Operating Steam Locomotives

Due to ongoing restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, insurance requirements, along with the technical, regulatory, and generational changes in the railroad industry, your chance to see an operating steam locomotive outside of a few museums or tourist lines is a rare event, but can still happen.

Contact the individual groups that restore and maintain these locomotives for the latest information.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3751
San Bernadino Railroad Historical Society
San Bernadino, CA

​Norfolk and Western 611
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Roanoke, VA

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Chesapeake & Ohio 2716
Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp
Irvine, KY

Pennsylvania 5550
The T1 Trust
Pottstown, PA

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Iowa Interstate 6988 & 7081
Central States Steam Preservation Association
Newton, IA

​Pere Marquette 1225
Steam Railroading Institute
Owosso, MI

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​Milwaukee Road 261
Railroading Heritage of Midwest America
Minneapolis, MN

​Soo Line 1003
Steam Locomotive Heritage Association
Hartford, WI

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Nashville, Chatanooga & St. Louis 576
Nashville Steam Preservation Society
Nashville, TN

​Southern Pacific 4449
Oregon Rail Heritage Center
Portland, OR

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Nickel Plate 765
Fort Wayne Railway Historical Society
New Haven/Fort Wayne, IN

Union Pacific 844, 3985 & 4014
Union Pacific Railroad Steam Program
Cheyenne, WY

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Flagg Coal Company 75
Lehigh Valley Coal 125
Jeddo Coal Company 85
Gramling Locomotive Works
Ashley, IN

Unique in the steam locomotive preservation field, Gramling has assembled of fleet of working industrial steam locomotives that can be transported to anywhere in the country, giving any place or museum that doesn't usually have steam power the opportunity to host a working engine.