North American Production List
Most North American 4-8-4's were built by ALCO, Lima and the Baldwin Locomotive Works, while the large fleet of the Canadian National Railway (CN) was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works. Only the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railway, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) and the Reading Railroad built their own.
The Northern type was used by thirty-seven railroads in the Americas, including thirty-one railroads in the United States, three in Canada, one in Mexico and two in Brazil. In all, there were less than 1,200 locomotives of this type in North America, compared to the approximately 2,500 4-8-2 Mountain types and 6,800 4-6-2 Pacific types. By far the largest fleet was owned by the CN and its subsidiary, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, with altogether 203 locomotives.
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| Northern Pacific Railway (48 "Northerns") |
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| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (65 "Northerns") |
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| Canadian National Railways (160 "Confederations") |
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| Canadian National subsidiary, Grand Trunk Western (43 "Confederations") |
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| Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (55 "Poconos") |
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| Canadian Pacific Railway (2 "Northerns") |
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| Chicago and North Western Railway (35 "Northerns") |
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| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (85 "Northerns") |
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| Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (19 "Westerns") |
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| Great Northern Railway (38 "Northerns") |
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| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (36) |
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| Milwaukee Road (52 "Northerns") |
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Renumbered 250 in 1938 |
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No. 261 used as an excursion locomotive | |
| Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (25 "Dixies") |
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| St. Louis Southwestern Railway (20 "Northerns") |
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| Southern Pacific (70 "Golden States") |
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4449 is the only surviving GS-4 and is used as an excursion loco | |
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| Southern Pacific subsidiary, Texas and New Orleans Railroad (4 "Golden States") |
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| Timken Roller Bearing Company (demonstrator) |
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to NP 2626, class A-1 |
| Wabash Railroad (25 "Northerns") |
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| Lehigh Valley Railroad (37 "Wyomings") |
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| New York Central Railroad (28 "Niagaras") |
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| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (15 "Greenbriers") |
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No. 614 is the last commercially built passenger steam locomotive in the U.S. & is currently the world's most advanced steam locomotive. It is now at the Greenbrier Hotel, awaiting service for the Greenbrier Presidential Express | |
| Ontario Northland Railway (5 "Northerns") |
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| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (12 "1800s") |
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| Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (27) |
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| Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (6 "Northerns") |
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| Union Pacific Railroad (45 "Four-Eight-Fours") |
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844 Is the oldest operating steam engine on a Class One Railroad and is used as an excursion locomotive. | |
| Wisconsin Central Railway (4 "Northerns") |
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| Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (3 "Northerns") |
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NP A-3 class; 700 survives and is used as an excursion loco |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad (40 "Northerns") |
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| Norfolk and Western Railway (14 "J"s) |
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611 Survives and is on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA. |
| Central of Georgia Railway (8 "Big Apples") |
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| Delaware and Hudson Railroad (15 "Northerns") |
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| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway (25 "Northerns") |
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| Western Pacific Railroad (6 "Northerns") |
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| Reading Railroad (30 "Northerns") |
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Converted from Class I-10a 2-8-0 locomotives |
| Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (32 "Niágaras") |
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Baldwin (16) |
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| Western Maryland Railway (12 "Potomacs") |
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