Steam locomotive classes

Below is a table of information for the Northern Pacific Railway’s steam roster with a symbol, Whyte notation, common name and notes. (The notes were compiled by Richard Boyland and Wes Barris and first posted May 30, 1991, to the electronic newsgroup rec.railroad.) Included is a breakdown of the Northern Pacific classes, along with the date of their first construction (when known), builder, and road numbers.

0-4-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 0-4-0 — OO Minnetonka 0-4-0ST+T Smith and Porter 1870 4 1 NP's first locomotives; Minnetonka preserved H 0-4-0 1050–1064 Baldwin 4968...7053 1880–1883 15 0 H-1 0-4-0 1070 Baldwin 2537 1871 1 0 1926 Rebuilt as 0-4-0T shop switcher 11 H-2 0-4-0 1003 Rhode Island 1883 1 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 37 H-3 0-4-0 1004 Rhode Island 1883 1 0 H-4 0-4-0 1071 Grant 1 0 H-5 0-4-0 1072 Rhode Island 1 0 0-4-0T Shop 12 Baldwin 10231 1889 1 0 1936 Ex HHS&S 0-4-0F Shop 8 H. K. Porter 7979 1945 1 1 Fireless locomotive for tie creosoting plant

0-6-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 0-6-0 — OOO I 0-6-0 982–999 Baldwin 6685...8628 1883–1887 18 0 I-1 0-6-0 981 NP 1891 1 0 I-2 0-6-0 1000–1002 Dickson 611–613 1887 3 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 60–62 K-1 0-6-0 948–976 Baldwin 5565...6519 1881–1882 29 0 Rebuilt from 2-6-0 K-2 0-6-0 980 Baldwin 6506 1882 1 0 Rebuilt from 2-6-0 L 0-6-0 977–979 Baldwin 6936...6946 1883 3 0 L-1 0-6-0 940–941 Grant 1784–1785 1889 2 0 L-2 0-6-0 930–939 Rome 253...650 1887–1890 10 0 L-3 0-6-0 929 Rome 506 1889 1 0 L-4 0-6-0 926–928 Baldwin 14795–14797 1896 3 1 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 70–72; 927 rebuilt as 0–6–0T shop switcher 10 preserved L-5 0-6-0 923–925 Rogers 5424–5426 1899 3 1 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 73–75; 924 Under restoration Snoqualmie, Wa L-6 0-6-0 900–919 Schenectady 59536–5955 1901 20 0 1928–1947 914 rebuilt as 0–6–0T shop switcher 9 in 1931 L-7 0-6-0 1020–1035 BaldwinAlco (Schen.) 20107...2077527361–27366 1902–1903 15 1 1929–1956 1031 preserved L-8 0-6-0 922 Baldwin 11372 1890 1 0 1938 L-9 0-6-0 1040–1134 Alco (M / D / P)Baldwin 39528...4691429858...34609 1906–1910 95 2 1930s–1950s 1068 and 1070 preserved L-10 0-6-0 1160–1169 Alco (Schen.) 52025–52034 1912 10 0 1950s

0-8-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 0-8-0 — OOOO G 0-8-0 1151–1159 NP 1906 (rebuilt) 9 0 1929–1937 Rebuilt from class F 2-8-0 locomotives G-1 0-8-0 1170–1173 Alco (Brooks) 61229–61232 1919 4 0 1950s USRA 0-8-0 G-2 0-8-0 1174–1193 Alco (Brooks) 62473–62492 1920 20 0 1950s USRA 0-8-0 copies

2-6-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 2-6-0 — oOOO — Mogul D 2-6-0 580–591 Baldwin 6851...6909 1883 12 0 D-1 2-6-0 942–947 Baldwin 5636...5701 1881 6 0 Rebuilt as 0–6–0 D-2 2-6-0 550–572 Baldwin 9544...9688 1888–1889 23 0 D-3 2-6-0 420–424, 450–547 Baldwin 10178...11984 1889–1891 103 0 D-5 2-6-0 404–418, 426–432 Baldwin 10298...11968 1889–1891 22 0 D-6 2-6-0 400–403 Rogers 4842...5433 1893–1899 4 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 63–66 K 2-6-0 595–599 Baldwin 6590...6629 1883 5 0

2-6-2 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 2-6-2 — oOOOo — Prairie T 2-6-2 2300–2449 Alco (Brooks) 39508...42264 1906–1907 150 1 1924–1959 6 rebuilt as class W-4 (2-8-2); 18 rebuilt as class T-1 2435 survives T-1 2-6-2 2450–2467 NP 1926–1929 (rebuilt) 18 0 1941–1959 Rebuilt from class T

2-8-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 2-8-0 — oOOOO — Consolidation F 2-8-0 95–103 Baldwin 6591...7002 1883 9 0 Rebuilt to class G (0–8–0) in 1906 F-1 2-8-0 50–81 Baldwin 9505...11959 1888–1891 32 0 1926–1951 F-2 2-8-0 82–83 Baldwin 1888 2 0 1927–1928 F-3 2-8-0 84–91 Rome 455...651 1889–1890 8 0 1920s/30s F-4 2-8-0 92–94 Grant 1714–1716 1887 3 0 F-5 2-8-0 45–46 Schenectady 1900 2 0 1926 Ex Seattle and International Railway 11–12; Rebuilt as 0–8–0 F-6 2-8-0 47 Richmond 1895 1 0 1927 Ex Seattle and International Railway 8; Rebuilt as 0–8–0 F-7 2-8-0 48–49 Rhode Island 1882–1883 1888 2 0 Ex Seattle and International Railway 7 & 9 F-8 2-8-0 4–6 PRR Altoona 1891 3 0 Y 2-8-0 30–43 Schenectady 4900...4913 1898 14 0 1941–1955 Y-1 2-8-0 17–29 Schenectady 5468–5480 1899–1900 13 1 1925–1958 Ex Civic Center, Butte MT 25 preserved Y-2 2-8-0 1250–1279 SchenectadyAlco (Richmond) 5881–589225815–25832 1901–1902 30 0 1925–1958 Y-3 2-8-0 1200–1213 Schenectady 5893–5906 1901 14 0 1945–1955 Y-4 2-8-0 1280–1293 Alco (Schen.) 27347–27360 1903 14 0 1925–1935 Y-5 2-8-0 1214–1223 Alco (Schen.) 27337–27346 1903 10 0 1927–1937

2-8-2 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 2-8-2 — oOOOOo — Mikado W 2-8-2 1500–1659 Alco (Brooks) 30203...42234 1904–1907 160 0 1930–1959 W-1 2-8-2 1660–1699 Alco (Schen.) 46840–46879 1910 40 0 1925–1958 W-2 2-8-2 1900–1919 Alco (Brooks) 30222...31134 1904–1905 20 0 1930–1958 Built as tandem compound locomotives W-3 2-8-2 1700–1834 Alco (Brooks) 52849...62466 1913–1920 135 1 1926–1960 Ten sold to Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway as their 530–539; 539 is preserved. No. 1776 pulled the farewell to steam excursions for the NP in 1957. W-4 2-8-2 2500–2505 NP (Brainerd Shops) 1919 (rebuilt) 6 0 1955–1958 Rebuilt from class T 2-6-2 locomotives W-5 2-8-2 1835–1859 Alco (Schen.) 64348–64372 1923 25 0 1952–1960

2-10-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 2-10-0 — oOOOOO — Decapod M 2-10-0 1–2 Baldwin 8168–8169 1886 2 0 1930–1933 On the NP the Decapods were used at either end of a very short train over the temporary switchback line across Stampede Pass while Stampede Tunnel was being constructed between 1887 and 1888. They featured blind drivers (no flanges on the wheels) for operation on sharp curves. They were later relegated to use as yard switchers.

4-4-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 4-4-0 — ooOO — American 25½C 4-4-0 3–26 Baldwin 2639...2662 1871–1873 23 1 21 sold in 1877 to the Canadian Pacific Railway and became CPR no. 1 Countess of Dufferin, and is preserved as such. B 4-4-0 650–671 Baldwin 8560...8688 1887 22 0 B-1 4-4-0 672–673 Baldwin 10247...10252 1889 2 0 B-2 4-4-0 649 Schenectady 1887 1 0 B-3 4-4-0 691–692 Grant 1783, 1780 1888 2 0 C-1 4-4-0 680–691 New York 35–46 1883 12 1 684 preserved C-2 4-4-0 694–695 Baldwin 6581...6583 1883 2 0 C-3 4-4-0 696–740 Baldwin 6535...10692 1883–1890 45 0 C-4 4-4-0 741–742 Baldwin 5997...5999 1882 2 0 C-5 4-4-0 743–747 New York 6–10 1883 15 0 C-6 4-4-0 748–803 Portland 463–518 1888 56 0 C-7 4-4-0 817–818 Pittsburgh 862 1888 1 0 C-8 4-4-0 805–806 Taunton 829–830 1882 2 0 C-9 4-4-0 807–816 Hinkley 1548...1560 1882 10 0 C-10 4-4-0 817–818 Baldwin 5714...5902 1881 2 0 C-11 4-4-0 819–865 Baldwin 4584...6523 1879–1883 47 0 C-12 4-4-0 866–869 Manchester 868–871 1880–1881 4 0 C-13 4-4-0 870–898 Portland 376...461 1881–1883 29 0 C-14 4-4-0 899 Baldwin 5715 1881 1 0 C-19 4-4-0 675–678 Rome 249–252 1887 4 0 C-20 4-4-0 633–637 Dickson 605–609 1887 5 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 54–58 C-21 4-4-0 638–640 Rome 350–352 1888 3 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 67–69 C-22 4-4-0 1110–1118 Brooks 1105...1198 1886 8 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 41–48 C-23 4-4-0 1123–1128 Rogers 2945–2948 1883 4 0 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 18–21 C-24 4-4-0 1129–1130 McQueen 1881 2 0 C-25 4-4-0 1131–1134 Baldwin 1879 4 0 C-26 4-4-0 1135–1136 Baldwin 1870 2 0 C-27 4-4-0 1137 Baldwin 1870 1 0 C-28 4-4-0 1138–1139 Baldwin 1871 2 0 C-29 4-4-0 1140–1144 Baldwin 1874 5 0 C-30 4-4-0 1145–1148 Rhode Island 1779...1937 1887–1888 4 0 Ex Seattle and International Railway 1–4 C-31 4-4-0 1149–1150 Rhode Island 2085–2086 1888 1 0 Ex Seattle and International Railway 101–102 C-32 4-4-0 1151 Baldwin 1 0 C-33 4-4-0 1153 1 0

4-4-2 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 4-4-2 — ooOOo — Atlantic N 4-4-2 600–602 Baldwin 17290–17292 1899 3 0 1927–1932 Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 80–82 N-1 4-4-2 603–605 Baldwin 33291–33293 1909 3 0 1936

4-6-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 4-6-0 — ooOOO — Ten-Wheeler E 4-6-0 390–398 Baldwin 6392...7021 1882 9 0 1910s E-1 4-6-0 360–364 Manchester 1407–1411 1888 5 0 E-2 4-6-0 370–383 Baldwin 9691...9704 1888 14 0 1926–1932 E-3 4-6-0 330–358 Baldwin 10182...11301 1889–1890 29 0 1925–1935 E-4 4-6-0 388–389 Rhode Island 2432–2433 1890 2 0 E-5 4-6-0 386–387 Schenectady 4072–4073 1893 2 0 1927 E-6 4-6-0 365 Rhode Island 2337 1890 1 0 E-7 4-6-0 366–368 Cooke 2223–2225 1892 3 0 E-8 4-6-0 369 Baldwin 11280 1890 1 0 1919 P 4-6-0 250–258, 270–278 Schenectady 4542...4726 1897–1898 18 0 1926–1941 P-1 4-6-0 207–218, 226–236 SchenectadyAlco (Schen.) 5122...5931,25660...25841 1899–1902 23 0 1927–1940 P-2 4-6-0 240–249 SchenectadyAlco (Schen.) 5716...5929,25657...25842 1901–1902 10 0 1935–1941 P-3 4-6-0 1400–1419 SchenectadyAlco (Rich.) 5916–5925,25662–25671 1901–1902 20 0 1920s R 4-6-0 170–189 Schenectady 4535...4593 1897 20 0 1920s S 4-6-0 153–168 Schenectady 4727...4899 1898 16 0 1920s S-1 4-6-0 134–147 Schenectady 5134...5147 1899 14 0 1926–1929 S-2 4-6-0 104–133 Schenectady 5473...5612 1900 30 0 1925–1928 S-3 4-6-0 1300–1323 SchenectadyAlco (Schen.) 5907–5915,25650...25840 1901–1902 24 0 1926–1934 S-4 4-6-0 1350–1399 Baldwin 20273...20662 1907 40 4 1945–1958 1354, 1356, 1364 and 1382 preserved, with 1364 operational. 1372 used in "Farewell to Steam" excursions in 1956 and '57, scrapped shortly thereafter S-10 4-6-0 320–329 Alco (Rogers) 37575–37584 1907 10 1 1930–1950 328 preserved S-11 4-6-0 150–152 Grant 1766–1768 1888 3 0

4-6-2 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 4-6-2 — ooOOOo — Pacific Q 4-6-2 2080–2099 Alco 27317–27336 1903 20 0 1929–1947 Q-1 4-6-2 2100–2147 Alco 30228...42501 1904–1907 48 0 1930–1952 Q-2 4-6-2 2175–2176 Alco 39999–40000 1906 2 0 1934 Built as Cole balanced compounds Q-3 4-6-2 2148–2170 Baldwin 33248...33627 1909 23 4 1945–1959 2152, 2153, 2156 and 2164 preserved Q-4 4-6-2 2177–2207 Baldwin 33796...34144 1909–1910 31 0 1931–1959 Q-4 4-6-2 2208–2225 Alco 48186–48203 1910 18 0 1931–1959 Q-5 4-6-2 2226–2235 Alco 62422–62441 1920 20 0 1947–1959 Q-6 4-6-2 2246–2265 Alco 64328–64347 1923 20 0 1953–1959

4-8-0 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer SerialNumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 4-8-0 — ooOOOO Twelve-Wheeler or Mastodon X 4-8-0 13–16 Schenectady 4523–4526 1897 4 0 1936–1940

4-8-4 Image Class Wheelarrangement Fleetnumber(s) Manufacturer Serialnumbers Year made Quantitymade Quantitypreserved Year(s) retired Comments 4-8-4 — ooOOOOoo — Northern A 4-8-4 2600–2611 Alco 67010–67021 1926 12 0 1949–1959 Serial nos. not in order A-1 4-8-4 2626 Alco 68056 1930 1 0 1955 ex-Timken 1111 A-2 4-8-4 2650–2659 Baldwin 61771–61780 1934–1935 10 0 1953–1958 A-3 4-8-4 2660–2667 Baldwin 62163–62170 1938 8 0 1954–1958 A-4 4-8-4 2670–2677 Baldwin 64155–64162 1941 8 0 1954–1958 A-5 4-8-4 2680–2689 Baldwin 64667–64676 1943 10 0 1957–1959

Mallet and simple articulated locomotives