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Milwaukee Road Steam Roster (All-Time): Post-1900

Published: March 13, 2025

By: Adam Burns

081234172341527418741968125379268903890780.jpgAn American Locomotive builder's photo featuring recently-completed Milwaukee Road 4-6-4 #100 (F-7) at the company's plant in Schenectady, New York during August of 1938. Yes, the caption is correct ("Speed in excess of 120 mph"); these things could fly!

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Wheel Arrangement Class 1912 Road Number(s) 1938 Road Number(s) Quantity Builder Completion Date(s) Retirement Notes
0-6-0 I4a 1137-1159 - 23 CM&StP 1900-1902 1926-1930 -
0-6-0 I5 1160-1165 - 6 CM&StP 1902-1903 1931-1934 -
0-6-0 I5a 1166-1296, 4500-4534 1400-1522 166 CM&StP 1903-1913 1933-1955 -
0-6-0 I6s 1297-1306 1525-1534 10 CM&StP 1913-1914 1948-1956 -
0-8-0 D1 1400-1401 1550-1551 2 Baldwin 1913 1952 ex-Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway
0-6-0 I5b 1535-1536 - 2 Baldwin 1907-1910 1934 ex-Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway

Dual Service

Wheel Arrangement Class 1912 Road Number(s) 1938 Road Number(s) Quantity Builder Completion Date(s) Retirement Notes
4-8-4 S2 - 200-240 40 Baldwin 1937-1940 1954-1956 #200 later renumbered 230.
4-8-4 S3 - 260-269 10 Alco 1944 1954, 1956 -
4-4-0 H7 731-732 - 2 Baldwin 1901 1928 ex-Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern
4-4-0 H8 900-904 40-42 5 Rogers (Alco) 1904 1934-1951 ex-Chicago, Terre Haute & South Eastern Railway (CTH&SE)
4-4-0 H8 905-908 - 4 Rogers (Alco) 1905 1934 ex-CTH&SE
4-6-0 G6 2300-2332 - 33 CM&StP 1905-1907 1931-1948 -
4-6-0 G6 2334-2336 - 3 Baldwin 1904-1906 1926, 1932 Acquired via acquisition of Tacoma Eastern Railroad in 1909; #2334 sold in 1926.
4-6-0 G6 2337-2340 - 4 Rogers (Alco) 1905 1934 ex-CTH&SE
4-6-0 G6 2350-2368 1140-1160 22 CMStP&P 1914-1918 1932-1954 Rebuilt from Class B2.
4-6-0 G6 2372-2393 1161-1182 22 CMStP&P 1921-1928 1941-1955 Rebuilt from Class B2.
4-6-0 G7 2400-2455 1090-1093 56 CM&StP 1904-1906 1928-1939 -
4-6-0 G6 2700-2712 1123-1133 13 Brooks (Alco) 1909 1930-1948 -
4-6-0 G6 2713-2717 - 5 Baldwin 1907-1908 1935 ex-Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad
4-6-0 G6 2751-2775 1100-1122 25 Baldwin 1915-1927 1940-1954 Rebuilt from Class B3.
4-6-0 G7 2800-2824 1094-1097 25 CM&StP 1909 1929-1940 -
4-6-0 G7 2852-2865 1075-1084 10 CM&StP 1921 1940-1954 Rebuilt from Class B4.
4-6-0 G7 2867-2890 1050-1073 24 CM&StP 1915-1920 1948-1954 Rebuilt from Class B4.
4-6-0 B2 4137-4143 - 7 Baldwin 1900 ca. 1951 A compound design, later simpled and given Class G6.
4-6-0 B3 4201-4225 - 25 Baldwin 1900 ca. 1955 A compound design, later simpled and given Class G6.
4-6-0 B4 4301-4382 - 82 Baldwin 1900-1903 ca. 1955 A compound design, later simpled and given Class G7 and G8.
4-8-4 S1 9700 250 1 Baldwin 1935 1954 -
4-8-4 S1 9701 251 1 CM&StP 1938 1954 -

Freight Service

Wheel Arrangement Class 1912 Road Number(s) 1938 Road Number(s) Quantity Builder Completion Date(s) Retirement Notes
Shay (37-ton, 2-Truck Class B) X1 1 - 1 Lima 1907 1927 -
2-6-0 NM2 2, 3 - 2 Baldwin 1901, 1908 Sold in 1933. -
Shay (70-ton, 3-Truck Class C) X2 5-6 - 2 Lima 1907 1919 Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad
Shay (50-ton, 2-Truck Class B) X1 25 - 1 Lima 1908 1927 -
4-6-0 G2c 2007 - 1 Baldwin 1904 1931 ex-Tacoma Eastern Railroad
4-6-0 G4g 2185 - 1 CMStP&P 1926 1930 Rebuilt from Class F1 #6000.
4-6-0 G5s 2250-2264 1185-1198 15 CMStP&P 1913-1915 1939-1945 Rebuilt from Class B1.
4-6-0 G5c 2265 - 1 Baldwin 1907 1927 ex-Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad #32.
4-6-0 G5e 2266-2275 - 10 Baldwin 1903 1934 -
4-6-0 G8 2600-2641 1000-1041 42 CM&StP 1919-1925 1948-1957 Rebuilt from Class B4.
2-6-0 M1c 2956-2957 - 2 Baldwin 1901 1930 -
2-6-0 M1d 2958-2964 - 7 Rogers (Alco) 1904-1905 1930, 1934 -
2-6-0 M1e 2965-2968 - 4 Brooks (Alco) 1904-1905 1934 ex-Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway
2-6-0 M2 2975-2978 - 4 Schenectady (Alco) 1905-1908 1927, 1934 ex-Chicago Junction Railway
2-6-2 K1 5000-5049 900-912 50 Brooks (Alco) 1907 1935-1955 -
2-6-2 K1 5500-5519 913-918 20 CM&StP 1908 1935-1954 -
2-6-2 K1 5520-5569 919-936, 955 50 Brooks (Alco) 1908 1935-1955 -
2-6-2 K1 5570-5619 938-950, 957-958 50 CM&StP 1908-1909 1935-1955 -
2-6-2 K1 5620-5644 951-960 25 Brooks (Alco) 1909 1935-1955 -
2-6-2 K1a 5100 - 1 Baldwin 1910 1927 Built as Peoria & Eastern Railway #102.
2-6-0 M1 6004-6005 - 2 Baldwin 1905 1925, 1927 ex-Montana Railroad
2-8-0 C1 7000-7064 1375-1395 65 CM&StP 1904-1907 1934-1949 -
2-8-0 C1 7065-7068 1396 (ex-7066) 4 Baldwin 1901 1934-1940 -
2-8-0 C1d 7069-7078 - 10 Rogers (Alco) 1908-1909 1934-1936 ex-Chicago, Terre Haute & South Eastern Railway
2-8-0 C1e 7079-7083 - 5 Brooks (Alco) 1905 1934 ex-Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway
2-8-0 C1f 7084-7087 - 4 Baldwin 1907, 1910 1934 ex-Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Railway
2-8-0 C2 7100-7149 1263-1331 50 Baldwin 1910 1936-1954 -
2-8-0 C5 7200-7204 1200-1204 5 CM&StP 1912 1951-1954 -
2-8-0 C5 7205-7239 1205-1239 35 Brooks (Alco) 1912 1945-1954 -
2-8-0 C5 7240-7249 1240-1249 10 CM&StP 1913 1945-1954 -
2-8-0 C4 7500 - 1 Baldwin 1904 1927 ex-Montana Railroad
2-8-0 C3b 7500-7554 1340-1344 5 Rogers (Alco) 1909 1945-1949 -
2-8-0 C3 7555-7560 1345-1347 6 Baldwin 1907, 1910-1911 1934-1951 ex-Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad
2-8-0 C9d 7564 - 1 Baldwin 1901 - ex-Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad. Sold in 1926.
2-8-0 C9e 7565 - 1 Baldwin 1906 1935 ex-Tacoma Eastern Railroad
2-8-0 C2 7600-7624 1250-1311 25 CM&StP 1909-1910 1939-1955 -
2-8-0 C7 7700-7716 1350-1366 17 Schenectady (Alco) 1910-1918 1950-1953 ex-Chicago, Terre Haute & South Eastern Railway
2-8-2 L2 8000-8039 600-682 40 CM&StP 1912-1913 1930-1955 -
2-8-2 L2 8040-8154 612-726 115 Brooks (Alco) 1912 1934-1954 -
2-8-2 L2 8155-8179 661-738 25 Schenectady (Alco) 1914 1935-1954 -
2-8-2 L2 8200-8299 500-598 100 Baldwin 1920-1921 1935-1954 -
2-8-2 L2 8300-8399 400-499 100 Baldwin 1922-1923 1950-1956 -
2-8-2 L1 8500-8519 750-769 20 CM&StP 1909 1940-1954 -
2-8-2 L3 8600-8649 300-353 50 Brooks (Alco) 1918 1938-1955 -
2-8-2 L3 8650-8699 311-399 50 Schenectady (Alco) 1919 1949-1956 -
2-6-6-2 N1 9500-9524 - 25 Schenectady (Alco) 1910-1911 1927-1935 #17 was later simpled and given Class N3.
2-6-6-2 N2 9100-9104, 9600-9610 90-92 16 Schenectady (Alco) 1912 1934-1935, 1949 -
2-6-6-2 N3 9300-9316 50-66 17 Schenectady (Alco) 1929-1931 1950-1954 Simpled and rebuilt from Class N1.

Passenger Service

Wheel Arrangement Class 1912 Road Number(s) 1938 Road Number(s) Quantity Builder Completion Date(s) Retirement Notes
4-4-2 A 1-4 - 4 Alco 1935-1937 1949, 1951 Streamlined for the "Morning" and "Afternoon Hiawatha."
4-6-4 F7 100-105 - 6 Alco 1938 1949-1951 Streamlined for the "Morning" and "Afternoon Hiawatha."
4-6-0 G 2769, 2765 10-11 2 - 1926-1925 1951 Streamlined in 1936 and 1937, and listed as Class G6, for the "North Woods Hiawatha." The streamlining was removed in 1945 and the engines renumbered 1111-1112 in 1948.
4-4-2 A1 3013-3017 28-29 5 Baldwin 1903 1934-1940 -
4-4-2 A2 3100-3127 - 28 Baldwin 1901-1903 1926-1929 A compound design.
4-4-2 A2b 3128-3132 5 CM&StP 1907-1908 1927-1929 A compound design.
4-4-2 A4as 3135 32 1 Baldwin 1909 1951 Later classed as B4as.
4-4-2 A4s 3133-3134 30-31 2 Baldwin 1907 1951 Later classed as B4s.
4-4-2 A2c 3500-3511 12 Baldwin 1908-1909 1928-1930 A compound design.
4-6-2 F2 6050 - 1 CM&StP 1905 1929 -
4-6-2 F3 6100-6169 150-198 70 Brooks (Alco) 1910 1929-1954 -
4-6-2 F1 6157, 6160 151, 152 2 Brooks (Alco) 1910 1954 Built as F3a. Given Hudson-styled streamlining in the summer of 1941 at the Milwaukee Shops for the "Chippewa Hiawatha."
4-6-2 F4 6200-6219 875-890 20 CM&StP 1910 1934-1954 -
4-6-2 F5 6300-6349 800-846 50 Brooks 1912 1935-1954 #810 and #812 given Hudson-styled streamlining in the summer of 1941 at the Milwaukee Shops for the "Midwest Hiawatha's" Manilla, Iowa - Sioux Falls, SD section.
4-6-2 F2 6301, 6320 801, 812 2 Brooks (Alco) 1912 1950 Built as F5.
4-6-2 F5 6350-6354 825-857 15 CM&StP 1911-1912 1934-1954 -
4-6-2 F5 6365-6370 832-855 6 CM&StP 1914-1926 1935-1954 Rebuilt from F4.
4-6-4 F6 6400-6413 125-138 14 Baldwin 1930 1952-1954
4-6-4 F6a 6414-6421 139-146 8 Baldwin 1931 1952, 1954 -

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