List of locomotives

This is a list of locomotives including notable locomotives that are preserved in museums or in heritage railways. For a list of locomotive types or models, please see List of locomotive classes.

A Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive, which was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1941

A list of locomotive classes that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually referred to as a multiple unit, motor coach, railcar or power car; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but rare for freight (see CargoSprinter).

Following is a mix of individual locomotives and of locomotive classes or models, organized by company.

For a list of preserved locomotives, such as those in museums, see List of preserved locomotives in the United States and List of preserved locomotives in Canada.

Significant individual locomotives
NSWGR Locomotive No. 1
NSWGR 3801
of Australia
GWR 3440 City of Truro
of the United Kingdom
of the United States

Biggest locomotives
Main article: List of largest locomotives

Preserved locomotives
Hillcrest Lumber Company 9, in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

These are historic locomotives preserved in museums, currently or formerly, or in heritage railways, currently or formerly, or otherwise. This is not intended to include deteriorating locomotives that are just still existing somewhere, without being restored or ever open to the public.

in Canada
Main article: List of preserved locomotives in Canada

There are numerous preserved locomotives in Canada.

in China
SN No. 29, at Yunnan Railway Museum

China has at least six preserved locomotives:

in India
Kundan, a WDM-2 preserved at DLW, Varanasi

India has 40 or more preserved locomotives.

DHR 778 (1889), built in Glasgow, the only Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive now located outside India, is now preserved in Oxfordshire, England.

in United Kingdom

With some overlap between sublists, preserved locomotives in the UK include:

Preserved locomotives of heritage railway in England

in United States
Main article: List of preserved locomotives in the United States

There are numerous locomotives preserved in the United States.

See also

Notes

    References
    1. 2015.11.7 上海铁路博物馆 _新浪博客
    2. Yunnan Railway Museum Archived 2015-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
    3. File:Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340649.JPG shows four locomotives.
    • Roberts, Earl W.; Stremes, David P., eds. (2022). "Part 3 - Preserved Railway and Traction Equipment". Canadian Trackside Guide 2022 (40th ed.). Ottawa, Ontario: Bytown Railway Society. ISSN 0829-3023.
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