List of Milwaukee Road locomotives


These are locomotives of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, often referred to as the "Milwaukee Road". The Milwaukee was acquired by the Soo Line in 1985 and the Soo subsequently became part of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Steam

Milwaukee Road steam locomotives were organized into classes by wheel arrangement. Additional suffixes, where used indicated:

Class A: 4-4-2

Class A was the 4-4-2 type.

Class B: 4-6-0

Class B was for Vauclain compound 4-6-0s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Most were rebuilt as simple engines, those not rebuilt were scrapped in the late 1920s.

Class C: 2-8-0

Class C was the 2-8-0 type.

Class D: 0-8-0

Class D was the 0-8-0 type.

Class E

Class E was reserved for the [|electric locomotives].

Class F: 4-6-2 and 4-6-4

Class F covered the 4-6-2 and 4-6-4 types.

Class G: 4-6-0

Class G was the simple 4-6-0 type, some of which were rebuilt from class B compounds.

Class H: 4-4-0

Class H covered the 4-4-0 "American" type.
  • Milwaukee Road class H1
  • Milwaukee Road class H2
  • Milwaukee Road class H3
  • Milwaukee Road class H4
  • Milwaukee Road class H5

Class I: 0-6-0

Class I covered the 0-6-0 switcher types.

Class J: 0-4-0

Class J covered 0-4-0 switchers.

Class K: 2-6-2

Class K comprised 2-6-2 "Prairie" locomotives.

Class L: 2-8-2

Class L was for 2-8-2 "Mikado" locomotives.

Class M: 2-6-0

Class M was for the 2-6-0 type.

Class N: 2-6-6-2

Class N consisted of articulated locomotives of 2-6-6-2 arrangement.

Class S: 4-8-4

Class S were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives.

Class X: Shay

Class X covered Lima Shay's.

Electric

The Milwaukee Road was one of the most electrified railroads in the United States. The system used was 3,000 volt DC overhead line.

Switchers

Passenger

Freight

Preserved locomotives

Steam

Only six Milwaukee Road steam locomotives survive:
ImageMILW No.ClassTypeManufacturerSerial No.DateNotesRefs.
111—4-4-0Breese, Kneeland, and Company73Ex-Milwaukee & Mississippi No. 40 Spring Green; sold in 1889, became El Paso & Southwestern Railroad No. 1.
261S34-8-4American Locomotive Company71974Owned by Friends of the 261, operational.
265S34-8-4American Locomotive Company71978On Display at the Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois.
1057J2-a0-4-0Milwaukee Shops—1885Originally No. 37, renumbered 58 in 1898, then 1057 in 1899.
1004G84-6-0Milwaukee Road 19543Rebuilt from class B4 no. 4335 and numbered 2404; renumbered 1004 in 1938.
1416I5-a0-6-0Milwaukee Shops—Originally 1207, renumbered 1416 in 1938; at EMTRAC in Evansville, Indiana.

In addition, the tender from a class S2 locomotive also survives in Ingomar, Montana.

Electric