
Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 No. 3985 During its First Excursion Service Career (1981-2010)
There are lots of preserved steam locomotives around the world, but only some of them have been restored back to operating condition for excursion service. However, not all steam excursion locomotives that have been restored are still in service today, as some of them have been retired from excursion service either for a complete overhaul or for other various reasons.
Retired Steam Excursion Locomotives[]
- Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3985
- Union Pacific 0-6-0 #4466
- Southern Pacific 2-8-2 #786
- Southern Pacific 4-6-0 #2353
- Southern Pacific 4-6-2 #2467
- Southern Pacific 2-8-0 #3420
- Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4460
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 #3759
- Norfolk & Western 4-6-2 #578
- Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218
- Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #587
- Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #759
- Southern Railway 2-8-0 #722
- Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 #614
- Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 #2716
- Frisco 4-8-2 #1522
- Cotton Belt 4-8-4 #819
- Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 #610
- Northern Pacific 4-6-0 #328
- Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-0 #1223
- Pennsylvania Railroad 4-6-2 #1361
- Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-2 #7002
- Reading Railroad 0-4-0C #1187
- Reading Railroad 4-8-4 #2100
- Reading Railroad 4-8-4 #2101
- Reading Railroad 4-8-4 #2124
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-6-4 #3003
- Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13
- Soo Line 4-6-2 #2719
- Grand Trunk Western 2-8-2 #4070
- Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 #6325
- Canadian National 4-6-4T #47
- Canadian National 4-6-0 #1551
- Canadian National 2-8-2 #3254
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 #1098
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #1201
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #1246
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #1278
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #2317
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 #2839
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 #2860
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (Lake Superior & Ishpeming) 2-8-0 #734
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (Canadian Pacific) 4-6-2 #1238
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (Canadian Pacific) 4-6-2 #1286
- Strasburg Railroad (Canadian Pacific) 4-6-0 #972
- Strasburg Railroad (Canadian National) 0-6-0 #7312
- Texas State Railroad (Texas & Pacific) 4-6-0 #316
- Texas State Railroad (Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe) 4-6-2 #1316
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (U.S. Army Transportation Corps) 2-8-0 #610
- Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 #152
- Grapevine Vintage Railroad (Southern Pacific) 4-6-0 #2248 "Puffy"
- Conway Scenic Railroad (San Augustine County Lumber Company) 2-6-2 #108
- Handy Dandy Railroad (U.S. Navy) 0-4-0 #9
- Boone & Scenic Valley (Chinese Railways) 2-8-2 #8419
- Morris County Central (Southern Railway) 2-8-0 #385
- Alberta Prairie Railway (Canadian National) 4-8-2 #6060
- Gettysburg Railroad (Mississippian Railroad) 2-8-0 #76
- Everett Railroad (Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad & Coal Company) 2-8-0 #38
- New Hope Railroad (Canadian National) 4-6-0 #1533
- SMS Rail Lines (U.S. Army Transportation Corps) 0-6-0 #9
- Middletown & Hummelstown (Canadian National) 0-6-0 #91
- Yolo Shoreline (Southern Pacific) 0-6-0 #1233
- St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (Central Illinois Public Service Company) 2-4-2 #5
- St. Elizabeth Hospital (U.S. Army Transportation Corps) 0-4-0ST #4
- Baltimore & Ohio 4-4-0 #25 "William Mason"
- Arcade & Attica (Escanaba & Lake Superior) 4-6-0 #14
- Arcade & Attica (Boyne City Railroad) 2-8-0 #18
- Washington & Lincolnton 2-8-0 #203
- New Hope Valley 0-4-0ST #17
- Chicago & North Western 4-6-0 #1385
- Western Pacific 4-6-0 #94
- Savannah & Atlanta 4-6-2 #750
- Atlanta & West Point 4-6-2 #290
- Niles Canyon Railway (Southern Pacific) 2-6-0 #1744
- Colebrookdale Railroad (Lake Superior & Ishpeming) 2-8-0 #18
- Heber Valley Railroad (Great Western Railway of Colorado) 2-8-0 #75
- Heber Valley Railroad (Union Pacific) 2-8-0 #618
- Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #318
- Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-2 #499
- Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (Curtiss Lumber Company) Heisler #2
- Sierra Railway (Feather River) 3-truck Shay #2
- Sierra Railway 2-8-2 #34
- Nevada State Railroad Museum (Denver, Texas & Fort Worth) 4-4-0 #8
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #483
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #497
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #478
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Hofius Steel & Equipment Company) 3-truck Shay #3
- Durbin & Greenbrier Valley (Moore-Kepple & Company) Climax #3
- Durbin & Greenbrier Valley (Buffalo Creek & Gauley) 2-8-0 #4
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #8
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #12
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #14
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (International Railways of Central America) 2-8-0 #44
- Colorado & Southern 2-6-0 #9
- Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 #71
- Black Hills Central Railroad (Ozan-Graysonia Lumber Company) 2-6-2 #7
- East Broad Top Railroad 2-8-2 #12
- East Broad Top Railroad 2-8-2 #14
- East Broad Top Railroad 2-8-2 #15
- East Broad Top Railroad 2-8-2 #17