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A number of locomotives constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations across the world. Each locomotive is listed by serial number.

Preserved steam locomotives

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0-4-0

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
54627 Consumers Company 701 1914 0-4-0 Awaiting cosmetic restoration Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin [1]

0-6-0

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
64384 Central Railroad of New Jersey 113 June 1923 0-6-0 Operational Minersville, Pennsylvania [2]
67536 E.J. Lavino and Company 3 August 1927 0-6-0T On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania

0-8-0

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
66190 Louisville & Nashville 2152 March 1925 0-8-0 On static display Kentucky Railway Museum inNew Haven, Kentucky

2-6-0

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
45528 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 565 1908 2-6-0 On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
62635 Everett Railroad 11 1920 2-6-0 Operational Everett Railroad in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
65365 Norwood & St.Lawrence 210 1923 2-6-0 On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania

2-6-2

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
42250 Northern Pacific 2435 1907 2-6-2 On static display Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [3]
66435 McCloud Railway 25 1925 2-6-2 Operational Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad in Garibaldi, Oregon [4]

2-8-0

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
28686 Illinois Central 790 September 1903 2-8-0 On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
39587 Duluth and Northeastern 28 1906 2-8-0 Operational Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [5]
42535 Copper Range 29 February 1907 2-8-0 On static display Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin [6]
46940 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 24 January 1910 2-8-0 On static display National Railroad Museum, in Green Bay, Wisconsin
46944 Lake Superior and Ishpeming 22 1910 2-8-0 On static display Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin [7]
52991 Maine Central 519 1913 2-8-0 On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
59309 Buffalo Creek and Gauley 14 1919 2-8-0 On static display Gaithersburg, Maryland
61579 Buffalo Creek and Gauley 13 January 1920 2-8-0 On static display Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio [8]
65188 Valley Railroad 97 November 1923 2-8-0 Operational Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut
62623 Lowville and Beaver River 1923 1920 2-8-0 On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania
67819 Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western 49 1929 2-8-0 On static display Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin [9]
70284 MÁV 411.388 2-8-0 Undergoing restoration Great Central Railway in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
70620 MÁV 411.380 2-8-0 Source of spare parts Great Central Railway in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
70787 PKP Tr.203.296 2-8-0 On static display Jaworzyna Śląska, Poland
71076 TCDD 45174 2-8-0 On static display Ankara Railway Museum in Ankara, Turkey
71547 FS 736.083 2-8-0 Stored Turin, Italy
71554 FS 736.090 2-8-0 Stored Tithorea Depot
71579 FS 736.114 2-8-0 On static display National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa in Napoli, Italy

2-8-2

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
55972 Southern Pacific 786 August 1916 2-8-2 Undergoing restoration to operating condition [10]
60319 Grand Trunk Western 4070 December 1918 2-8-2 Undergoing restoration to operating condition Midwest Railway Preservation Society in Cleveland, Ohio [11]
61858 Valley Railroad 40 August 1920 2-8-2 Operational Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut
66033 Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4 1925 2-8-2ST On static display Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio
68057 Hammond Lumber Company 17 September 1929 2-8-2ST Operational Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum in Elbe, Washington

2-8-4

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
70865 Chesapeake and Ohio 2716 December 1943 2-8-4 Undergoing restoration to operating condition Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky [12]

4-6-0

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
38526 Chicago and North Western 444 1906 4-6-0 On static display Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado
42187 Chicago and North Western 1385 March 1907 4-6-0 Undergoing restoration to operating condition Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin [13]
45727 Chicago and North Western 175 December 1908 4-6-0 Undergoing restoration to operating condition Steam Railroading Institute in Michigan
55018 Central Vermont 220 February 1915 4-6-0 On static display Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont

4-6-2

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
46567 Savannah and Atlanta 750 January 1910 4-6-2 On static display Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia [14]
59314 Atlantic Coast Line 1504 March 1919 4-6-2 Undergoing restoration to operating condition U.S. Sugar Corporation
61769 U.S. Sugar 148 April 1920 4-6-2 Operational U.S. Sugar Corporation
63262 Florida East Coast 153 1922 4-6-2 On static display Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida
64313 Soo Line 2718 May 1923 4-6-2 On static display National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin
64314 Soo Line 2719 May 1923 4-6-2 On static display, awaiting overhaul Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota
65555 Maine Central 470 May 1924 4-6-2 Undergoing restoration to operating condition Washington Junction in Hancock, Maine
66888 Southern Railway 1401 July 1926 4-6-2 On static display National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

4-6-4

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
66555 Chesapeake and Ohio 490 1926 4-6-4 On static display B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland

4-6-6-4

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
70160 Union Pacific 3977 June 1943 4-6-6-4 On static display Cody Park, North Platte, Nebraska
70174 Union Pacific 3985 July 1943 4-6-6-4 Undergoing restoration to operational condition. Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, Silvis, Illinois

4-8-4

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
68822 Union Pacific

814

September 1937 4-8-4 On static display RailsWest Railroad Museum, inCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
69174 Union Pacific

833

October 1939 4-8-4 On static display Utah State Railroad Museum, inOgden, Utah
72785 Union Pacific

838

December 1944 4-8-4 Stored Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming Source of spare parts for 844.
72791 Union Pacific

844

December 1944 4-8-4 Operational Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming The only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad.

4-8-8-4

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Disposition Location Notes References
69575 Union Pacific 4004 September 1941 On static display Holliday Park, Cheyenne, Wyoming [15]
69576 Union Pacific 4005 September 1941 On static display Forney Transportation Museum in Denver, Colorado [16][17]
69577 Union Pacific 4006 September 1941 On static display National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri [18]
69583 Union Pacific 4012 November 1941 On static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania [19][20][21]
69585 Union Pacific 4014 November 1941 Operational Union Pacific Railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming [22][23][24]
69588 Union Pacific 4017 December 1941 On static display National Railroad Museum, in Green Bay, Wisconsin [25][26]
69589 Union Pacific 4018 December 1941 On static display Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, Texas [27]
72780 Union Pacific 4023 November 1944 On static display Kenefick Park, Omaha, Nebraska [28]

Preserved diesel locomotives

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Four-axle

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Disposition Location Notes References
6005-01 Monongahela Connecting Railroad 701 July 1968 C415 On static display Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania

Six-axle

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
76535 Santa Fe 59 October 1948 PA C-C Undergoing restoration Museum of the American Railroad, Frisco, Texas [29][30]
76541 Nickel Plate Road 190 December 1948 PA C-C On static display - [31]

Formerly preserved, scrapped

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Steam locomotives

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes References
65290 Grand Trunk Western 5629 February 1924 4-6-2 Rock Island's Blue Island yard July 1987 Negligence by Richard Jensen
70850 Chesapeake and Ohio 2701 November 1943 2-8-4 - - Vandalism

Diesel locomotives

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Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Wheel arrangement Last seen Scrap date Cause of scrapping Notes References
73347 Delray Connecting Road 66 May 1945 S-1 B-B - 2006 Poor condition
78286 Spokane Portland and Seattle 866 June 1950 FA C-C Portland, Oregon February 2024 Became landlocked on a spur that BNSF wanted to abandon and remove; BNSF gave the ORHC a very short window to move it and they were unable to raise the funds to move it in time. It had been thoroughly gutted by this time. [32]
78870 Amtrak 126 June 1951 RS-3 B-B - 2022 Poor condition from being abandoned in the woods for years; gutted of usable parts and damaged by arson fires [33]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Consumers Co. #701". Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  2. ^ "CNJ 113". rrproject-113. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  3. ^ "Northern Pacific Railway No. 2435". Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  4. ^ "McCloud River Railroad Company, McCloud Railway Company Locomotive #25". www.mccloudriverrailroad.com. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  5. ^ "Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 makes first test runs | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  6. ^ "Copper Range #29". Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  7. ^ "Lake Superior & Ishpeming #22". Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  8. ^ "Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 No. 13". Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum. 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  9. ^ "Kewaunee Green Bay & Western #49". Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  10. ^ "Locomotive SP 786". Austin Steam Train Association. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  11. ^ "about the 4070 mikado". Midwest Railway Preservation Society. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  12. ^ "C&O 2716 - Kentucky Steam Heritage". Kentucky Steam. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  13. ^ "Chicago & North Western #1385". Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  14. ^ "Locomotives". Southeastern Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  15. ^ "Cheyenne's Big Boy 4004 to shine in new paint July 9". Trains. June 26, 2018. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  16. ^ Frank, Al. "Big Boy". Forney Museum of Transportation. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  17. ^ King, Kat (September 4, 2009). "The Forney Museum is worth getting around to". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  18. ^ Wrinn, Jim (February 15, 2018). "Where to find Big Boy locomotives". Trains. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  19. ^ "Steamtown National Historic Site's Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4012 Removed From Public Display For Cosmetic Restoration and Painting - Steamtown National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
  20. ^ Chappell, Gordon. "Union Pacific Railroad No. 4012". Steam Over Scranton: Special History Study, American Steam Locomotives. National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  21. ^ "Steamtown's Locomotives and Cars". Steamtown National Historic Site. National Park Service. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  22. ^ "Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014". RailGiants Train Museum. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  23. ^ "Big Boy No. 4014". Union Pacific. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  24. ^ QBL1201713 (2008-06-14), English: Tender Classification Plate 25-C-116 (UP 4014). Original plate number still intact after 72 years., retrieved 2022-11-23{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ Wrinn, Jim (February 15, 2018). "Where to find Big Boy locomotives". Trains. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  26. ^ Hinchcliffe, Richard; Wagner, Bill (2023). Flying Scotsman in America The 1970 Tour. The Hill, Stroud Gloucestershire; United Kingdom: Amberley. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-3981-1521-7.
  27. ^ "Big Boy Steam Locomotive Arrives at its New Home in Frisco". Museum of the American Railroad. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  28. ^ Wrinn, Jim (February 15, 2018). "Where to find Big Boy locomotives". Trains. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  29. ^ "Project Alco PA-1 Background". Museum of the American Railroad. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  30. ^ Franz, Justin (2020-11-11). "New Roof Will Push Santa Fe PA Restoration Forward". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  31. ^ Franz, Justin (2023-03-02). "Genesee Valley Transportation Acquires Historic Alco PA". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  32. ^ Franz, Justin (2024-03-29). "Former SP&S Alco FA-1 Scrapped in Portland". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  33. ^ "Rare New York Central electric locomotives still threatened". Trains. 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
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