4-8-4
North American production list
Most North American 4-8-4s were built by ALCO, Lima and the Baldwin Locomotive Works, while Canadian National Railway's fleet was built by Montreal Locomotive Works.

4-8-4

Section Title: North American production list
Table Section Text: Most North American 4-8-4s were built by ALCO, Lima and the Baldwin Locomotive Works, while Canadian National Railway's fleet was built by Montreal Locomotive Works.

Railroad (Quantity, Nickname)	Class	Road numbers	Builder	Build year	Notes

Northern Pacific Railway (48 "Northerns")	A	2600–2611	Alco	1926	All scrapped.

A-1	2626	Alco	1930	ex-Timken 1111. Scrapped, but SP&S 700 is well known for looking very identical to the class.

A-2	2650–2659	Baldwin	1934	Scrapped, but SP&S 700 is well known for looking very identical to the class.

A-3	2660–2667	Baldwin	1938	Scrapped, but SP&S 700 is well known for looking very identical to the class.

A-4	2670–2677	Baldwin	1941	Scrapped, but SP&S 700 is well known for looking very identical to the class.

A-5	2680–2689	Baldwin	1943	Scrapped, but SP&S 700 is well known for looking very identical to the class.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (65 "Northerns")	3751	3751–3764	Baldwin	1927–1929	3751 is used as an excursion loco

3765	3765–3775	Baldwin	1938	3768 preserved

3776	3776–3785	Baldwin	1941	All scrapped

2900	2900–2929	Baldwin	1943–1944	2903, 12, 13, 21, 25, 26, and 29 preserved.

Canadian National Railways (160 "Confederations", later “Northerns”)	U-2-a	6100–6119	CLC	1927

U-2-b	6120–6139	MLW	1927

U-2-c	6140–6159	MLW	1929

U-2-d	6160–6164	MLW	1936

U-2-e	6165–6179	MLW	1940

U-2-f	6180–6189	CLC	1940

U-2-g	6200–6234	MLW	1943

U-2-h	6235–6264	MLW	1944

U-4-a	6400-6404	MLW	1936	Streamlined

Canadian National subsidiary, Grand Trunk Western (43 "Confederations", later “Northerns”)	U-3-a	6300–6311	Alco	1927

U-3-b	6312–6336	Alco	1942–1943

U-4-b	6405–6410	Lima	1938	Streamlined

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (55 "Poconos")	Q-1	1501–1505	Alco	1927	All scrapped.

Q-2	1601–1620	Alco	1929	All scrapped.

Q-3	1621–1630	Alco	1932	All scrapped.

Q-4	1631–1650	Alco	1934	All scrapped.

Canadian Pacific Railway (2 "Northerns")	K1a	3100–3101	CP (Angus)	1928	Both examples preserved.

Chicago and North Western Railway (35 "Northerns")	H	3001–3035	Baldwin	1929	24 rebuilt to H-1, all later scrapped.

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (85 "Northerns")	R-67	5000–5064	Alco	1929–1930	All scrapped.

R-67	5100–5119	Alco	1944, 1946	All scrapped.

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (19 "Westerns")	M-64	1700–1713	Baldwin	1929	All scrapped.

M-68	1800–1804	Baldwin	1938	All scrapped.

Great Northern Railway (38 "Northerns")	S-1	2550–2555	Baldwin	1929	All scrapped.

S-2	2575–2588	Baldwin	1930	2584 preserved.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (36 “Northerns”)	O-5	5600–5607	Baldwin	1930	All scrapped.

O-5a	5608–5635	CB&Q	1936–1940	Many preserved including 5614 and 5629, 31, and 33.

Milwaukee Road (52 "Northerns")	S-1	9700	Baldwin	1930	Renumbered 250 in 1938

S-1	251	MILW	1938	Scrapped.

S-2	201–240	Baldwin	1937, 1940	Scrapped.

S-3	260–269	Alco	1943	261 used as an excursion locomotive, 265 preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (25 "Dixies")	J-2	565–569	Alco	1930	Scrapped.

J-3	570–589	Alco	1942	576 under restoration by the Nashville Steam Preservation Society in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee; and the only surviving 4-8-4 that worked for Nashville, Chattanooga and St.

St. Louis Southwestern Railway aka “Cotton Belt” (20 "Northerns")	L1	800–809	Baldwin	1930	Scrapped.

L1	810–819	SSW	1937, 1942–1943	819 is the youngest and only surviving Class L1 Northern and under restoration at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Southern Pacific (70 "Golden States" or “General Service”)	GS-1	4400–4409	Baldwin	1930	Scrapped.

GS-2	4410–4415	Lima	1936	Scrapped.

GS-3	4416–4429	Lima	1937	Scrapped.

GS-4	4430–4457	Lima	1941	4449 is the only surviving GS-4 and is used as an excursion loco

GS-5	4458–4459	Lima	1942	Essentially 2 experimental GS-4 locomotives fit with roller bearings. Scrapped.

GS-6	4460–4469	Lima	1943	4460 is the oldest and only surviving GS-6 and the last GS Class 4-8-4 built today displayed at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood next to St.

Southern Pacific subsidiary, Texas and New Orleans Railroad (4 "Golden States")	GS-1	700–703	Baldwin	1930	Scrapped.

Timken Roller Bearing Company (demonstrator)	A-1	1111	Alco	1930	to NP 2626

Wabash Railroad (25 "Northerns")	O-1	2900–2924	Baldwin	1930–1931	Scrapped.

Lehigh Valley Railroad (37 "Wyomings")	T-1a	5100–5110	Baldwin	1931–1932	Scrapped.

T-2a	5200–5210	Alco	1931–1932	Scrapped.

T-2b	5211–5220	Alco	1943	Scrapped.

T-3	5125–5129	Baldwin	1934–1935	Scrapped.

New York Central Railroad (28 "Niagaras")	HS-1a	800	Alco	1931	Experimental prototype. Deemed a failure and spent the rest of its career as a switcher locomotive.

S-1a	6000	Alco	1945	Scrapped.

S-1b	6001–6025	Alco	1945–1946	Scrapped.

S-2a	5500	Alco	1946	Fit wit poppet valves. Scrapped.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (15 "Greenbriers")	J-3	600–606	Lima	1935, 1942	Scrapped.

J-3-A	610–614	Lima	1948	No. 614 is the last commercially built passenger steam locomotive in the U.S.

Ontario Northland Railway (5 "Northerns")	1100	1100–1104	CLC	1936	Scrapped.

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (12 "1800s")	R-1	1800–1811	Baldwin	1938	Scrapped.

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (27, names by class below)	Generals	551–555	Baldwin	1937	Scrapped.

Governors	601–612	Baldwin	1938, 1942	Scrapped.

Statesmen	613–622	Baldwin	1944–1945	Scrapped.

Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (6 "Northerns")	H-10	80–85	Alco	1937	Scrapped.

Union Pacific Railroad (45 “Northerns” or "Four-Eight-Fours"/“FEFs”)	FEF-1	800–819	Alco	1937	814 preserved in Council Bluffs, IA.

FEF-2	820–834	Alco	1939	833 preserved in Ogden, UT.

FEF-3	835–844	Alco	1944	844 Is the oldest operating steam engine on a Class One Railroad and is used as an excursion locomotive.

Wisconsin Central Railway (4 "Northerns")	O-20	5000–5003	Lima	1938	Scrapped.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (3 "Northerns")	E-1	700–702	BLW	1938	NP A-3 class; 700 survives and is used as an excursion loco

Missouri Pacific Railroad (40 "Northerns")	(ex-BK-63)	2101–2125	MP	1940–1942	rebuilt from 2-8-4 class BK-63

N-73	2201–2215	Baldwin	1943	Scrapped. Wartime restrictions prohibited the MP from designing their own Northern. This class was based on the D&RGW “1800s” design.

Norfolk and Western Railway (14 "J"s)	J	600–613	N&W	1941–1950	611 has been restored and returned to revenue service for excursions in the summer of 2015.

Central of Georgia Railway (8 "Big Apples")	K	451–458	Lima	1943	Scrapped.

Delaware and Hudson Railroad (15 "Northerns")	K-62	300–314	Alco	1943	Scrapped.

St. Louis – San Francisco Railway (25 "Northerns")	4500	4500-4524	Baldwin	1942–1943	4500, 01, and others preserved.

Western Pacific Railroad (6 "Northerns")	GS-64	481–486	Lima	1943	Built to SP GS-6 specifications due to WPB restrictions.

Reading Railroad (30 "Northerns")	T-1	2100–2129	RDG	1945–1947	2100, 01, 02, and 24 preseved. Converted from Class I-10a 2-8-0 locomotives

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (32 "Niágaras")	QR-1	3025–3056	Alco (16), Baldwin (16)	1946	Several of both classes preseved after sitting in scrap lines through the 1960s.

Western Maryland Railway (12 "Potomacs")	J-1	1401–1412	Baldwin	1947	Scrapped.

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Union Pacific 844 is the oldest steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad in 1944.

final_sentence: Union Pacific 844 is the oldest steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad in 1944.