0-4-4 "Forney" Locomotives in the USA

Locomotives of this wheel arrangement were generally larger versions of 0-4-2 locomotives. They were primarily used on elevated railways such as those found in New York.


Railroads that used 0-4-4 "Forney" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Surviving Examples of 0-4-4 "Forney" Locomotives in the USA

No.ClassF.M. WhyteGaugeRailroad LineLocationStatusBuilder InfoNotes
9 (5)0-4-4RT24"WW&F (SR&RL) WW&F Railway Museum, Alna, ME
operational
Portland Co, 1891Built as SRR 5. Renumbered and relettered SR&RL 6 in 1908. Sold to Kennebec Central in 1925. Sold to WW&F in 1933. Sold to Frank Ramsdell and moved to his farm in 1937. Brought back to Maine in 1995. Ran for the first time since 1930s in December 2015.
10 (4)12 ton0-4-4RT24"Revere Sugar WW&F Railway Museum, Alna, ME
out of service
Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre), 1904Named High Pockets. From Edaville, MA. Undergoing new boiler build.
1 (22)B-P-O0-4-4T18"Anacortes Railway (Homestake Mining) Anacortes Maritime Heritage Center, Anacortes, WA
stored operational
H.K. Porter #4322, 04/1909 Converted from 0-4-0 compressed air by Tommy Thompson. Previously ran in 1999.
80-4-4T20"ACC (Coronado RR) Clifton Plaza, Clifton, AZ
display
H.K. Porter #1735, 1897Named Copperhead.
1 (805)0-4-4T36"Cora-Texas Plantation Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, CO
display
H.K. Porter #1783, 1897 Lettered F&CPV 108.
1509 (1315)A0-4-4RT4'-8½"Southern (Richmond & Danville) Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA
dismantled
Burnham, Parry, Williams #4909, 12/1879 Named Maud. Oldest surviving Southern steam locomotive.
1190-4-4T4'-8½"NYE (WACC) under intersection of US301 & 186, Garysburg, NC
buried
Rhode Island Locomotive Works #750, 1879 Burried in 1933.
60-4-4T31"Salem Brick Welcome Center, Gramercy, LA
display
Baldwin #17737, 1900 Named Ann, from W. E. Butler, Ponchatoula, modified from 0-4-0T, from Lutcher, LA.
2 (3)0-4-4RT30"Westfield Plantation (Dugas & Le Blanc)private, Los Angeles, CA
operational
H.K. Porter #4183, 09/1908Named Rosa, moved from Lampasas, TX to southern CA in 2011. May be located at the Santa Rosa Valley Railroad, Camarillo, CA.
1 (99)0-4-4T36"Longview SugarBrad Milne, McKenna, WA
display
Davenport Locomotive Works #1177, 11/1911From Ponchatoula, LA, then Richard May, Santa Monica, CA.
156 (329)0-4-4T4'-8½"Napoleon Cypress (NYE)S of Lake Verret, Morgan City, LA
abandoned
Rotted and rusted in a swamp.
10-4-4T4'-8½"Bock Lumber (Maddox Foundry & Machines Works) Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, North Judson, IN
operational
Baldwin #32792, 05/1908 Only operating standard-gauge Forney in North America.
1 (709)0-4-4T4'-8½"Weil Gutman Tourist Center, Opelousas, LA
display
Davenport Locomotive Works #1161, 1911 Named Mary Jane.
64580-4-4RT36"M.A. Patout & Son M. A. Patout & Son, Patoutville, LA
stored
H.K. Porter #6458, 1920 Named Bessie. In very poor condition.
10-4-4RT36"Belle Point & Reserve Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, CA
display
Burnham, Williams #14064, 1894 Owned by Tom Gazi; Part of Grizzly Flats Exhibit. From Oxnard, CA.
30-4-4T24"Monson SR&RL Railroad Museum, Phillips, ME
operational
Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2093, 191215 year lease from Main NG Railroad & Museum.
40-4-4T24"SR&RL SR&RL Railroad Museum, Phillips, ME
operational
Wesley Spear, 1970Gasolene powered replica.
0-4-4T36"Wil.B.IsaacsInformation Center, Pioneer Town, CA
display
40-4-4T24"Monson Maine NG Railroad & Museum, Portland, ME
out of service
Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre) #2780, 1918 Needs a new boiler. The water/coal bunker was removed and placed on Monson 3 in Phillips, ME. Fund-raising efforts underway to restore to operating condition.
9 (2)0-4-4T4'-8½"Canadian Sugar (Farris Lumber) Inland NW Rail Museum, Reardan, WA
display
Davenport Locomotive Works #1768, 1920 From Moses Lake then Pullman.
21F0-4-4T4'-8½"NYE (WACC) tundra near mouth of Soloman River between Council and Nome, Solomon, AK
abandoned
New York Locomotive Works #137, 1886
159F0-4-4T4'-8½"NYE (WACC) tundra near mouth of Soloman River between Council and Nome, Solomon, AK
abandoned
New York Locomotive Works #149, 1886
303E0-4-4T4'-8½"NYE (WACC) tundra near mouth of Soloman River between Council and Nome, Solomon, AK
abandoned
Baldwin #5622, 1881
90-4-4T4'-8½"Lake St Elev RR Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, MO
display
Rhode Island Locomotive Works #2942, 1893Named Charles H.
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