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Freight Cars | Interurban & City Transit | Passenger Cars | Rail Maintenance & Test Cars | Rail Motive Power

Rail Motive Power

Identification
Builder/Date
Classification – Steam (S); Diesel (D); Gas (G); Electric (E) & Model
Notes of interest
Wheel Arrangement*

Alton & Southern #12
ALCO/1926
S 8-wheel switcher
3-cylinder design
0-8-0

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American Steel Foundries #8
Whitcomb/1948
D 65-ton
400 hp, two engines
B-B

Arkansas & Missouri #22
ALCO/1943
D Model RS-1
1000 hp; first road switcher
B-B

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #5011
Baldwin/1944
S Texas
74" drivers, largest on any 2-10-4; 310 lb./sq. in. boiler pressure
2-10-4

Baltimore & Ohio #1
ALCO/GE/Ingersoll-Rand/1925
D
Second diesel-electric locomotive in service; 300 hp
B-B

Baltimore & Ohio #50
EMC/1935
D
First non-articulated passenger diesel; 1,800 hp, two Model 201-A diesel engines Winton
B-B

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Boston & Albany #39 "Marmora"
B&A/1876
S American
"Eddy Clock"; has domeless boiler
4-4-0

Boston & Providence "Daniel Nason"
B&P/1858-1863
S American
Inside-connected cylinders, rods
4-4-0

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Boston and Maine #1180
EMC/1926
Gas-Electric
Branchline passenger train; 275-hp Winton engine
B-2

Canadian National #5529
Montreal/1906
S Pacific
Designed for passenger service
4-6-2

Chesapeake and Ohio #2727
ALCO/1944
S Kanawha
Wheel arrangement called Berkshire by other railroads
2-8-4

Chicago & Illinois Midland #551
Lima/1928
S Mikado
Most common modern freight engine
2-8-2

Chicago and Northwestern #1015
ALCO/1900
S Atlantic
81" drive wheels; First locomotive acquired by the Museum
4-4-2


Undergoing restoration
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #9908 "Silver Charger"
EMC/1939
D
1,000 hp; baggage space at rear end
A1A-2

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #9939A
EMD/1950
D Model E8A
Original 2,250 hp, upgraded to 2,400 hp
A1A-A1A

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific #E-2
GE/1919
E
Gearless bi-polar drive; 3,200 hp
1B+D+D+B1

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific #3
EMD/1955
D
"Aerotrain" locomotive; 1,200 hp
B-1

Conrail #5677 (ex-Central RR of NJ)
EMD/1952
D Model GP7
Dual controls for commuter service
B-B

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western #952
ALCO/1905
S American
Camelback
4-4-0

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range #502
Baldwin/1916
S Santa Fe
Heavy freight engine; hauled iron ore
2-10-2

Eagle-Picher #1621 (earlier used on Southern; MKT; Ft. Smith, Subiaco & Rock Island; and "Frisco")
Baldwin/1918
S Decapod
Built 5" gauge for Russia; converted to 4" 8-1/2"
2-10-0

Erie-Lackawanna #3607
EMD/1967
D Model SD45
20-cylinder engine; 3,600 hp

General Electric #1
Thompson-Houston /1892
E 30T
First main line electric locomotive in U.S.
B

General Motors #103
EMC/1939
D Model FTA
Demonstrator; 1,350 hp
B-B

Georgia #724
Baldwin/1896
S 6-wheel switcher
Last regularly operating steam loco in MO; reboilered 1923
0-6-0

Illinois Central #764
ALCO/1904
S Consolidation
Most common steam locomotive type
2-8-0

Illinois Terminal #1575
IT/1918
E Class B
Cast underframe
B-B

Illinois Terminal #1595
IT/1929
E Class C
1,500 hp; articulated frame
(B-B)(B-B)

Illinois Terminal #206
White/1939
G Rail Motorbus
Used on Alton-Grafton, IL line
2-A

Joplin-Pittsburg #2003
Plymouth (Fate-Root-Heath)/1936
Propane-E; 70T; Model OE
400 hp; industrial switcher
B-B

Laclede Christy #2
Davenport/1907
S 9T
30" gauge tramway locomotive
0-4-0T

Lake St. Elevated #9 "Charles H."
Rhode Island/1893
S "Forney" type
Restored 1996
0-4-4T

Manufacturers Railway #211
ALCO/1948
D Model S-2
Blunt trucks
B-B

Missouri Pacific #4502
ALCO/1955
D Model RS-3
1,600 hp
B-B

Missouri Pacific #604
Fageol-Twin Coach/1947
G-Rail Motorbus
Used in Houston, TX
1-A

Missouri-Kansas-Texas #311
Baldwin/1890
S American
Rebuilt 1923; with Katy Flyer train
4-4-0

National Cash Register #7
Lima/1910
S
Fireless steam storage locomotive
0-4-0F

New York Central #113
ALCO-GE/1906
E Class S-2
Gearless bi-polar drive; 2,200 hp
2-D-2

New York Central #2933
ALCO/1929
S Mohawk
Called a Mountain on other railroads
4-8-2

New York, Chicago and St. Louis ("Nickel Plate Road") #170
ALCO/1927
S Hudson
Smoke lifters
4-6-4

Norfolk and Western #2156
N&W/1942
S Mallet; Class Y6a
Compound – uses steam twice
2-8-8-2

Panama Canal #662
GE/1914
E Rack & adhesion
With winch for towing ships through locks; 5" gauge
B

Pennsylvania #4700
PRR/1931
E Class P5
3,750 hp continous
2-C-2

Pennsylvania #4918
PRR/1942
E Class GG1
4,620 hp continuous; now Amtrak #4916
2-C+C-2

Reading "Black Diamond"
Baldwin/1889
S
Inspection locomotive
2-2-2T

Sabine River & Northern #408
EMC/1937
D Model NC
900 hp, Winton Model 201-A engine, cast frame
B-B

Scullin Steel #95
Baldwin/1906
S 6-wheel switcher
Former Frisco #3695
0-6-0

Southern #960603
EMD/1943
Orig. D; Model FTB
Converted to steam heater car
B-B

Southern Pacific #4460
Lima/1943
S Northern GS-6
Dual freight-passenger wartime service
4-8-4

St. Joe Minerals
Goodman/1942
E 8T
2' gauge mining locomotive; trolley and cable reel
B

St. Louis Water Division #1
Whitcomb/1924
G, now D; 15T; Model SRD
Mechanical drive; stick shift with clutch
B

St. Louis Water Division #2
Plymouth (Fate-Root-Heath)/1930
G 30T; Model WLG
Mechanical drive; clutch and 4-speed transmission
C

St. Louis-San Francisco ("Frisco") #1522
Baldwin/1926
S Mountain
Equipped with booster and diesel multiple-unit control
4-8-2

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St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern #635
Baldwin/1889
S 10-wheeler Class TN-61
Later MP 2707; last used on Sedalia-Warsaw, MO, line
4-6-0

Terminal Railroad #146
ALCO/1916
S 6-wheel switcher
Chassis only; Young valve gear
0-6-0

Terminal Railroad #318
TRRA/1928
S 8-wheel switcher
First one-piece cast bed incorporating cylinders
0-8-0

Union Electric #1
Baldwin/1926
S 4-wheel switcher
Helped build Missouri's Bagnell Dam
0-4-0T

Union Electric #2
Heisler/1940
S
Fireless steam storage locomotive
0-6-0F

Union Pacific #2804
GE/1966
D Model U28C
Cut away for viewing; 2,800 hp
C-C

Union Pacific #4006
ALCO/1941
S Big Boy
Largest successful steam locomotive
4-8-8-4

Union Pacific #6944
EMD/1971
D Model DD40AX
6,600 hp; 2 engines
D-D

US Army #1149
Davenport/1954
Gas turbine-mechanical
Experimental unit
1-B-1

US Army #2002
EMD/1952
D Model SW8
800 hp, "Served" in Korea
B-B

US Army #B-2069
GE-ALCO/1953
D Model MRS-1
Multi-gauge; minimum clearances; 1,600 hp
C-C

US Navy #700440
GE/1942
D Model B-50; 25T
150-hp industrial model; Used at Curtis-Wright, McDonnell Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas & Boeing plants in St. Louis
B

Wabash #573
Rhode Island/1899
S Mogul
Last steam on Wabash
2-6-0

Winona & St. Peter #274
Baldwin/1873
S American
Built for Chicago and Northwestern
4-4-0