Preserved Rhode Island Locomotives
The following locomotives (in serial number order) built by Rhode Island before the ALCO merger have been preserved. All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.
| Serial number | Wheel arrangement |
Build date | Operational owner(s) | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1595 | 2-8-0 | March 1886 | Colorado and Southern Railway #60 | Anderson Park, Idaho Springs, Colorado |
| 1877 | 0-6-0 | October 1887 | Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway #38, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway #321, rebuilt to 0-6-0T and renumbered #X-90, (since rebuilt back to 0-6-0) |
Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| 2943 | 0-4-4T | July 1893 | Lake Street Elevated Railroad #9 | Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, Missouri |
| 3030 | 0-6-0T | December 1894 | Mathieson Alkali Works #2 | Saltville Museum, Saltville, Virginia |
| 3147 | 2-6-0 | November 1899 | Wabash Railroad #573 | Museum of Transportation, Kirkwood, Missouri |
A Rhode Island-built 4-6-0 locomotive was reported to have been quite literally unearthed in Australia circa 2000. According to the report, it was buried as fill for a new bridge abutment during World War II. The report at the time stated that because of the dry local conditions, it was still in very good shape. It was also stated that an attempt would be made to preserve it. No further info on the present fate of this engine is available.
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