willard became president in 1910. In the next two decades the map filled out: Coal & Coke, Elkins to Charleston; pieces of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western; the Chicago & Alton; the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and the Buffalo & Susquehanna on January 1, 1932.

Coal was the largest commodity. It was never the coal volume of the Chesapeake & Ohio or the Norfolk & Western. Helpers were standard over Sand Patch between Cumberland and Connellsville, and over the grades west of Cumberland toward Grafton and Parkersburg. Mount Clare could take a Mikado or a Pacific boiler and make a Mountain. That culture, and a fuel that came off B&O sidings, kept steam in the shops after the FTs of 1942–43. The recession of the late 1950s did what policy had not: traffic fell, and the diesels could move what was left.

E-24s, 414 E-27s, then Mikados and Big Sixes

Freight outgrew the Mogul before 1900. Two late batches of ten 2-6-0s each, 1911 and 1917, were Chicago switchers that looked like close-coupled 0-6-0s with a lead truck. First Consolidations had come in 1873; the last new ones in 1910. Compounds were in vogue at the turn of the century: 39 E-18s and 111 Camelback E-19s from Baldwin. Under Pennsylvania influence, 1902–04, came 197 class E-24s, duplicates of Pennsy H6s. Then the fleet: 414 class E-27s, Schenectady and Richmond, 1905–10. Number 2500 was the first. The firebox sat over the rear pair of drivers. Many later became L-class 0-8-0s at Mount Clare. The class survey is B&O 2-8-0s.

Baldwin turned two E-27s into 2-8-2s in 1911–12, Q-odd 4160 and 4161, in service until 1949. At the same time it built 220 Mikes from scratch, Q-1 and subclasses, 24×32 cylinders, 205 pounds. Class Q-1c, 4220–4329 of 1913, is on the Mikado page and missing from some printed grids; those engines were gone by 1941. Q-2 was assigned to eight Lima Mikes from the CI&W. Next were 100 USRA light Mikados, Q-3 4500–4599. Number 4500 was the first USRA locomotive built. It survives at the B&O Railroad Museum. Baldwin then built 135 Q-4s, 1920–23, 26×32 cylinders, 220 pounds, about 327,000 pounds on the engine. All three large classes had 64-inch drivers. In 1941–42 Mount Clare rebuilt four Q-4s with 70-inch drivers as Q-4d 4635–4637. Rather than build more of those, the railroad built Mountains. The Mikados are class Q.

Heavy grades asked for more than a 2-8-2. Class S 2-10-2s, 6000–6030, Baldwin 1914, had 58-inch drivers and worked drag. Then 125 S-1s, 6100–6224, Baldwin and Lima, 1923–26: same 30×32 cylinders, 220 pounds instead of 205, and 64-inch drivers. Most 2-10-2s were slow. The S-1s were not. Crews called them Big Sixes after the 6000 number series. They lasted into 1959 on the Toledo, Akron, and Chicago divisions after diesels took Sand Patch. None were saved. The class is Big Six.

During the war the railroad needed Pittsburgh–Chicago freight faster than the Mikes could do it. The four Q-4ds were a test. Mount Clare then built forty T-3 4-8-2s, 5555–5594, 1943–48, 70-inch drivers, cast-steel beds, boilers lengthened from old Mikados and Pacifics. Some had Vanderbilt tenders, some rectangular. In 1947 thirteen Boston & Maine Mountains became T-4 5650–5662, 73-inch drivers. The Mountains are class T.

Old Maude, 2-8-8-0s, and thirty Yellowstones

In 1904 John E. Muhlfeld, superintendent of motive power, had Alco Schenectady build America’s first Mallet, an 0-6-6-0 numbered 2400, later 7000, class DD-1. Two engines under one boiler: 20×32 high-pressure cylinders at the rear, 32×32 low-pressure at the front, 71,500 pounds tractive effort—almost twice an E-27. It went to the St. Louis World’s Fair, then to Sand Patch as a pusher, then to the hump at Willard. Long before the torch in 1938 it was Old Maude. The 0-8-8-0s that followed are class LL-1.

Baldwin in 1911 added a front engine to an E-24 and made a 2-6-8-0. It lasted six years and went back to a Consolidation. That experiment is the 2-6-8-0 page. Schenectady then built thirty 0-8-8-0s, LL-1 7020–7049, 1911–13: 26- and 41-inch cylinders, 56-inch drivers, 105,000 pounds tractive effort. Slow and complicated. Baldwin 2-8-8-0s followed, EL-1 and EL-2 in 1916, EL-3 in 1917, EL-5 in 1919–20. Between 1927 and 1944 the railroad converted 64 of 86 2-8-8-0s to simple articulateds. Eleven LL-1s were rebuilt as 2-8-8-0s, class EL-4. Sixteen Seaboard 2-8-8-2s became EL-6 2-8-8-0s with 63-inch drivers.

BR&P brought fifty-five 2-6-6-2s that became KK-4 7500–7554, and nine 2-8-8-2s that became EE-2 7316–7324. In 1947 ten Seaboard 2-6-6-4s, 69-inch drivers, became KB-1 7700–7709. Crews liked them. The last new articulateds were thirty simple 2-8-8-4 EM-1s, Baldwin, 1944–45, 7600–7629, later 650–679 in the 1950s renumber. Drury’s verdict is the one the photographs remember: they were modern, and they were not what the B&O wanted. The War Production Board was still rationing diesels. None survive. The class is EM-1; the type is Yellowstone.

Pacifics, twenty Presidents, and the experiments

Last new Ten-Wheelers were 1901: nine B-17 and thirty-five B-19 Vauclain compounds from Baldwin, thirty-five B-18 cross-compounds from Rhode Island. All three classes were simplified within a few years. Atlantics replaced Americans on the easier grades. Six A-class Vauclain compounds of 1900 became simple A-1s in 1904. Twenty A-2s from Schenectady in 1903 copied Pennsylvania E3as. Twenty-five A-3s came from Baldwin in 1910. Three Buffalo & Susquehanna Atlantics lasted; two of them ran until 1948 on a piece of line the 1942 floods had cut off from the rest of the railroad.

The Pacific was the B&O passenger engine. Hudsons and the first Mountains were experiments; later Mountains were fast freight. First Pacifics, class P, thirty-five from Schenectady in 1906, 74-inch drivers, inboard piston valves, Stephenson gear, numbered 2100–2134, then 5000–5034, then some into the 5150s. Baldwin P-1s of 1911 were the mainstay; classification through P-1a, P-1aa, and P-1ba, and conversions from Mikados, is a tangle best left on the class page. CH&D Pacifics became P-2. Then the Teens batches: thirty P-3s, ten P-4s with Vanderbilt tenders, thirty USRA light P-5s, fifteen P-6s. In 1927 Baldwin delivered twenty P-7s, 5300–5319, for Washington–New York after Reading power had handled the trains east of Philadelphia. Olive green, red and gold, named for the first twenty-one presidents (one engine stood for both Adamses). They were USRA heavy Pacifics in all but the lettering. 5300 President Washington is at the museum. Four later wore Otto Kuhler streamlining for the Cincinnatian. The Pacifics are class P.

Mount Clare’s experimental streak is the rest of the passenger column. J-1 4-4-4 Lady Baltimore, 1934, and V-2 4-6-4 Lord Baltimore, 1935, were lightweight steam for the restyled Royal Blue. They lost to Electro-Motive boxcab 50. V-1, V-3, and V-4 were one-off Hudsons. T 5500–5501 of 1925–26 were the first Mountains, 5500 carrying the Lord Baltimore name until the Hudson took it. T-1 5510 (watertube firebox) and T-2 5550 (conventional) were Baldwin 1930 tests for George Emerson. In 1937 Mount Clare built 4-4-4-4 N-1 5600, the George H. Emerson, first duplex in the country. Cylinders under the firebox overheated. Scrapped 1950. The type is duplex drive.

May 17, 1958

One of the first Alco-GE-Ingersoll-Rand boxcab switchers went to work in 1925. EMC 50 arrived in 1935. Ten two-unit passenger diesels followed in 1937–40. Six four-unit FTs came in 1942–43. Steam still came out of Mount Clare: T-3s through 1948, EM-1s the railroad had not asked for. GP7s and F7s then ate the West End, the Big Sixes, the Presidents. The 1950s renumbering shoved remaining steam into low numbers to free the 4000s and 5000s for diesels. Q-4b 4434 became 421 and pulled the last public steam train, Cleveland to Holloway, May 17, 1958. Drury notes engines still on the roster at the beginning of 1960. That is a paper date. Fire had gone out in 1958. The diesels that replaced this fleet—EA 51 on the Capitol Limited, FTs, F3s, F7s, Geeps, and the second-generation GP30s after C&O control—are the diesel roster.

Switchers

L-1 and L-2 0-8-0s were Mount Clare rebuilds from E-24 and E-27 Consolidations. D-44 390–394 are five ex-BR&P F3 0-6-0s; one of that BR&P class is displayed at Bellevue, Ohio. USRA 0-6-0s, D-30, lasted into 1956.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
0-4-0C-1376, 772Baldwin19021948
0-4-0TC-1696–994Baldwin19121944–1951
0-6-0D-2991–944Pittsburgh1900–011930Ex-CH&D
0-6-0D-35330–3323Cooke19021928Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-36333–3353Brooks19051934Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-37336–3383Brooks19011934Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-38339–3435Lima19161934Ex-CI&W
0-6-0D-30350–36920Baldwin19191956USRA
0-6-0D-30370–38920Alco19191956USRA
0-6-0D-44390–3945Brooks19041954Ex-BR&P F3 152–156
0-8-0L-2 through L-2c600–714115B&O1924–19411959Rebuilt from E-27 2-8-0s
0-8-0L-4, L-4a772–78918Brooks1918, 19231956–1958Ex-BR&P F4 520–537
0-10-0U950, 9512B&O1926–271953
0-8-0L-1, L-1a1000–108586B&O1923–19291959Rebuilt from E-24 2-8-0s
0-6-0D-71137–117640Richmond, Baldwin1901, 19031948
0-6-0D-231180–11845Baldwin19061947Camelback
0-6-0D-1211971Richmond19251953

Freight (rigid)

Number blocks were reused after the 1932 BR&P and B&S takeovers. A 3100 in 1904 is not a 3100 after those Consolidations left. Q-1c 4220–4329 is from the Mikado encyclopedia; Drury’s printed grid jumps from Q-1b to Q-3.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
2-8-0E-374131Baldwin19061936Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-384141Baldwin19181939Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-39415, 4162Baldwin19031947Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-40417–4226Baldwin1907, 19091938Ex-M&K
2-8-0E-41425–43410Baldwin19161950Ex-CI&W
2-8-0E-434361Baldwin19001929Ex-CI&W
2-8-0E-44437, 4382Alco19011929Ex-CI&W
2-8-0E-454391Alco19051934Ex-CI&W
2-6-0K-16901–91010Baldwin19111949Chicago transfer
2-8-0E-291706–172116Brooks19051937Ex-CH&D
2-8-0E-301722–173615Baldwin19051954Ex-CH&D
2-8-0E-321737–17404Baldwin1904–051929Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-191771–1779, 1800–1899109Baldwin1900–011935Camelback compound
2-8-0E-181900–193839Baldwin19001936Compound
2-8-0E-191939, 19402Baldwin19001935Compound
2-8-0E-231955–19584Schenectady19021925
2-8-0E-19aa1959–19657Baldwin19031935Simple
2-8-0E-242200–2397197Richmond, Pittsburgh, Rogers1902–041956Pennsy H6 copies
2-6-0K-172441–245010Lima19171954Chicago transfer
2-8-0E-272500–2913414Schenectady, Richmond1905–101959Many rebuilt to L-2 0-8-0s
2-8-0E-312914–293320Brooks19101957Ex-CH&D
2-8-0E-332934–294512Baldwin1903–061950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-342946–29494Baldwin1912–131950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-352950, 29512Baldwin19141950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-362952, 29532Baldwin19161950Ex-Coal & Coke
2-8-0E-52 through E-583010–309683Baldwin, Brooks1901–091950Ex-BR&P
2-8-0E-60, E-60a3100–314242Brooks, Pittsburgh1904–121957Ex-B&S
2-8-2Q-14000–4159160Baldwin19111956
2-8-2Q-odd4160, 41612Baldwin1911–121949Rebuilt from 2-8-0s
2-8-2Q-24162–41698Lima19161950Ex-CI&W
2-8-2Q-1b4170–421950Baldwin19121956
2-8-2Q-1c4220–4329110Baldwin19131941From the Mikado class page; omitted on some printed grids
2-8-2Q-4, Q-4a, Q-4b4400–4499, 4600–4634135Baldwin1920–231959Last public steam was Q-4b 421, ex-4434
2-8-2Q-34500–4599100Baldwin19181959USRA light. 4500 first USRA locomotive; preserved
2-8-2Q-4d4635–46373B&O1941–42195570-inch drivers, rebuilt from Q-4s
2-8-2Q-104700–474748Brooks1912–171959Ex-BR&P Z 400–447
2-10-2S6000–603031Baldwin1914195358-inch drivers
2-10-2S-16100–6224125Baldwin, Lima1923–261959Big Sixes. 64-inch drivers
2-10-0Y6500–65078Brooks1907, 19091951Ex-BR&P

Articulateds

Old Maude was 2400 at the 1904 fair and at the Fair of the Iron Horse in 1927; the later system number is 7000. EL-4s were LL-1 0-8-8-0s given a lead truck. KK-2 7450 is a Baldwin 1930 one-off kept from the live table; Drury’s printed grid lists KK-1 and KK-4 only.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
0-6-6-0DD-12400 / 70001Schenectady19041938Old Maude. First U.S. Mallet
0-8-8-0LL-17020–704930Schenectady1911–131950
2-8-8-0EL-47020–704911B&O1919–231950Rebuilt from LL-1
2-8-8-0EL-17100–711415Baldwin19161954
2-8-8-0EL-37115–714430Baldwin19171952
2-8-8-0EL-57145–717026Baldwin1919–201954
2-8-8-0EL-27200–721415Baldwin19161952
2-8-8-0EL-67300–731516Richmond1917–211954Ex-SAL 2-8-8-2s; simplified 1922
2-8-8-2EE-2, EE-2a7316–73249Brooks1918, 19231950–51Ex-BR&P XX 800–808
2-6-6-2KK-174001Baldwin19301953Watertube firebox
2-6-6-2KK-274501Baldwin19301953
2-6-6-2KK-47500–755455Schenectady, Brooks1914–231951–53Ex-BR&P LL 700–754
2-8-8-4EM-17600–762930Baldwin1944–451960Later 650–679. None preserved
2-6-6-4KB-17700–770910Baldwin1935, 19371953Ex-SAL

Passenger

P-7 5320, class P-9, was President Cleveland with Caprotti gear and a watertube boiler, rebuilt in 1945 to a standard P-7. V-2 2 / 5340 took the Lord Baltimore name from Mountain 5500 in 1935.

TypeClassNumbersQtyBuilderBuiltRetiredNotes
4-4-4J-11 / 53301B&O19341949Lady Baltimore
4-6-4V-22 / 53401B&O19351949Lord Baltimore
4-6-0B-551631Baldwin19061947Ex-M&K
4-6-0B-561641Baldwin19091946Ex-M&K
4-6-0B-57165–1706Schenectady19161938Ex-CI&W
4-6-0B-58171–18010Baldwin19161953Ex-CI&W
4-4-0G-186301Baldwin19031936Ex-M&K
4-4-0H-12717, 7182Baldwin19051929Ex-Coal & Coke
4-4-0M-3862, 8632Baldwin19061936Ex-Coal & Coke
4-4-0M-48641Baldwin19121924Ex-Coal & Coke
4-4-0M-5865–8673Brooks19041930Ex-CI&W
4-4-0M-6, M-6a868, 8692Alco1904, 19061929–30Ex-CI&W
4-6-0B-171328–13369Baldwin19011935Vauclain compound
4-4-2A-31424–144925Baldwin19101944
4-4-2A, A-11450–14556Baldwin1900–011929Vauclain compound; simplified as A-1
4-4-2A-21456–147520Schenectady19031923, 1947Pennsy E3a copies
4-4-2A-91484, 14852Schenectady19041948Ex-B&S. Isolated after 1942 floods
4-4-2A-1014861Brooks19061936Ex-B&S
4-4-2A-61487, 14882Brooks19011937Ex-BR&P
4-4-2A-71489–14913Brooks19011936Ex-BR&P
4-4-2A-8, A-8a1492–14965Brooks1906, 19091937Ex-BR&P
4-6-0B-182000–203435Rhode Island19011950sCross-compound, later simple
4-6-0B-192035–206935Baldwin19011934Vauclain compound
4-6-2P5000–503435Schenectady19061950First B&O Pacifics
4-6-4V-150471B&O19331950
4-6-2P-25095–50995Schenectady19101948Ex-CH&D
4-6-2P-35100–512930Baldwin19131950
4-6-2P-45130–513910Baldwin19171952Vanderbilt tenders
4-6-2P-175140–51489Brooks1912–131953Ex-BR&P
4-6-2P-185185–51928Brooks19181953Ex-BR&P
4-6-2P-85196–51994Alco19241952Ex-CI&W
4-6-2P-55200–521920Baldwin19191953USRA light
4-6-2P-55220–522910Schenectady19191956USRA light
4-6-2P-65230–524415Baldwin19221949Vanderbilt tenders
4-6-2P-195260–52645Brooks19231953Ex-BR&P WW-2
4-6-2P-75300–531920Baldwin19271958Presidents. 5300 preserved
4-6-2P-953201B&O19281956President Cleveland. Caprotti, watertube; rebuilt 1945 to P-7
4-6-4V-353501B&O19351950
4-6-4V-453601B&O19361950
4-8-2T5500, 55012B&O1925, 192619535500 first named Lord Baltimore
4-8-2T-155101Baldwin19301951Watertube firebox
4-8-2T-255501Baldwin19301952
4-8-2T-35555–559440B&O1943–481960Boilers from old Mikes and Pacifics
4-4-4-4N-156001B&O19371950George H. Emerson. First duplex
4-8-2T-45650–566213Baldwin1935–401958Ex-Boston & Maine

Related reading on American-Rails.com

Sources

  • Drury, George H. Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, revised edition. Waukesha: Kalmbach Books, 2015. Pages 73–77, B&O post-1900 class grid and narrative
  • Edson, William D. Steam Locomotives of the Baltimore & Ohio: An All-Time Roster. Potomac: William D. Edson, 1992
  • Mainey, David. Baltimore & Ohio Steam in Color. Scotch Plains: Morning Sun Books, 2001
  • Reynolds, Kirk, and David Oroszi. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Osceola: MBI Publishing, 2000
  • Staufer, Alvin F., and Lawrence W. Sagle. Baltimore & Ohio Steam and Electric Locomotives
  • American-Rails class pages: Q Mikados (Q-1c 4220–4329; Q-10 into 1959; 4500 preserved); P Pacifics (5300); Big Sixes; EM-1; LL-1 / Old Maude; Emerson; T Mountains; E Consolidations
  • Leonard, Richard. B&O Q-4 4434 / 421, last steam passenger May 17, 1958, Cleveland–Holloway
  • Live American-Rails post-1900 B&O steam tables (March 13, 2025), retained as the starting grid and corrected as listed above

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    Chesapeake & Ohio Class L 4-6-4 Hudsons. Eight L-2s, five L-1 rebuilds, five L-2-As. Specs, Baldwin works numbers, and the roster. No. 490 survives.

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  11. Alton Railroad: Map, History, Timetables

    Oct 09, 26 10:31 PM

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    Alton Railroad, chartered February 27, 1847 as the Alton & Sangamon. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City, the 1937 Official Guide, and the May 31, 1947 merger into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio.

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  12. Mobile & Ohio Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 09, 26 12:26 PM

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    Mobile & Ohio steam since 1900. Drury's class grid: 48 six-wheel switchers, 107 Ten-Wheelers, 15 Consolidations, 58 Mikados, and 14 Pacifics. Last revenue steam October 7, 1949.

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  13. Mobile & Ohio Railroad: History, Map, Timetable

    Oct 09, 26 11:31 AM

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    Mobile & Ohio Railroad, chartered in 1848. Columbus on April 22, 1861, the Cairo & St. Louis, the March 1940 Official Guide, and the September 13, 1940 merger into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio.

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  14. Gulf, Mobile & Northern Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 09, 26 10:42 AM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Northern steam since 1900. Drury's class grid: Ten-Wheelers, Mikados, Russian Decapods, Pacifics 425 and 426, and three light 4-8-2s. Last revenue steam October 7, 1949.

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  15. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 09, 26 10:41 AM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Ohio diesel roster, all-time. The 1935 boxcab, DL-107s, 55 FA-1s, F3s and F7s, the Ingalls 4-S, GP30s through GP38-2s, and 21 SD40s. Serials and order numbers.

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  16. Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad: History, Rebel Route

    Oct 09, 26 10:36 AM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Northern, from the 1890 Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City to the Rebel and the September 13, 1940 merger into the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. Steam roster is the companion page.

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  17. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad: Map, Photos, Trains, History

    Oct 08, 26 11:48 PM

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    Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, chartered in 1938 and merged September 13, 1940. The Mobile & Ohio, the Alton on May 31, 1947, the Rebel Route, and Illinois Central Gulf on August 10, 1972.

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  18. New Jersey Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 11:37 PM

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    New Jersey railroad museums—Whippany, Maywood, Pine Creek, Mahwah’s Erie depot, Phillipsburg, and Boonton. Confirm hours on each site.

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  19. New Hampshire Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 11:34 PM

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    New Hampshire railroad museums—North Conway, the Flying Yankee, Ashland, Gorham, Raymond, and Sandown. Confirm hours on each site.

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  20. Missouri Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 11:00 PM

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    Missouri railroad museums—the National Museum of Transportation, Patee House, Frisco 4524, the Chicago & Alton depot, and Marceline. Confirm hours on each site.

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  21. Milwaukee Road X3800: Deer Lodge’s Shop Goat

    Oct 08, 26 04:28 PM

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    Milwaukee Road X3800, the a home-built shop goat that served the Deer Lodge, MT yard. It was a 220-volt DC switcher, powered through an extension cord that moved electrics into a roundhouse where the…

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  22. Key West Extension (Overseas Railroad): History, Construction, Decline

    Oct 08, 26 03:59 PM

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    Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad, Miami to Key West, 1905–1935. The Seven Mile Bridge, the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, and the road that became U.S. 1.

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  23. Florida East Coast Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 08, 26 02:34 PM

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    Florida East Coast steam since 1897. Seventeen Ten-Wheelers, twenty Atlantics, eighty-seven Pacifics, ninety Mountains, fifteen Mikados, and the switchers.

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  24. Florida East Coast Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 08, 26 02:12 PM

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    Florida East Coast diesel roster, all-time. E units from 1939, F3s, BL2s, GP7s and GP9s, the GP40-2 orders, 22 SD40-2s, and 24 ES44C4s. Serials and EMD order numbers.

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  25. Florida East Coast Railway: Map, History, Rosters

    Oct 08, 26 01:46 PM

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    Florida East Coast Railway, Henry Flagler's line from Jacksonville to Miami and Key West. Receivership in 1931, the 1963 strike, Grupo México in 2017, and Brightline on the same track.

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  26. Minnesota Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 10:32 AM

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    Minnesota railroad museums—the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Two Harbors, Jackson Street, Willmar’s Great Northern 2523, and Currie. Confirm hours on each site.

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  27. Maine Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 09:24 AM

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    Maine railroad museums—Seashore Trolley, the two-foot lines at Portland, Alna, and Phillips, Boothbay, and the Bangor & Aroostook depots. Confirm hours on each site.

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  28. Massachusetts Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 08, 26 12:08 AM

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    Massachusetts railroad museums—Berkshire Scenic at Lenox, Shelburne Falls trolley No. 10, Edaville, Chatham’s 1887 depot, and Lowell. Confirm hours on each site.

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  29. Clinchfield Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 07, 26 12:09 PM

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    Clinchfield steam since 1900. Fifteen H-4 Consolidations, K-1 Mikados, M-2 and M-3 Mallets, L-class 2-8-8-2s, eighteen Challengers. Class grid after Drury. Last steam April 16, 1954.

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  30. Clinchfield Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 07, 26 12:05 PM

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    Clinchfield diesel roster, all-time. F3A 800, FP7 200, the F7s, GP7s, 25 SD40s, 18 SD45-2s, seven U36Cs, and the Family Lines hoods. Serials and EMD order numbers.

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  31. Clinchfield Railroad: Map, Steam Locomotives, Roster, Logo

    Oct 07, 26 12:02 PM

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    Clinchfield Railroad, Elkhorn City to Spartanburg. George L. Carter, the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio, the 1924 lease, coal, the loops, and CSX. Steam and diesel rosters are companion pages.

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  32. Kentucky Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 07, 26 11:39 AM

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    Kentucky railroad museums—the Kentucky Railway Museum, Bowling Green’s L&N depot, Paducah, Versailles, and Covington. Confirm hours on each site.

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  33. Kansas Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 07, 26 11:26 AM

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    Kansas railroad museums—Santa Fe 3768 at Wichita, Santa Fe 132 in Topeka, the Great Overland Station, and Abilene. Confirm hours on each site.

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  34. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 07, 26 10:38 AM

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    All-time diesel roster of Southern locomotives lettered for the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific. Serials, order numbers, and builder dates.

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  35. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway

    Oct 07, 26 10:31 AM

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    Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, incorporated September 8, 1881, to lease Cincinnati’s railroad to Chattanooga. Queen and Crescent route, Rathole, and the 2024 sale to Norfolk Southe…

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  36. Indiana Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 07, 26 12:26 AM

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    Indiana railroad museums—Nickel Plate 765, Elkhart’s New York Central collection, French Lick, Linden’s junction depot, and Haley Tower. Confirm hours on each site.

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  37. "Triplex" Steam Locomotive: Specs, History, Photos

    Oct 06, 26 11:52 PM

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    Erie class P-1 Triplex 2-8-8-8-2s. Three Baldwin compounds, 2603–2605, later 5014–5016, built 1914 and 1916. Matt H. Shay, the 1930 class card, and Virginian XA 700.

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  38. Illinois Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 06, 26 11:47 PM

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    Illinois railroad museums—the Illinois Railway Museum, Monticello, the Pioneer Zephyr, Galesburg’s Burlington 3006, and the depots. Confirm hours on each site.

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  39. Iowa Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 06, 26 11:41 PM

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    Iowa railroad museums—the Union Pacific Railroad Museum, RailsWest, Sioux City, Boone, and the National Hobo Museum in Britt. Confirm hours on each site.

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  40. Charleston and Western Carolina Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 06, 26 11:29 PM

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    Charleston and Western Carolina diesel roster. Twenty-one GP7s, two SW7s, two SW9s, and six F7As, all built 1950–1952. Serials, order numbers, and ACL and SCL numbers.

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  41. Charleston and Western Carolina Railway: Map, History, Timetables

    Oct 06, 26 11:18 PM

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    Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, incorporated September 16, 1896. Port Royal to Spartanburg, with branches to Anderson and Greenville. Merged into the Atlantic Coast Line on December 31, 1959.

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  42. Central of Georgia Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 06, 26 04:00 PM

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    Central of Georgia steam since 1900. Cooke Consolidations, Harriman Mikados, 32 Mountains, and eight Lima 4-8-4s. Class grid after Drury. Last steam May 1953.

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  43. Central of Georgia Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 06, 26 03:44 PM

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    Central of Georgia diesel roster. SW1 No. 1 in 1939, E7s and E8s, nine F3As, 39 RS3s, GP7s through SD35s. Serials and order numbers.

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  44. Central of Georgia Railway: Map, Logo, History, Rosters

    Oct 06, 26 03:42 PM

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    Central of Georgia Railway, from the 1833 Savannah charter to Southern control on June 17, 1963. Map, logos, Nancy Hanks II, and links to the steam and diesel rosters.

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  45. Georgia Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 06, 26 03:33 PM

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    Georgia railroad museums—Savannah’s Central shops, Duluth, the General at Kennesaw, the Texas in Atlanta, Tifton, Waycross, and Albany. Confirm hours on each site.

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  46. Florida Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 06, 26 03:18 PM

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    Florida railroad museums—Boca Raton, Winter Garden, Whitehall, the Gold Coast, Parrish, Fort Myers, Milton, and Plant City. Confirm hours on each site.

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  47. Connecticut Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 06, 26 01:05 PM

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    Connecticut railroad museums—the Shore Line Trolley, East Windsor, the Naugatuck Railroad, Danbury Union Station, Willimantic, and the SoNo tower. Confirm hours on each site.

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  48. Colorado Railroad Museums (2026): A Complete Guide

    Oct 06, 26 12:47 PM

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    Colorado railroad museums—Golden, the Forney’s Big Boy 4005, Pueblo’s Santa Fe 2912, and the depots at Castle Rock, Limon, and Ridgway. Confirm hours on each site.

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  49. Atlantic Coast Line Steam Roster (Post 1900)

    Oct 06, 26 12:44 PM

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    Atlantic Coast Line steam since 1900. Copper Head Ten-Wheelers, 235 P-5 Pacifics, Q-1 Santa Fes, twelve R-1 4-8-4s. Class grid after Drury. Last steam June 30, 1955.

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  50. Atlantic Coast Line Diesel Roster (All-Time)

    Oct 06, 26 11:57 AM

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    Atlantic Coast Line diesel roster. HH660 1900 in 1939, E3s for the Champion, FTs and F2s, GP7s 100–279, GP30s, U25Cs, and the 1967 SCL numbers. Serials and orders.

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