AUnion Pacific Big Boy locomotive, which was built by theAmerican Locomotive Company in 1941 This is alist of locomotives including notablelocomotives that are preserved in museums or in heritage railways. For a list of locomotive types or models, please seeList of locomotive classes .
A list of locomotive classes that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. A locomotive or engine is arail transport vehicle that provides themotive power for atrain . If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually referred to as amultiple unit ,motor coach ,railcar orpower car ; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common forpassenger trains , but rare forfreight [citation needed (seeCargoSprinter ).
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, seeList of preserved locomotives in the United States andList of preserved locomotives in Canada .
Significant individual locomotives [ edit ] NSWGR Locomotive No. 1 NSWGR 3801 of Australia Locomotive No. 1 (1854), oldest surviving locomotive fromNew South Wales atPowerhouse Museum (first locomotive of the NSW Government Railways).QR A10 Neilson class 6 (1865), oldest surviving locomotive & oldest operating steam locomotive fromQueensland atWorkshops Rail Museum .Ballaarat steam engine (1871), oldest surviving locomotive fromWestern Australia atBusselton, Western Australia .CR NF class 5 (1877), oldest surviving locomotive & oldest operating steam locomotive fromCommonwealth Railways ,Northern Territory atPine Creek railway station .SAR V class 9 (1877), oldest surviving locomotive fromSouth Australia atNaracoorte, South Australia .VR F class 176 (1879), oldest surviving locomotive fromVictoria atNewport Railway Museum .NSWGR x10 class 1076 (1885), oldest operating steam locomotive fromNew South Wales atGoulburn Rail Heritage Centre TGR C class 1 (1885), oldest surviving locomotive fromTasmania atWest Coast Heritage Centre .WAGR A class 15 (1886), oldest operating steam locomotive fromWestern Australia privately owned in Victoria.Decauville 861 (1886), oldest operating steam locomotive fromVictoria atPuffing Billy Railway . Fowler 5265 (1886), oldest operating steam locomotive fromTasmania atDon River Railway . SAR Yx class 141 (1892), oldest operating steam locomotive fromSouth Australia atPichi Richi Railway .VR H class H220 (1941), largest locomotive built in Australia and the largest non-articulated steam locomotive to run on Australian railwaysNSWGR C38 class 3801 (1943), Australia's most famous locomotiveSAR 520 class 520 & 523 , (1943/1944) locomotive that a character namedShane , inThe Great Race , was based onGWR 3440City of Truro of the United Kingdom of the United States Biggest locomotives [ edit ]
Preserved locomotives [ edit ] 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.
There are numerous preserved locomotives in Canada.
SN No. 29, atYunnan Railway Museum China has at least six preserved locomotives:
Kundan, a WDM-2 preserved atDLW ,Varanasi India has 40 or more preserved locomotives.
Fairy Queen (1855), formerly the oldest steam locomotive in regular service, located atNational Rail Museum or atRewari Railway Heritage Museum or put on occasional heritage runsSir Leslie Wilson Great Indian Peninsular Railway (presently Central Railway), akhaki which moaned. At National Rail Museum.Sir Roger Lumley (1930), a WCP-1 electric locomotive, at National Rail MuseumTwo more locomotives at National Rail Museum. At least two locomotives atChennai Rail Museum , Chennai Three atRail Museum, Howrah , Kolkata Nine atRailway Museum, Mysore , Mysore Ten others atRewari Railway Heritage Museum , National Capital Region Elevenpreserved WDM-2 locomotives at scattered other locations. DHR 778 (1889), built in Glasgow, the onlyDarjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive now located outside India, is now preserved in Oxfordshire, England.
With some overlap between sublists, preserved locomotives in the UK include:
Preserved locomotives of heritage railway in England [ edit ] There are numerous locomotives preserved in the United States.
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 . 
