Preserved Portland Locomotives
The following locomotives built by Portland have been preserved.
| Serial number | Wheel arrangement |
Build date | Operational owner(s) | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-4-0 | 1872 | Grand Trunk Railway number 40 | Canada Science and Technology Museum | |
| 622 | 0-4-4T Forney locomotive | 2 May 1891 | Sandy River Railroad number 5 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad number 6 Kennebec Central Railroad number 4 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway number 9 |
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway |
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