Steam Operations
As well as being a regular revenue railroad, the Ohio Central has its own steam department that operates steam locomotives for tourist trains, excursions and special events.
Steam locomotives The Ohio Central Railroad System owned and operated several steam locomotives. When Jerry Joe Jacobson sold OCRS in 2008, he maintained the ownership of the antique equipment including the collection of steam locomotives. He build a large roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio, called the Age of Steam Roundhouse to house that equipment including the following:
Operational:
- Grand Trunk Western 6325
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad 33
- Canadian Pacific Railway No. 1293
- Canadian National Railway 1551
- Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad 13
- Southern Wood Preserving Company 3
Awaiting restoration:
- Nickel Plate Road 763
- Canadian Pacific Railway No. 1278
- Canadian National 96
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway 3960
Former engines:
- Mississippian Railway 76, sold in 2005 to the Steam Railroading Institute of Owosso, Michigan.
- Baldwin Locomotive Works 26, was traded for Canadian National 1551 in 1986 to Steamtown
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