Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 During its Second Excursion Service Career (2015-Current)
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.
Active Steam Excursion Locomotives[]
- Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844
- Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 #4014
- Southern Pacific 4-6-0 #18
- Southern Pacific 2-8-2 #745
- Southern Pacific 4-6-2 #2472
- Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 #700
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 #2926
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 #3751
- Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
- Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #765
- Pere Marquette 2-8-4 #1225
- Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 #261
- Southern Railway 2-8-0 #154
- Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401
- Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630
- Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501
- Frisco 2-10-0 #1630
- Northern Pacific 0-6-0 #924
- Pennsylvania Railroad 0-6-0 #643
- Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 #33
- Soo Line 2-8-2 #1003
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #1293
- Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 #2816
- Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (Chesapeake & Ohio) 2-6-6-2 #1309
- Strasburg Railroad (Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal) 0-6-0T #15
- Strasburg Railroad (Canadian National) 2-6-0 #89
- Strasburg Railroad (Great Western Railway of Colorado) 2-10-0 #90
- Strasburg Railroad (Norfolk & Western) 4-8-0 #475
- Texas State Railroad (Southern Pine Lumber Company) 2-8-0 #28
- Texas State Railroad (Tremont & Gulf) 2-8-2 #30
- Grand Canyon Railway (Lake Superior & Ishpeming) 2-8-0 #29
- Grand Canyon Railway (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) 2-8-2 #4960
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (U.S. Army Transportation Corps) 2-8-0 #1702
- Reading Blue Mountain & Northern (Gulf, Mobile & Northern) 4-6-2 #425
- Reading Blue Mountain & Northern (Reading Railroad) 4-8-4 #2102
- Conway Scenic Railroad (Canadian National) 0-6-0 #7470
- Abilene & Smoky Valley (Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe) 4-6-2 #3415
- U.S. Sugar Railroad (Florida East Coast) 4-6-2 #148
- Alberta Prairie Railway (Missisippian Railroad) 2-8-0 #41
- Alberta Prairie Railway (Canadian National) 4-6-0 #1392
- Kettle Valley Railroad (Canadian Pacific) 2-8-0 #3716
- Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0 #26
- Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 #113
- Western Pacific 0-6-0 #165
- J. Neils Lumber Company 3-truck Shay #5
- Nevada Northern 4-6-0 #40
- Nevada Northern 2-8-0 #81
- Nevada Northern 2-8-0 #93
- Morehead & North Fork 0-6-0 #12
- Fillmore & Western 2-8-0 #14
- Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 #28
- Everett Railroad (Bath & Hammondsport) 2-6-0 #11
- Black River & Western (Great Western Railway of Colorado) 2-8-0 #60
- New Hope Railroad (Lancaster & Chester) 2-8-0 #40
- Jones & Laughlin Steel 0-4-0T #58
- Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad (Ohio Power Company) 0-6-0 #3
- Little River Railroad 0-4-0ST #1
- Little River Railroad 4-6-2 #110
- Flagg Coal Company 0-4-0ST #75
- Jeddo Highland Coal Company 0-4-0ST #85
- Lehigh Valley Coal Company 0-6-0ST #126
- Viscose Company 0-4-0ST #6
- Savannah Central 0-4-0ST #30
- Bluestone Mining & Smelting Company Heisler #1
- Albany & Eastern (Polson Logging Company) 2-8-2 #2
- Albany & Eastern (Santa Maria Valley) 2-6-2 #205
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad (China Railways) 2-8-2 #8419
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (Jitong Railway) 2-10-2 #6988
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (Jitong Railway) 2-10-2 #7081
- New York, Susquehanna & Western 2-8-2 #142
- Valley Railroad (Portland, Astoria & Pacific) 2-8-2 #40
- Valley Railroad (Birmingham & Southeastern) 2-8-0 #97
- Valley Railroad (Knox & Kane) 2-8-2 #3025
- Wilmington & Western (Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic) 0-6-0 #58
- Wilmington & Western (Mississippi Central) 4-4-0 #98
- Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cascade 2-8-2 #15
- California Western (Owen-Oregon Lumber Company) 2-8-2 #45
- Niles Canyon Railway (Quincy Railroad) 2-6-2T #2
- Niles Canyon Railway (Robert Dollar Company) 2-6-2ST #3
- Niles Canyon Railway (Clover Valley Lumber Company) 2-6-6-2T #4
- Niles Canyon Railway (Columbia River Belt Line) 2-4-4-2 #7 "Skookum"
- Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company 0-4-0ST #2
- Mason County Logging Company 2-6-2T #7
- Granite Rock Company 0-6-0T #10
- Ventura County Railroad 2-6-2 #2
- Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 #20
- Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #315
- Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 #346
- Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-2 #491
- Huckleberry Railroad (Alaska Railroad) 4-6-0 #152
- Huckleberry Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #464
- Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (Craig Mountain Lumber Company) Heisler #3
- Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (McCloud Railway) 2-6-2 #25
- Sierra Railway 4-6-0 #3
- Sierra Railway 2-8-0 #28
- Sumpter Valley Railway (W.H. Eccles Lumber Company) Heisler #3
- Sumpter Valley Railway 2-8-2 #19
- Virginia & Truckee (McCloud Railway) 2-8-2 #18
- Virginia & Truckee (Louisiana & Pacific) 2-8-0 #29
- Nevada State Railroad Museum (Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company) 2-6-0 #1 "Glenbrook"
- Nevada State Railroad Museum (Virginia & Truckee) 4-4-0 #22 "Inyo"
- Nevada State Railroad Museum (Virginia & Truckee) 4-6-0 #25
- Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company) 2-6-0 #5 "Tahoe"
- Eureka & Palisade 4-4-0 #4 "Eureka"
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande) 4-6-0 #168
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #463
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #484
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #487
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #488
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #489
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #473
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #476
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #480
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #481
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #482
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #486
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (Denver & Rio Grande Western) 2-8-2 #493
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Mayo Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #2
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Mower Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #4
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Greenbrier & Elk River) 3-truck Shay #5
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Western Maryland) 3-truck Shay #6
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Meadow River Lumber Company) Heisler #6
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Moore-Kepple & Company) Climax #9
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Hutchinson Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #11
- Durbin & Greenbrier Valley (Moore-Kepple & Company) Climax #3
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (Kahului Railroad) 2-6-2 #12
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (International Railways of Central America) 2-8-0 #40
- Georgetown Loop Railroad (International Railways of Central America) 2-8-0 #111
- Midwest Central Railroad (Surry, Sussex & Southampton) 2-6-0 #6
- Midwest Central Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #9
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (Coal Processing Corporation) 3-truck Shay #1 "Dixiana"
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) Heisler #2 "Tuolumne"
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (Kahuku Plant) 0-4-2T #3 "Kahuku"
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #7 "Sonora"
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #10
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (West Side Lumber Company) 3-truck Shay #15
- Black Hills Central Railroad (Silver Falls Timber Company) 2-6-2T #104
- Black Hills Central Railroad (Weyerhaeuser Timber Company) 2-6-6-2T #108
- Black Hills Central Railroad (Weyerhaeuser Timber Company) 2-6-6-2T #110
- East Broad Top Railroad 2-8-2 #16
- White Pass & Yukon Route 2-8-0 #69
- White Pass & Yukon Route 2-8-2 #73
- Tweetsie Railroad (East Tennessee & Western North Carolina) 4-6-0 #12
- Tweetsie Railroad (White Pass & Yukon Route) 2-8-2 #190
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
- 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 (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
Scrapped Steam Excursion Locomotives[]
- Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3967
- Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 #4274
- Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 #2174
- Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1240
- Grand Trunk Western 4-6-2 #5629
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 #5632
- Illinois Central 4-8-2 #2613
- Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-2 #490
- Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 514
- Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 222
- Grand Trunk Western No. 6322
- Grand Trunk Western No. 6319
- Canadian Pacific No. 2811
- Southern Pacific No. 2475
- Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4443
- Chicago,Burlington & Quincy 2-10-4 #6315
- Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. #224
- New York Central No. 2873
- Central Railroad of New Jersey No. 774