4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

The 4-4-0 or "American" type locomotive was widely used in North America during the 1800's. This wheel arrangement was well suited to the grades and curvature of the railroad of that time. Around 25,000 4-4-0 locomotives were built by companies including Rogers, Baldwin, Cooke and Mason. However, the design required the firebox to fit between the driving wheels which limited its firing (and thus steaming) capacity and by 1900 larger locomotives were needed.

Railroads that used 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

Surviving Examples of 4-4-0 "American" Type Locomotives

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InformationNotes
34-4-036" Depot Museum, Huntsville, ALdisplayCrown Metal Productsfrom "South of the Border" Amusement Park, Charlotte
14 (1501)4-4-04'-8½"W. T. Smith (CoG) Pike Heritage Museum, Troy, ALdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #5892, 1881
114-4-04'-8½"V&T Old Tucson Studios, Tucson, AZdisplayM. Baird & Co #2816, 1872 Named Reno
24-4-036" Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalWDINamed EP Ripley
14-4-036" Disneyland, Anaheim, CAoperationalWDINamed Cyrus K. Holliday
11004-4-04'-8½"SP (SF&ARR)Deschutes Road, Sacramento River, Anderson, CAsunkStevens, 1868Named J.G. Kellogg
54-4-015"Redwood Valley Railway Redwood Valley Railway, Berkeley, CAoperationalNamed Fern
834-4-024" Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CAoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1982
14-4-012"OttawayFolsom City Zoo, 50 Natoma St., Folsom, CAoperationalErich Thompsen, 1950Named Cricket, from Tilden Park
4-4-024"Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CAoperationalCrown Metal Products
4-4-024"Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy, CAoperationalCrown Metal Products
1 (1193)4-4-04'-8½"ST&E (SP) Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CAdisplayJA Norris-Lancaster #12, 1864
1 (2)4-4-036" Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson, Los Olivos, CAout of serviceCrown Metal Products, 1973Named Katherine, from Carowinds Amusement Park, Charlotte
4-4-015"B.A.D. Great Northern Railway, Redding, CAprivate
124-4-04'-8½"V&T California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayM. Baird & Co #3090, 1873Named Genoa
14-4-04'-8½"Central Pacific California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayRichard Norris & Son #1040, 1863Named Governor Stanford
124-4-036"NPC California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #3843, 1876Named Sonoma
124-4-015" California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CAstorednamed Sonoma, from Orland Newville & Pacific RR, Glenn Co. Fairgrounds, Orland
4-4-022"Fleischhacker Zoo, San Francisco, CAoperationalCagney
125 ton4-4-036" Pacific Coast Railroad, Santa Margarita, CAprivate operationalGuiberson-Harpur, 1968Named Caroline. From Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX
737 (216)E-314-4-04'-8½"UP (SP) The Double T, Stevenson, CAdisplayBaldwin #8395, 1887 from Portola. Some list this engine in Merced or Turlock.
184-4-022"Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, COoperationalCagney
174-4-022"Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, COoperationalCagney
1 (68)25 ton4-4-0ngUPJim Fisher, Durango & Silverton, Durango, COrestorationHarpurreplica, from Astroworld, TX then Silverwood Park, ID then Laramie, WY
34-4-0ngSanta Cruz National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DCdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #3972, 1876 Named Jupiter
984-4-04'-8½"MS CentralWilmington & Western Railroad, Marshallton, DEoperationalALCO (Schenectady)
44-4-036"U RR YucatanMagic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FLoperationalBaldwin #42915, 1916Named R.O. Disney
34-4-024"ES&GGold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, FLoperationalCrown Metal Products
4-4-04'-8½"LuravilleState Agriculture Department Offices, Tallahassee, FLdisplay
44-4-036"Busch Gardens, Tampa, FLoperationalCrown Metal Products
6014-4-036"Busch Gardens, Tampa, FLoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1974 from Kings Dominion
94-4-036"Busch Gardens, Tampa, FLoperationalCrown Metal Products
54-4-036"Busch Gardens, Tampa, FLoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1971from Six Flags St. Louis, MO
34-4-024"James Holman, unknown, FLrestorationCrown Metal Products Named Leslie Joy, From Quechee Gorge Village
44-4-036"Warner Brothers StudioCoke/Underground, Atlanta, GAdisplayCrown Metal Productsfrom Six Gun Territory, Silver Springs
49 (12)4-4-04'-8½"W&A (L&N) Cyclorama, Grant Park, Atlanta, GAdisplayDanforth, Cooke & Co., 1856Named Texas
4-4-036"Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell, GAoperational (diesel)Harpur, 1966Named Texas
4-4-036"Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell, GAstored operationalHarpur, 1966Named The General
104 (1)8-24C4-4-04'-8½"RR&G (LE) Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GAcosmetic restorationBaldwin, 1919Named General II. From Stone Mountain Scenic
3 (39)4-4-04'-8½"W&A (L&N) Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Kennesaw, GAdisplayRogers Ketchum & Grosvenor, 1855 Named The General
60 (260)8-30C4-4-04'-8½"SA&AP (T&NO)Stone Mountain Scenic, Stone Mountain, GAdisplayBaldwin #55390, 1922
999C-14a4-4-04'-8½"NYC&HRRR Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, ILdisplayNYC&HRR, 1893
634-4-04'-8½"Central PacificElgin, ILoperational2009 Named Leviathan, replica
984-4-015"Little Toot RailroadCharley Brown Park, Flora, ILoperationalCrown Metal Products #1c, 1959 Named Little Toot
4-4-015"American Threshermens Show, Pinckneyville, ILoperationalCrown Metal Products Named Little Toot, From Marion, IL
164-4-04'-8½"T&D Illinois Railway Museum, Union, ILdisplayBaldwin #41653, 1914
1 (567)4-4-04'-8½"Anthony & Northern (CRI&P)S of town, west of Hwy 19, Arkansas River, Larned, KSsunkBrooks, 1887sunk in 1919
24-4-036"Old Hickory Railroad, Jackson, LAoperationalCrown Metal Products from Frontierland, Cherokee, NC?
4-4-015"stored, Worcester, MAprivate operationalCagney, 1905Sold? Where did this go?
254-4-04'-8½"B&O B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MDoperationalMason Machine Works #46, 1856Named William Mason
4-4-024"Frontier City, Ocean City, MDoperationalCrown Metal Products
14-4-04'-8½"Ford Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MIoperationalFord Motor Co, 1961 Named Edison
74-4-04'-8½"Detroit & Lima Northern Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MIrestorationBaldwin #15317, 1897
34-4-04'-8½"AtlanticGulf Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MIdisplayNamed Sam Hill
9994-4-015"Gaines, MIstoredArmitage-Herschell, 1904
94-4-0Little Smokey RRMonroe County Fairgrounds, Monroe, MIoperationalCrown Metal Products
14-4-04'-8½"GN (M&P) Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, MNdisplayNew Jersey Locomotive, 1861Named William Crooks
64-4-036"Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MOoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1969 named Tommy G. Robertson
334-4-036"Worlds of Fun, Kansas City, MOoperationalCrown Metal Products #27636, 1973Named Eli
35A-24-4-04'-8½"CB&Q Patee House Museum, St. Joseph, MOdisplayCB&Q (Aurora), 1882
274 (1040)4-4-04'-8½"C&NW (W&StP) Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MOdisplay
394-4-04'-8½"B&A Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MOdisplayB&A (Springfield, MS), 1876Named Marmora
174-4-04'-8½"Boston & Providence Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MOdisplayB&P Roxbury, 1863 Named Daniel Nason
9524-4-0C4'-8½"DL&W Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MOdisplayALCO (Schenectady) #30555, 1905
3114-4-04'-8½"M-K-T Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MOdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #10640, 1890
17524-4-024"Portsmouth City RRCarthege, NCoperationalCrown Metal Products #33324, 1963 named Pokey Smokey, from Portsmouth, VA
684C-14-4-04'-8½"NP Bonanzaville, West Fargo, NDdisplayALCO (New York) #39, 1883
1194-4-030"UP Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NEoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1968 replica
3L4-4-0T36"Cavan Leitrim NJ Museum of Transportation, Farmingdale, NJrestorationRobert Stephenson & Co. #2614, 1887Named Lady Edith
4-4-015" NJ Museum of Transportation, Farmingdale, NJdisplayCagney, 1923from a NJ beachfront amusement park
224-4-04'-8½"V&T Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, NVoperationalBaldwin #3693, 1875Named Inyo
84-4-04'-8½"D&R Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, NVstoredCooke L&M Works #1861, 1888From Virginia City, NV, Jamestown, CA, Sacramento
4 (5)4-4-0ngE&PDan Markoff, Las Vegas, NVoperationalBaldwin (Burnham) #3763, 1875Named Eureka
74-4-0ngRamada Express Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NVstored operationalCustom FabricatorsBuilt as a 2-4-0 for a Sea World theme park. Donated to Las Vegas Railroad Society.
184-4-04'-8½"V&TComstock Heritage Museum, Virginia City, NVdisplayCen. Pac. #6, 1873Named Dayton, from the Nevada State Railroad Museum
4-4-024" Rotunda Grapevine Railroad Farm, Fredonia, NYunknownCrown Metal Products
4-4-015" Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, North Tonawanda, NYoperationalArmitage-Herschell #0001, 1896
4-4-0Cincinnati, OHburied
194-4-036" Kings Island, Cincinnati, OHoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1972 named Lew Brown
124-4-036" Kings Island, Cincinnati, OHoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1972named Kenny Van Meter
4-4-04'-8½"B&Obarn, Circleville, OHstoredthis may be a duplicate of the locomotive stored in Groveport
5524-4-036" Dry Gulch USA, Adair, OKoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1974from Kings Dominion, VA
6284-4-04'-8½"CRI&PCimarron River, N of Kingfisher, OKsunkSank on Sep 18, 1906
18ton4-4-030"PZRYWashington Park & Zoo RY, Portland, ORoperational
S-164-4-0ng Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg, PAoperationalArmitage-Herschell
4-4-024"City Island Railroad, Harrisburg, PAoperationalCrown Metal Products
19074-4-024"Dry Gulch RRHershey Park, Hershey, PAoperationalCrown Metal ProductsNamed Skooter
18754-4-024"Dry Gulch RRHershey Park, Hershey, PAoperationalCrown Metal ProductsNamed Janelle
34-4-04'-8½"Phil&Rdg Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PAdisplayEastwick & Harrison #67, 1842
204-4-015"Laural Run RRLaural Run Railroad, Reading, PAoperationalCrown Metal Products
1223D16sb4-4-04'-8½"PRR Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PAdisplayPRR (Juniata) #1399, 1905
4-4-0 Strasburg Railroad, Strasburg, PAoperationalCagney, 1920
4-4-0ngBland's Park (display), Tipton, PAdisplayCrown Metal Products
4-4-0ngCarowinds Park, Fort Mill, SCdisplayCrown Metal Productsmoved to Huntsville? converted to gasoline?
3494-4-04'-8½"Central of GA TVRM Grand Junction Station, Chattanooga, TNdisplayBaldwin (Burnham) #11994, 1891
34-4-015"W&ARROoltewah, TNprivate restorationCrown Metal Works Named LiL General. From the upper mid-west.
14-4-036"El Paso Connection, El Paso, TXdisplayCrown Metal Products #33136, 1963from Legend City Amusement Park, Phoenix then Magic Landing Theme Park, El Paso
1 (111)4-4-04'-8½"EP&SW (CM&StP)Union Plaza Transit Terminal, El Paso, TXdisplayBreese, Kneeland & Co. #73, 1857
6424-4-04'-8½"T&PVillage Creek, Handley, TXsunk
254-4-024"Reynolds Brothers SugarBucher Estate, Hempstead, TXprivateW. Bagnall #2522, 1935Named Simpola
74-4-036"Historic Jefferson Railway, Jefferson, TXoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1964from Six Gun Territory, Silver Springs
14-4-024"Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, UToperationalCrown Metal Products
1264-4-024"Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, UToperationalCrown Metal Products
1194-4-04'-8½"UPPromontory Summit, UToperationalreplica
604-4-04'-8½"Central PacificPromontory Summit, UToperationalNamed Jupiter, replica
231A-54-4-04'-8½"C&Oinside collapsed Church Hill Tunnel, Richmond, VAderelictBaldwin, 1903
174-4-036"Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VAoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1972Named Alpengeist Express, from Salem, VA
4-4-036"Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VAoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1974Named Der Hochbeinige
4-4-036"Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VAoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1974Named Balmoral Castle
4944-4-04'-8½"B&MNew England Transportation Institute and Museum, White River Junction, VTdisplayALCO (Manchester) #1546, 1892
4-4-0ngTimberRail Village, White River Junction, VTunknownCrown Metal Productscurrent location unknown
74-4-0ngTimberRail Village, White River Junction, VTunknownCrown Metal Productscurrent location unknown
74-4-024"Remlinger FarmsRemlinger Farms, S of Carnation, WAoperationalCrown Metal Products, 1964 from Idle Wild Park, MD
194-4-016"CVRRChippewa Valley Railroad, Eau Claire, WIoperationalAtlantic-Pacific Steam Locomotive Workds (Galva, IL), 1920s
164-4-016"CVRRChippewa Valley Railroad, Eau Claire, WIoperationalCrown, 1959 From Lee Merrick
824-4-015"R&GNRiverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WIoperationalSandley, 1957Named L W Neiman
984-4-015"Sandly Light RRiverside & Great Northern RY, Wisconsin Dells, WIoperationalSandley, 1952named D. K. Shrock, from Old Wakarusa RR, Wakarusa, IN
4D4-4-015"Como Hot SpringCheyenne, WYrestoration, privateCagney, 1904from Morgan, UT, later Murray and Heber City
44-4-0NdeMFCO Madero Street, Aguascalientes, AGSdisplay
1387 (350)E-5b4-4-04'-8½"SPColorado River, Riito, BCNsunkRogers #4038, 1888
2954-4-0ngNdeMpublic square on the road to Tarimoro, Acambaro, GTOdisplaymodel, numberred in memory of 295 which was the first locomotive build in Acambaro
350 (4)4-4-04'-8½"Unidos de YucatanMuseo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatan, Marida, YUCdisplayBaldwin, 1912 sans tender, from FUS Shops, Campeche, Campeche
351 (7)4-4-04'-8½"U RR YutMerida, YUCstoredNamed Merida
29A1e4-4-04'-8½"CPR CPR Headquarters, Calgary, ABdisplayCP #1065, 1887
7SC4-4-015"Cranberry Farm, Richmond, Vancouver, BCunknownCrownSold to someone in New York in mid 1990s
374 (158)SC4-4-04'-8½"CPRE end of Drake St. on former Expo '86 site, Vancouver, BCdisplayCPR (DeLorimer) #1038, 1886
18674-4-024"Assiniboine Railroad Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, MBoperationalCrown, 1964
3 (86)A2l4-4-04'-8½"Winnipeg Hydro (CPR) Prairie Dog Central, Vintage Locomotive Society, Winnipeg, MBoperationalDubs & Co. (Scotland) #1572, 1882
151 (1)4-4-04'-8½"CPR (NP) Winnipeg Railway Museum, Union Station, Winnipeg, MBdisplayBaldwin #2660, 1872 Named Countess of Dufferin
404-4-04'-8½"CNR Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, ONstoredPortland Co. #233, 1872
674-4-0ngB&BRR Island Park, Toronto, ONoperational
136A2m4-4-04'-8½"South Simcoe (CPR) South Simcoe Railway, Tottenham, ONoperationalALCO (Rogers) #3332, 1883
144A2q4-4-04'-8½"CPR Canadian Railway Museum, Delson, QCdisplayCPR (DeLorimer) #1030, 1886
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