This category represents all locomotives in the AoSR collection.
Reading 0-4-0 “Camelback” No. 1187 Previous Next Railroads – like any well-run business – constantly seek to control costs and find more efficient methods to accomplish their goals. One of the more unique ways this concept manifested itself in the early days of steam railroading was the innovative “Camelback” locomotive design. The Philadelphia and Reading …
Updates on the progress of bringing the B&LE No.643 to the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum.
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company 0-4-0F No. 2 Previous Next Constructed by Heisler Locomotive Works in 1940, this little locomotive is a “fireless cooker” switcher. This unique engine design was popular for use in areas where flammable substances were handled, such as in textile mills, chemical plants and coal-burning power plants. Fireless locos operated …
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Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 0-6-0 No. 3960 Previous Next To save about $7,000 per locomotive over the cost of commercially constructed locos, the ever-thrifty Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway built twenty 0-8-0 switch engines between 1928 to 1930 in its well-equipped back shop in Brewster, Ohio. As 0-8-0’s were being successfully completed and deployed, …
General Electric Diesel Locomotives GEd 25-ton No.2 was built in 1951 for the New York and Pennsylvania Paper Company for use on the 36” gauge railroad inside its plant in Johnsonburg, PA. Later purchased by John Uher and modified to standard gauge, the engine ran on John’s private Coshocton, Otsego and Eastern Railroad. While only …
Fairbanks-Morse Diesel Locomotives H12-44 #1802 was built in 1956. After serving on the Yankeetown Dock Railroad and the North Carolina Port Authority, #1802 was sold to the Ohio Central Railroad via e-Bay. You truly can purchase anything online these days! Another U.S. Army veteran now in the Age of Steam collection, H12-44 #1852 was built …
Electro-Motive Division Diesel Locomotives SW1200 #1202 built 1954 serial #19532 1,200-hp ex-Aliquippa & Southern SW1200 #1205 built 1955 serial #20637 1,200-hp ex-Aliquippa & Southern SW1200 #1203 built 1954 serial #18877 1,200-hp ex-N&T #1203; ex-A&BB #1203; ex-Norfolk & Western #3375; originally Wabash #375 GP7 #1501 built 1953 serial #17982 1,500-hp ex-Youngstown & Austintown; ex-Pittsburgh & Lake …
American Locomotive Company Diesel Locomotives S2 #100 built 1956 serial #81813 1,000-hp ex-Southern Pacific #1072/1239 RS3 #1077 built 1955 serial #81353 1,600-hp ex-Michigan Shore #1077; ex-Detroit & Makinac 31077; ex-Long Island Rail Road #1553 RS3 #4099 built 1952 serial #80299 1,600-hp ex-Cuyahog Valley Scenic 4099; ex-Delaware & Hudson #4099 S2 #14 built 1941 serial #69489 …
McCloud River 2-8-2 No. 19 Previous Next A 1915 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, this superheated 2-8-2 was constructed as No.4 for the Caddo & Choctaw logging railroad in Arkansas. It was the 42,000th locomotive built by Baldwin, and was rolled out of the shop on April 9th wearing a coat of olive green …
McCloud River 2-6-2 No. 9 Previous Next It was the dawn of the 20th Century, and business was booming on California’s McCloud River Railroad. In need of additional locomotives, the lumber hauler turned to Baldwin for a pair of low-wheeled 2-6-2’s, No.8 and No.9. Arriving in 1901, the engines were trim, lightweight machines designed to …
