0-2-2 Locomotives in the USA

The 0-2-2 wheel arrangement was only briefly used in the early days of steam. The best example of this wheel arrangement is Stephenson's Rocket of 1829. The original Rocket is preserved (in modified form) at the London Science Museum. There are several surviving replicas of this locomotive in the USA.


Railroads that used 0-2-2 Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Surviving Examples of 0-2-2 Locomotives in the USA

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
0-2-24'-8½"Liverpool & Manchester Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, ILdisplayRobert Stephenson & Co. (Darlington Works), 1931 Named Rocket. Replica.
Rocket0-2-24'-8½" Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MIdisplayRobert Stephenson & Co. (Darlington Works), 1929 Replica built by original builder of the Rocket which is in London.
0-2-236" Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CAdisplayLocomobile Vertical boiler track inspection car.
0-2-24'-8½" Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VTdisplayvertical boiler track inspection car named Gertie Buck.
0-2-24'-8½"Reading Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PAdisplayBraithwaite Milner & Co, 1838Named Rocket. From the Franklin Institute Science Museum, PHiladelphia, PA.
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