List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives

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A large quantity of locomotives formerly owned and operated by Southern Pacific Railroad have been preserved in museums, on tourist railroads, and various other locations all across North America.

Currently preserved[edit]

Steam locomotives[edit]

Photograph Number/name Class Wheel arrangement

(Whyte notation)

Disposition and Location Refs.
CP 1

Gov. Stanford

4-4-0 Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California [1][2][3][4]
ST&E 1 4-4-0 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California [5]
UP 737/SP 216 4-4-0 On static display as Southern Pacific #216
SA&AP 60

Texas II

4-4-0 Stored, Gulf and Ohio Railways, Knoxville, Tennessee
EP&SW 1 4-4-0 Static display, El Paso, Texas
T&NO 146 S-13 0-6-0 Ogden, Utah
1

C. P. Huntington

4-2-4T Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
8 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; Sparks, Nevada
9 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; Laws, California
18 4-6-0 Narrow gauge locomotive; operational; Independence, California
CP 60

Jupiter (replica)

4-4-0 Original scrapped, replica is operational, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory, Utah
CP 63

"Leviathan" (replica)

4-4-0 Original scrapped, replica is operational, later relettered as Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331, owned by Stone Gable Estates, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
219 0-4-0T Static display Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
CP 233 2-6-2T Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
745 Mk-5 2-8-2 Operational, Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, Louisiana
771 Mk-5 2-8-2 Static display, Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
786 Mk-5 2-8-2 Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas
794 Mk-5 2-8-2 Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
975 F-1 2-10-2 Static display, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
982 F-1 2-10-2 Static display; Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas. Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train.
1215 S-10 0-6-0 Static display, History Park at Kelley Park, San Jose, CA, owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation.
1221 S-10 0-6-0 Deming, New Mexico
1227 S-11 0-6-0 Sierra Northern Railway, Oakdale, California
1229 S-11 0-6-0 Roseburg, Oregon
1233 S-10 0-6-0 Woodland, California
1237 S-10 0-6-0 Static display, Salinas, California
1238 S-10 0-6-0 Fresno, California
1251 S-12 0-6-0 Stored, dismantled, awaiting funds for restoration, Virginia City, Nevada
1258 S-12 0-6-0 Martinez, California
1269 S-12 0-6-0 Stored, unserviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1273 S-12 0-6-0 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
1285 S-14 0-6-0 Monterey, California
1293 S-14 0-6-0 Tracy, California
1298 S-10 0-6-0 Santa Cruz, California
1629 M-4 2-6-0 Saugus, California
1673 M-4 2-6-0 Static display, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum (Southern Pacific Depot), Tucson, Arizona
1727 M-6 2-6-0 Static display, in Dunsmuir, California at the Dunsmuir City Park and Botanical Gardens
1744 M-6 2-6-0 The Pacific Locomotive Association purchased and began the restoration to bring No. 1744 back into operation on the Niles Canyon Railway.
1765 M-6 2-6-0 Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita, California
1771 M-8 2-6-0 Undergoing restoration, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
1774 M-8 2-6-0 Static display, Veterans Memorial Park, Globe, Arizona
1785 M-6 2-6-0 Woodburn, Oregon
2018 T-16 4-6-0 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
2248 T-1 4-6-0 Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine, Texas
2252 T-1 4-6-0 Static display, downtown Roseville, California
2353 T-31 4-6-0 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
2355 T-31 4-6-0 Static display, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona
2467 P-8 4-6-2 Operational, but on static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento California [6]
2472 P-8 4-6-2 Undergoing boiler inspection, operated at the Niles Canyon Railway from 2008-2015, originally at Sunol, California, now at Schellville, California [7][8]
2479 P-10 4-6-2 Undergoing restoration by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California [9][10]
2521 C-9 2-8-0 Static display, Yuma Crossing Historic State Park, Yuma, Arizona
2562 C-9 2-8-0 Static display, Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona
2579 C-9 2-8-0 Klamath Falls, Oregon Veterans Memorial Park
2706 C-8 2-8-0 Privately owned, Oakdale, California
2718 C-8 2-8-0 Alturas, California
2720 C-8 2-8-0 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California
2825 C-9 2-8-0 San Bernardino County Museum, Loma Linda, California
2852 C-10 2-8-0 Orland, California
2914 TW-8 4-8-0 Bakersfield, California
3025 A-3 4-4-2 Static display, Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
3420 C-19 2-8-0 Stored at Phelps Dodge copper refinery, El Paso, Texas. Last run 1986. Needs boiler work to be FRA legal for running. Owned by El Paso Historic Board.
4294 AC-12 4-8-8-2 Static display, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.

Awaiting a possible restoration that was discussed by the CSRM themselves.

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4449 GS-4 4-8-4 Operational, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, Oregon [12]
4460 GS-6 4-8-4 Static display, National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri [13]
5021 SP-2 4-10-2 Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, Pomona, California

Diesel locomotives[edit]

Photograph Number Builder Model Disposition and Location Notes Refs.
1000 EMD SW1 Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California.
1006 EMD SW1 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
1059 ALCO S-6 Operational, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Nevada[14]
1100 EMD TR6A (SW8) Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
1218 ALCO S-6 Undergoing restoration, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1423 EMD NW2 Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
1474 ALCO S-4 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
1487 FM H-12-44 Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California. Ex-US Army #1874
1518 EMD SD7/SD7R Operational, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois EMD #990 [15][16]
1530 EMD SD7/SD7R Awaiting arrival at Dieselmotive Company, Inc. Portland and Western #1501
1550 Baldwin S-12 Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2873 EMD GP9/GP9R Operational, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
2954 ALCO RSD-12 Stored, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
2958 ALCO RSD-12 Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
3100 GE U25B/U25BE Operational, Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California [17][18][19]
3194 EMD GP9/GP9R Stored, operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
3312 EMD GP9/GP9R Operational at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City, North Carolina GSMR #1751
3709 EMD GP9/GP9R Undergoing operational restoration, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
3769 EMD GP9/GP9R Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah
3873 EMD GP9/GP9R Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
4404 EMD SD9/SD9E Owned by Western Rail Inc, Airway Heights, Washington (from Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California)
4426 EMD SD9/SD9E Operational, Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada Nevada Northern #204
4451 EMD SD9/SD9E Stored, Schellville, California EMD SD9E nicknamed "Puff"
5100 GE 70-ton Stored, serviceable, Oregon Pacific Railroad, Milwaukie, Oregon
5119 GE 70-ton Operational, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
5208 Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 Stored, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
5253 Baldwin AS-616 Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
5274 Baldwin AS-616 Static display, Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
5399 EMD SD9/SD9E Operational, Albany and Eastern Railroad, Lebanon, Oregon
5472 EMD SD9/SD9E Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California Ex-SP #4423
5623 EMD GP9 Operational, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
6051 EMD E9 Operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
6378 EMD F7A Stored, serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
6380 EMD F7A Stored serviceable, Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, California
6402 EMD F7A Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
6819 EMD SD45T-2 Stored, operational, California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
7207 EMD GP20 Operational, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Blue Ridge, Georgia
7304 ALCO RS-32 Static display, Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association, Campo, California
7457 EMD SD45/SD45R Static display, Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah Ex-SP 8800
7863 GE B30-7 Stored, Creede, Colorado
9010 Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 Operational, based at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California

Formerly preserved, scrapped during preservation[edit]

Steam locomotives[edit]

Photograph Number Builder Build date Whyte Locomotive class Last Location Scrapped Cause of scrapping Notes Refs
743 SP's Algiers Shops 1921 2-8-2 MK-5 Girard Park in Lafayette, Louisiana 1970 Environmental deterioration
1294 Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) April 1924 0-6-0 S-14 San Francisco Zoo 1987 Environmental deterioration

Diesel locomotives[edit]

Photograph Number Builder Build date Model Last Location Scrapped Cause of scrapping Notes Refs
5239 Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) September 1950 Baldwin AS-616 Tigard, Oregon November 2009 Poor condition O&NW #2 [20]
6309 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) October 1950 EMD F7A Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2011 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 Texas Limited #200
6379 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) July 1952 EMD F7A Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2011 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 Texas Limited #100
7525 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) March 1969 EMD SD45/EMD SD45R Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad November 2011 Poor mechanical shape Reading Blue Mountain and Northern #3200
1303 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1949 EMD NW2/EMD NW2R Galveston Railroad Museum, Galveston, Texas 2012 Severely water damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008
7498 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) June 1967 EMD SD45/EMD SD45R Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad September 2012 Buffalo and Pittsburgh #463
4450 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) April 1954 EMD SD9/EMD SD9E Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California August 2013 Poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers. Nicknamed "Huff" [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Boyd (2018), p. 1862.
  2. ^ "Exhibits - Central Pacific Railroad No. 1 Gov. Stanford". California State Railroad Museum. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Transcontinental Railroad: Transforming California and the Nation" (PDF). National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Education Programs. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Locomotive Collection". California Department of Parks and Recreation. State of California. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 413. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
  6. ^ "Southern Pacific #2467". Niles Canyon Railway. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  7. ^ "Southern Pacific 4-6-2 2472 to Lead Excursions For First Time Since 2015". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Southern Pacific 2472 Excursion Canceled". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. August 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "SP 4-6-2, Roundhouse to Move to Niles Canyon". 5 July 2021.
  10. ^ "California Trolley and Railroad Corporation".
  11. ^ Haas, Ben (2022-05-19). "SP #4294, The Last Cab Forward | Steam Giants". Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  12. ^ Scott, Robert W. (January 9, 2023). "Portland day-trip rail experience". Trains. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  13. ^ "Southern Pacific Railroad #4460". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  14. ^ Lustig, David (February 16, 2022). "News photos: Nevada museum picks up former Fillmore & Western equipment". Trains. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  15. ^ "IRM Roster - Southern Pacific 1518". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  16. ^ Alberston, Bob. (1996). "EMD SD7-SP 1518, A precursor to all engines on rails today". Railfan & Railroad. Vol. 15. p. 50.
  17. ^ "Former SP "Snowflake"". Railfan & Railroad. 7. Carstens Publications: 30. 1988 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ "Collections: Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  19. ^ Solomon, Biran (2014). GE and EMD Locomotives: The Illustrated History. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7603-4612-9 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ Moore & Monger (2013), p. 116
  21. ^ Vicknair, Eugene (2013-06-02). "FRRS BoD Mtg Report 02-09-13 Surplus Property Locomotives" (PDF). Feather River Rail Society. Retrieved 2023-10-30.

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