Steam Locomotives of the
Predecessor Railroads
Maryland Central Railroad |
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| No. 1 | Brooks | 2-6-0 | Number: 596 |
| Built: October, 1881 | Drivers: 41" | Cylinders: 14 x 18 | Weight: 46,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "Enoch Pratt" Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 1 PHOTO |
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| No. 2 | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | Number: |
| Built: March, 1881 | Drivers: | Cylinders: | Weight: 54,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "John M. Dennison" May have been built by Snyder Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 2 PHOTO |
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| No. 3 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | Number: 6134 |
| Built: April, 1882 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 60,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "Thomas C. Jenkins" Built as Denver & Rio Grande No. 292 Received around August of 1882 Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 3 PHOTO |
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| No. 4 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | Number: 6140 |
| Built: April, 1882 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 60,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "George S. Brown" Built as Denver & Rio Grande No. 293 Received around August of 1882 Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 4 PHOTO |
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| No. 5 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 707 |
| Built: September, 1883 | Drivers: 49" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 5 PHOTO |
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| No. 6 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 708 |
| Built: September, 1883 | Drivers: 49" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 6 |
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| No. 7 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 949 |
| Built: September, 1887 | Drivers: 49" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 7 |
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York & Peach Bottom Railway |
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| No. 1 | Porter-Bell | 0-6-0 | Number: 190 |
| Built: May, 1874 | Drivers: 30" | Cylinders: 9.5 x 14 | Weight: 22,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "Rufus Wiley" Some sources list weight as 20,000 Bolier burst near Laurel, 6/29/1882 - engine was beyond use Sold to a lumber company near Williamsport, Pa. Sold to Cohn & Goldberg Lumber Co. (Zeigler Lumber Co.) in Alabama in 8/1905 PHOTO |
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| No. 2 | Porter-Bell | 2-4-0 | Number: 205 |
| Built: 1874 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 10 x 16 | Weight: 27,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "S. G. Boyd" PHOTO |
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| No. 3 | Mason | 0-6-6 | Number: 561 |
| Built: June, 1876 | Drivers: 34" | Cylinders: 12 x 16 | Weight: 38,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Was sold in 1878 or 1881 PHOTO |
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| No. 4 | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | Number: 4442 |
| Built: October, 1878 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 12 x 16 | Weight: 39,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Cost $5,500 Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 14 |
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| No. 5 | Pittsburgh | 2-6-0 | Number: 624 |
| Built: October, 1882 | Drivers: 42.5" | Cylinders: 12 x 18 | Weight: 40,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Some sources list drivers as 36" Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 15 |
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| No. 6 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 705 |
| Built: September, 1883 | Drivers: 43" | Cylinders: 12 x 18 | Weight: 40,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Some sources list cylinders as 15"x20", drivers as 49", weight as 56,000 lbs. Became Baltimore & Lehigh No. 16 |
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Narrow Gauge |
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| No. 1 | Brooks | 2-6-0 | Number: 596 |
| Built: October, 1881 | Drivers: 41" | Cylinders: 14 x 18 | Weight: 46,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 1 |
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| No. 2 | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | Number: |
| Built: March, 1881 | Drivers: | Cylinders: | Weight: 54,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 2 Wrecked in April 1891 at Overshot Trestle |
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| No. 3 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | Number: 6134 |
| Built: April, 1882 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 60,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 3 Sold to the Banner Lumber Co. Sold to Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. and became Kentwood & Eastern No. 22 Sold to SI&E in 1920 Sold to J.H. Burnaman |
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| No. 4 | Baldwin | 2-8-0 | Number: 6140 |
| Built: April, 1882 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 60,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 4 |
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| No. 5 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 707 |
| Built: September, 1883 | Drivers: 49" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 5 Sold to Newport & Shermans Valley RR (as their No. 5) in 1901 |
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| No. 6 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 708 |
| Built: September, 1883 | Drivers: 49" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 6 Sold to Tionesta Valley RR (as their No. 8) in 1900 PHOTO |
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| No. 7 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 949 |
| Built: September, 1887 | Drivers: 49" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly Maryland Central No. 7 Sold to Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati RR (as their No. 11) in August of 1900 PHOTO - PHOTO - PHOTO |
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| No. 8 | Grant | 4-4-0 | Number: 1524 |
| Built: January, 1883 | Drivers: 46" | Cylinders: 14 x 20 | Weight: 48,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Purchased second-hand from Grant around June of 1892 Formerly Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis RR series 74-76 PHOTO |
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| No. 9 | Grant | 4-4-0 | Number: 1525 |
| Built: January, 1883 | Drivers: 46" | Cylinders: 14 x 20 | Weight: 48,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Purchased second-hand from Grant around June of 1892 Formerly Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis RR series 74-76 PHOTO |
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| No. 10 | Brooks | 2-6-0 | Number: 2411 |
| Built: December, 1893 | Drivers: 42" | Cylinders: 15 x 20 | Weight: 56,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Had a boiler pressure of 160 lbs. May have weighed 74,000 lbs. Sold to Newport & Shermans Valley RR (as their No. 7) in 1901 PHOTO |
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| No. 11 | Hinkley | 2-6-0 | Number: |
| Built: 1882 | Drivers: | Cylinders: | Weight: |
| NOTES:
Purchased second-hand from Addison & Pennsylvania Rwy. in 1894 Either A&P No. 1 (#1575) or A&P No. 2 (#1576) PHOTO |
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| No. 12 | Hinkley | 4-4-0 | Number: 1582? |
| Built: 1882 | Drivers: | Cylinders: | Weight: |
| NOTES:
Purchased second-hand from Addison & Pennsylvania Rwy. (No. 3) in 1894 Sold to Tuscarora Valley RR in 1900? PHOTO |
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| No. 13 | Hinkley | 4-4-0 | Number: 1583? |
| Built: 1882 | Drivers: | Cylinders: | Weight: |
| NOTES:
Purchased second-hand from Addison & Pennsylvania Rwy. (No. 4) in 1894 PHOTO |
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| No. 14 | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | Number: 4442 |
| Built: October, 1878 | Drivers: 36" | Cylinders: 12 x 16 | Weight: 39,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly York & Peach Bottom No. 4 Wrecked in April 1891 at Overshot Trestle |
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| No. 15 | Pittsburgh | 2-6-0 | Number: 624 |
| Built: October, 1882 | Drivers: 36.5" | Cylinders: 12 x 18 | Weight: 40,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly York & Peach Bottom No. 5 May have had 42.5" drivers |
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| No. 16 | Pittsburgh | 4-4-0 | Number: 705 |
| Built: September, 1883 | Drivers: 43" | Cylinders: 12 x 18 | Weight: 40,000 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Formerly York & Peach Bottom No. 6 Wrecked in March 1892 at Little Gunpowder bridge Boiler was used at Glenarm |
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Standard Gauge |
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| No. 1 | Richmond | 4-6-0 | Number: 3101 |
| Built: August, 1900 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 19 x 24 | Weight: 127,200 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Was found to be too heavy for the former narrow gauge track and trestles after delivery and was returned to the builder to be resold. Sold to Toledo, St. Louis & Western RR on February 13, 1901. Numbered as TStL&W No. 109, class E-2, later reclassed as G-6. In 1924 became Nickel Plate No. 809, class P-5. Scrapped in August of 1927. |
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| No. 2 | Richmond | 4-6-0 | Number: 3102 |
| Built: August, 1900 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 19 x 24 | Weight: 127,200 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Was found to be too heavy for the former narrow gauge track and trestles after delivery and was returned to the builder to be resold. Sold to Toledo, St. Louis & Western RR on February 13, 1901. Numbered as TStL&W No. 110, class E-2, later reclassed as G-6. In 1924 became Nickel Plate No. 810, class P-5. Scrapped in February of 1929. |
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| No. 3 | Richmond | 4-6-0 | Number: 3103 |
| Built: August, 1900 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 19 x 24 | Weight: 127,200 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Was found to be too heavy for the former narrow gauge track and trestles after delivery and was returned to the builder to be resold. Sold to Toledo, St. Louis & Western RR on February 13, 1901. Numbered as TStL&W No. 111, class E-2, later reclassed as G-6. In 1924 became Nickel Plate No. 811, class P-5. Scrapped in July of 1929. |
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| No. 4 | Richmond | 4-6-0 | Number: 3104 |
| Built: August, 1900 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 19 x 24 | Weight: 127,200 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Was found to be too heavy for the former narrow gauge track and trestles after delivery and was returned to the builder to be resold. Sold to Little Rock & Hot Springs Western RR as their No. 5. Sold to StLIM&S, then Missouri Pacific as their No. 7601. Was still active in 1925 but off the roster by 1929. |
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| No. 5 | Richmond | 4-6-0 | Number: 3104 |
| Built: August, 1900 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 19 x 24 | Weight: 127,200 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Was found to be too heavy for the former narrow gauge track and trestles after delivery and was returned to the builder to be resold. Sold to the Shamokin Coal Company and became Mt. Carmel & Natalie RR No. 5. Became Philadelphia & Reading RR second No. 526 in 1908. Scrapped in 1922. PHOTO - PHOTO |
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| No. 20 | Pennsylvania RR | 0-4-0 | Number: |
| Built: September, 1887 | Drivers: 50" | Cylinders: 15 x 24 | Weight: 69,600 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Purchased from the Pennsylvania RR in August 1900. Some sources list engine weight as 72,000. |
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| No. 21 | Pennsylvania RR | 4-6-0 | Number: 599 |
| Built: Octber, 1881 | Drivers: 50" | Cylinders: 18 x 22 | Weight: 84,800 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Purchased from the Pennsylvania RR in December 1900. |
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| No. 22 | Pennsylvania RR | 4-6-0 | Number: 597 |
| Built: October, 1881 | Drivers: 50" | Cylinders: 18 x 22 | Weight: 84,800 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Purchased from the Pennsylvania RR in December 1900. |
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| No. 1 | Baldwin | 4-4-0 | Number: 14354 |
| Built: July, 1895 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 16 x 24 | Weight: 80,540 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "S.M. Manifold". Became Maryland & Pennsylvania RR No. 1. PHOTO |
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| No. 2 | Baldwin | 2-6-0 | Number: 14408 |
| Built: August, 1895 | Drivers: 56" | Cylinders: 17 x 24 | Weight: 92,380 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "J.C. Neville". Became Maryland & Pennsylvania RR No. 2. PHOTO |
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| No. 3 | Baldwin | 4-4-0 | Number: 14547 |
| Built: November, 1895 | Drivers: 62" | Cylinders: 16 x 24 | Weight: 80,540 lbs. |
| NOTES:
Named "W.F. Walworth". Became Maryland & Pennsylvania RR No. 3. PHOTO |
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Notes on Predecessor Steam Locomotives
Data has been gathered from various sources, including Annual Reports, AFEs, the M&PA's Shop Book and photographs.
Information compiled by the late Charles T. Mahan, Jr.
