List of preserved Lima locomotives

The Lima Locomotive Works, later Lima-Hamilton, have made many locomotives in their years of operation (1877 - 1951). Many of these engines have been preserved in museums, parks or on tourist railroads.

Preserved steam locomotives

0-4-0

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
1087 National Cash Register 'Rubicon' 1909 0-4-0F Static display Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio
1139 National Cash Register 7 'South Park' December 1910 0-4-0F Static display National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri [1]
1310 National Cash Register 'Dayton' June 1913 0-4-0F Static display Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio

0-6-0

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
5992 Union Pacific 4455 October 1920 0-6-0 Static display Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado
6003 Union Pacific 4466 October 1920 0-6-0 Static display California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California
6753 Southern Pacific 1285 April 1924 0-6-0 Static display Monterey, California
6761 Southern Pacific 1293 April 1924 0-6-0 Static display Tracy, California
8380 Alabama By-Products and Coke Co. 4046 February 1944 0-6-0 Static display Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera, Alabama [2]
8381 Duluth and Northeastern 29 February 1944 0-6-0 Operational Prairie Village in Madison, South Dakota [3]
8410 United States Army 4076 March 1944 0-6-0 Operational Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary, Alberta Operates as Canadian Pacific 2024.

2-6-6-6

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
7821 Chesapeake and Ohio 1601 December 1941 2-6-6-6 Static display The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan [4]
7824 Chesapeake and Ohio 1604 December 1941 2-6-6-6 Static display Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland

2-8-0

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
5063 Pennsylvania 7688 October 1915 2-8-0 Static display Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania Included in the NRHP [5]
8758 United States Army 5820 1945 2-8-0 Awaiting overhaul Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England [6]
8784 United States Army 606 April 1945 2-8-0 Static display Crewe Railroad Museum in Crewe, Virginia Displayed in Norfolk and Western lettering.
8846 United States Army 607 June 1945 2-8-0 Static display US Army Transportation Museum inFort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia Last active steam locomotive used by the army. [7]
8856 United States Army 5197 June 1945 2-8-0 Operational Churnet Valley Railway in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England [8]

2-8-2

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
5004 Georgia Railroad 302 1914 2-8-2 Static display Augusta Museum of History in Augusta, Georgia [9]
5872 St. Louis–San Francisco 4018 1919 2-8-2 Static display Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama
6314 Nickel Plate Road 642 October 1922 2-8-2 Stored, awaiting restoration Owned by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, currently in Wabash, Indiana [10]
6524 Illinois Central 1518 October 1923 2-8-2 Static display Paducah, Kentucky Last rostered and sole surviving 2-8-2 steam locomotive by the Illinois Central. [11]
6642 Nickel Plate Road 639 December 1923 2-8-2 Static display Miller Park in Bloomington, Illinois
7330 Chicago and Illinois Midland 551 September 1928 2-8-2 Static display National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri Sole surviving Chicago and Illinois Midland steam locomotive. [1]
8939 SNCF 141 R 73 December 1945 2-8-2 Stored Swiss Classic Train in Vallorbe, Switzerland Coal fired [12]
9199 SNCF 141 R 1108 1946 2-8-2 On static display Écomusée du haut-pays et des transports in Breil-sur-Roya, France Oil fired. Registered as a Monument historique [13] [14]

2-8-4

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
7837 Pere Marquette 1223 November 1941 2-8-4 Static display Grand Haven, Michigan Included in the NRHP
7839 Pere Marquette 1225 October 1941 2-8-4 Operational Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan Included in the NRHP [15]
8665 Nickel Plate Road 757 August 18, 1944 2-8-4 Static display Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio [16]
8667 Nickel Plate Road 759 August 1944 2-8-4 Static display Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania [17]
8671 Nickel Plate Road 763 August 1944 2-8-4 Static display Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio [18]
8673 Nickel Plate Road 765 September 8, 1944 2-8-4 Operational Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in New Haven, Indiana Included in the NRHP [19]
9262 Chesapeake and Ohio 2755 January 1947 2-8-4 Static display Chief Logan State Park in Logan, West Virginia Included in the NRHP
9263 Chesapeake and Ohio 2756 February 1947 2-8-4 Static display Huntington Park in Newport News, Virginia
9380 Nickel Plate Road 779 May 13, 1949 2-8-4 Static display Lincoln Park in Lima, Ohio Final steam locomotive built by Lima.

2-10-4

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
7237 Texas and Pacific 610 June 1927 2-10-4 Static display Texas State Railroad in Palestine, Texas Included in the NRHP

4-6-2

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
7008 Atlanta and West Point 290 March 1926 4-6-2 Awaiting restoration Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia [20]
7625 Boston and Maine 3713 December 1934 4-6-2 Under restoration Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania [17]

4-8-2

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
6137 Illinois Central 2542 January 1921 4-8-2 Static display McComb, Mississippi Rebuilt from 2-10-2 no. 2906.
6190 Illinois Central 2500 July 1921 4-8-2 Static display Fairview Park in Centralia, Illinois Rebuilt from 2-10-2 no. 2953.

4-8-4

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Disposition Location Notes References
7817 Southern Pacific 4449 May 20, 1941 4-8-4 Operational Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon [21][22]
8014 Southern Pacific 4460 July 1943 4-8-4 Static display National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri [1]
9306 Chesapeake and Ohio 614 June 1948 4-8-4 Under restoration Owned by RDJ America, currently in Strasburg, Pennsylvania

Shay

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Disposition Location Notes References
549 Cadillac-Soo Lumber Co. 3 1898 Static display Cadillac, Michigan Included in the NRHP
2835 West Side Lumber 14 June 1916 Static display Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado
3169 Feather River Railway 1 November 1921 Static display Hewitt Park in Oroville, California
3170 Hetch Hetchy 6 November 1921 Static display El Portal Transportation Museum in El Portal, California Included in the NRHP
3248 Simpson Logging Co. 7 1924 Static display Shelton, Washington Included in the NRHP
3302 West Side Lumber 12 April 1926 Static display Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado
3336 J. Neils Lumber Co. 5 May 1926 Operational Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [23]

Locomotive parts

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Preserved part Disposition Location Notes References
8020 Western Pacific 484 July 1943 Tender Display Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California
9363 Louisville and Nashville 1984 1944 Tender Stored Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky

Preserved diesel locomotives

A-1349 (LS-750)

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Disposition Location Notes References
9541 Cincinnati Union Terminal 25 June 1951 Operational Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, Indiana

A-3080 (LS-1000)

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Disposition Location Notes References
9400 Armco Steel 709 March 1950 Operational Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, Indiana

A-3170 (LS-1200)

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Disposition Location Notes References
9468 Baltimore and Ohio 320 December 1950 Static display Whitewater Valley Railroad in Connersville, Indiana
9560 Armco Steel E110 August 1951 Static display Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois Final Lima locomotive built [24]

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Image Works no. Locomotive Build date Wheel arrangement Last seen Cause of scrapping References
6762 Southern Pacific 1294 April 1924 0-6-0 San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California Environmental deterioration
7310 Texas and Pacific 638 1928 2-10-4 Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas Heavy vandalism

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rail Collection". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Lima 0-6-0". Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  3. ^ "#29 Lima". Prairie Village. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Allegheny Steam Locomotive, 1941". The Henry Ford. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Our Trains". Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  6. ^ "5820 USA Transportation Corp. Class S160 2-8-0". Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Rail Pavilion". US Army Transportation Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Steam Locomotives". Churnet Valley Railway. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Georgia Railroad F63 #302". rgusrail.com. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 624". Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  11. ^ "IC 1500 #1518". rgusrail.com. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  12. ^ "141R73, R1207, R1332". Swiss Classic Train (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  13. ^ "locomotive à vapeur de type 141 dite « Libération », numéro 1108 et son tender 30R1108". Palissy database (in French). French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  14. ^ "SNCF vapeur 141-R-1108 – EHPT". Patrimoine Ferroviaire Français (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  15. ^ "Equipment". Steam Railroading Institute. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Nickel Plate Road 757". Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Locomotives - Steamtown National Historic Site". National Park Service. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 763". Age of Steam Roundhouse. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  19. ^ "Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 765". Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  20. ^ "Locomotives". Southeastern Railway Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  21. ^ "Southern Pacific 4449". Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  22. ^ "History". Friends of 4449. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  23. ^ "J. Neils Lumber 5". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  24. ^ "Armco E110". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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