Northern Pacific Railway locomotives

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

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
0-4-0 — OO
Minnetonka0-4-0ST+TSmith and Porter187041

NP's first locomotives; Minnetonka preserved

H0-4-01050–1064Baldwin4968...70531880–1883150
H-10-4-01070Baldwin25371871101926Rebuilt as 0-4-0T shop switcher 11
H-20-4-01003Rhode Island188310Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 37
H-30-4-01004Rhode Island188310
H-40-4-01071Grant10
H-50-4-01072Rhode Island10
0-4-0TShop 12Baldwin102311889101936Ex HHS&S
0-4-0FShop 8H. K. Porter7979194511Fireless locomotive for tie creosoting plant

0-6-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
0-6-0 — OOO
I0-6-0982–999Baldwin6685...86281883–1887180
I-10-6-0981NP189110
I-20-6-01000–1002Dickson611–613188730Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 60–62
K-10-6-0948–976Baldwin5565...65191881–1882290Rebuilt from 2-6-0
K-20-6-0980Baldwin6506188210Rebuilt from 2-6-0
L0-6-0977–979Baldwin6936...6946188330
L-10-6-0940–941Grant1784–1785188920
L-20-6-0930–939Rome253...6501887–1890100
L-30-6-0929Rome506188910
L-40-6-0926–928Baldwin14795–14797189631Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 70–72; 927 rebuilt as 0–6–0T shop switcher 10 preserved
L-50-6-0923–925Rogers5424–5426189931Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 73–75; 924 Under restoration Snoqualmie, Wa
L-60-6-0900–919Schenectady59536–595519012001928–1947914 rebuilt as 0–6–0T shop switcher 9 in 1931
L-70-6-01020–1035Baldwin
Alco (Schen.)
20107...20775
27361–27366
1902–19031511929–19561031 preserved
L-80-6-0922Baldwin113721890101938
L-90-6-01040–1134Alco (M / D / P)
Baldwin
39528...46914
29858...34609
1906–19109521930s–1950s1068 and 1070 preserved
L-100-6-01160–1169Alco (Schen.)52025–5203419121001950s

0-8-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
0-8-0 — OOOO
G0-8-01151–1159NP1906 (rebuilt)901929–1937Rebuilt from class F 2-8-0 locomotives
G-10-8-01170–1173Alco (Brooks)61229–612321919401950sUSRA 0-8-0
G-20-8-01174–1193Alco (Brooks)62473–6249219202001950sUSRA 0-8-0 copies

2-6-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
2-6-0 — oOOO — Mogul
D2-6-0580–591Baldwin6851...69091883120
D-12-6-0942–947Baldwin5636...5701188160

Rebuilt as 0–6–0

D-22-6-0550–572Baldwin9544...96881888–1889230
D-32-6-0420–424, 450–547Baldwin10178...119841899–18911030
D-52-6-0404–418, 426–432Baldwin10298...119681899–1891220
D-62-6-0400–403Rogers4842...54331893–189940Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 63–66
K2-6-0595–599Baldwin6590...6629188350

2-6-2

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
2-6-2 — oOOOo — Prairie
T2-6-22300–2449Alco (Brooks)39508...422641906–190715011924–19596 rebuilt as class W-4 (2-8-2); 18 rebuilt as class T-1 2435 survives
T-12-6-22450–2467NP1926–1929 (rebuilt)1801941–1959Rebuilt from class T

2-8-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
2-8-0 — oOOOO — Consolidation
F2-8-095–103Baldwin6591...7002188390

Rebuilt to class G (0–8–0) in 1906

F-12-8-050–81Baldwin9505...119591888–18913201926–1951
F-22-8-082–83Baldwin1888201927–1928
F-32-8-084–91Rome455...6511889–1890801920s/30s
F-42-8-092–94Grant1714–1716188730
F-52-8-045–46Schenectady1900201926Ex Seattle and International Railway 11–12; Rebuilt as 0–8–0
F-62-8-047Richmond1895101927Ex Seattle and International Railway 8; Rebuilt as 0–8–0
F-72-8-048–49Rhode Island1882–1883188820Ex Seattle and International Railway 7 & 9
F-82-8-04–6PRR Altoona189130
Y2-8-030–43Schenectady4900...491318981401941–1955
Y-12-8-017–29Schenectady5468–54801899–19001311925–195825 preserved
Y-22-8-01250–1279Schenectady
Alco (Richmond)
5881–5892
25815–25832
1901–19023001925–1958
Y-32-8-01200–1213Schenectady5893–590619011401945–1955
Y-42-8-01280–1293Alco (Schen.)27347–2736019031401925–1935
Y-52-8-01214–1223Alco (Schen.)27337–2734619031001927–1937

2-8-2

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
2-8-2 — oOOOOo — Mikado
W2-8-21500–1659Alco (Brooks)30203...422341904–190716001930–1959
W-12-8-21660–1699Alco (Schen.)46840–4687919104001925–1958
W-22-8-21900–1919Alco (Brooks)30222...311341904–19052001930–1958Built as tandem compound locomotives
W-32-8-21700–1834Alco (Brooks)52849...624661913–192013511926–1960Ten 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-42-8-22500–2505NP (Brainerd Shops)1919 (rebuilt)601955–1958Rebuilt from class T 2-6-2 locomotives
W-52-8-21835–1859Alco (Schen.)64348–6437219232501952–1960

2-10-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
2-10-0 — oOOOOO — Decapod
M2-10-01–2Baldwin8168–81691886201930–1933

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

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
4-4-0 — ooOO — American
25½C4-4-03–26Baldwin2639...26621871–187323121 sold in 1877 to the Canadian Pacific Railway and became CPR no. 1 Countess of Dufferin, and is preserved as such.
B4-4-0650–671Baldwin8560...86881887220
B-14-4-0672–673Baldwin10247...10252188920
B-24-4-0649Schenectady188710
B-34-4-0691–692Grant1783, 1780188820
C-14-4-0680–691New York35–461883121684 preserved
C-24-4-0694–695Baldwin6581...6583188320
C-34-4-0696–740Baldwin6535...106921883–1890450
C-44-4-0741–742Baldwin5997...5999188220
C-54-4-0743–747New York6–101883150
C-64-4-0748–803Portland463–5181888560
C-74-4-0817–818Pittsburgh862188810
C-84-4-0805–806Taunton829–830188220
C-94-4-0807–816Hinkley1548...15601882100
C-104-4-0817–818Baldwin5714...5902188120
C-114-4-0819–865Baldwin4584...65231879–1883470
C-124-4-0866–869Manchester868–8711880–188140
C-134-4-0870–898Portland376...4611881–1883290
C-144-4-0899Baldwin5715188110
C-194-4-0675–678Rome249–252188740
C-204-4-0633–637Dickson605–609188750Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 54–58
C-214-4-0638–640Rome350–352188830Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 67–69
C-224-4-01110–1118Brooks1105...1198188680Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 41–48
C-234-4-01123–1128Rogers2945–2948188340Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 18–21
C-244-4-01129–1130McQueen188120
C-254-4-01131–1134Baldwin187940
C-264-4-01135–1136Baldwin187020
C-274-4-01137Baldwin187010
C-284-4-01138–1139Baldwin187120
C-294-4-01140–1144Baldwin187450
C-304-4-01145–1148Rhode Island1779...19371887–188840Ex Seattle and International Railway 1–4
C-314-4-01149–1150Rhode Island2085–2086188810Ex Seattle and International Railway 101–102
C-324-4-01151Baldwin10
C-334-4-0115310

4-4-2

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
4-4-2 — ooOOo — Atlantic
N4-4-2600–602Baldwin17290–172921899301927–1932Ex St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 80–82
N-14-4-2603–605Baldwin33291–332931909301936

4-6-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
4-6-0 — ooOOO — Ten-Wheeler
E4-6-0390–398Baldwin6392...70211882901910s
E-14-6-0360–364Manchester1407–1411188850
E-24-6-0370–383Baldwin9691...970418881401926–1932
E-34-6-0330–358Baldwin10182...113011889–18902901925–1935
E-44-6-0388–389Rhode Island2432–2433189020
E-54-6-0386–387Schenectady4072–40731893201927
E-64-6-0365Rhode Island2337189010
E-74-6-0366–368Cooke2223–2225189230
E-84-6-0369Baldwin112801890101919
P4-6-0250–258, 270–278Schenectady4542...47261897–18981801926–1941
P-14-6-0207–218, 226–236Schenectady
Alco (Schen.)
5122...5931,
25660...25841
1899–19022301927–1940
P-24-6-0240–249Schenectady
Alco (Schen.)
5716...5929,
25657...25842
1901–19021001935–1941
P-34-6-01400–1419Schenectady
Alco (Rich.)
5916–5925,
25662–25671
1901–19022001920s
R4-6-0170–189Schenectady4535...459318972001920s
S4-6-0153–168Schenectady4727...489918981601920s
S-14-6-0134–147Schenectady5134...514718991401926–1929
S-24-6-0104–133Schenectady5473...561219003001925–1928
S-34-6-01300–1323Schenectady
Alco (Schen.)
5907–5915,
25650...25840
1901–19022401926–1934
S-44-6-01350–1399Baldwin20273...2066219074041945–19581354, 1356, 1364 and 1382 preserved
S-104-6-0320–329Alco (Rogers)37575–3758419071011930–1950328 preserved
S-114-6-0150–152Grant1766–1768188830

4-6-2

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
4-6-2 — ooOOOo — Pacific
Q4-6-22080–2099Alco27317–2733619032001929–1947
Q-14-6-22100–2147Alco30228...425011904–19074801930–1952
Q-24-6-22175–2176Alco39999–400001906201934Built as Cole balanced compounds
Q-34-6-22148–2170Baldwin33248...3362719092341945–19592152, 2153, 2156 and 2164 preserved
Q-44-6-22177–2207Baldwin33796...341441909–19103101931–1959
Q-44-6-22208–2225Alco48186–4820319101801931–1959
Q-54-6-22226–2235Alco62422–6244119202001947–1959
Q-64-6-22246–2265Alco64328–6434719232001953–1959

4-8-0

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
Numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
4-8-0 — ooOOOO Twelve-Wheeler or Mastodon
X4-8-013–16Schenectady4523–45261897401936–1940

4-8-4

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
4-8-4 — ooOOOOoo — Northern
A4-8-42600–2611Alco67010–6702119261201949–1959Serial nos. not in order
A-14-8-42626Alco680561930101955ex-Timken 1111
A-24-8-42650–2659Baldwin61771–617801934–19351001953–1958
A-34-8-42660–2667Baldwin62163–621701938801954–1958
A-44-8-42670–2677Baldwin64155–641621941801954–1958
A-54-8-42680–2689Baldwin64667–6467619431001957–1959

Mallet and simple articulated locomotives

ClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerSerial
numbers
Year madeQuantity
made
Quantity
preserved
Year(s) retiredComments
Mallet and Simple Articulated Locomotives
Z2-6-6-23000–3015Baldwin30566...3155719071601927–1939
Z-12-6-6-23100–3105Baldwin34389...34483191060
Z-22-8-8-24000–4004Baldwin34382–343861910501945
Z-32-8-8-24005–4025Alco52839...624721913, 1917, 19202101945–1958
Z-42-8-8-24500–4503Alco64373–643761923401951–1954
Z-52-8-8-45000Alco675781928101952
Z-52-8-8-45001–5011Baldwin61292...6149519301101953–1957
Z-64-6-6-45100–5120Alco68760–687801936–19372101955–1959
Z-74-6-6-45121–5126Alco69540–695451941601956–1959
Z-84-6-6-45130–5149Alco70143...719621943–442001955–1959

Both of the Northern Pacific's 2-6-6-2 classes were copies of GN designs, including their Belpaire fireboxes, a rarity on NP steam locomotives. NP 3015, last of the Class Z's, had a troubled existence, suffering a crown sheet failure at Kennedy, Washington, on Stampede Pass circa 1916, then later derailing on the Wallace Branch in Idaho in 1933. In both instances the engine crew members were killed or injured.

The Z-2 2-8-8-2s wound up in helper service on Bozeman Pass. The Z-3s, purchased in successive batches, became the main line road and helper power on the route across Stampede Pass until the arrival of EMD's FTs in April, 1944. They were also used as helpers on the steep ascent of the NP's Prairie Line out of Tacoma, Washington, as well as in hauling wartime munitions trains over Stimson Hill between Elma, Washington and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, circa 1944–1945.

The Z-5 Yellowstones were two locomotives under one boiler, these were the largest locomotives in the world when delivered in 1928. They eliminated the use of two locomotives on the head-end of freight trains on the Yellowstone Division in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. The 2-8-8-4 was first built for the Northern Pacific Railway in 1928.

The 4-6-6-4 locomotives were so large that in many places in Montana the Northern Pacific had to widen the centers of its double track on the Rocky Mountain Division. As a rule they did not work west of Easton, Washington, due to the confines of Stampede Tunnel under the summit of Stampede Pass. Despite the inaccuracy, these classes were generally referred to by NP engine crews as Mallets.

Diesel locomotives

American Locomotive Company

Northern Pacific Railway's Alcos were mostly confined to the east end of the road, on the Lake Superior and St. Paul Divisions.

ModelhpQuantityBuiltRoad numbersNotes
HH-66066031940600–602Delivered as 125–127; first two sold to NP subsidiary Walla Walla Valley Railway
S-166011945603Delivered as 131
S-21000131941–1949700–712Delivered as 107–108, 113–118, 150–152
S-41000121951–1953713–724
S-690011955750
RS-1100041945800–803Delivered as 155–158
RS-31600141953–1955850–863
RS-111800181958–1960900–917

Baldwin Locomotive Works

ModelhpQuantityBuiltRoad numbersNotes
VO-66066031940–1942650–652Delivered as 128–130
VO-10001000281941–1945400–427Delivered as 109–112, 119–124, 153–154, 159–174
DRS 4-4-1500150021948500–501Delivered as 175–176. Rebuilt 1959 and 1966 with EMD 567 engine
DRS 6-6-1500150011948525Delivered as 177. Rebuilt 1959 with EMD 567 engine

Electro-Motive Division

ModelhpQuantityBuiltRoad numbersNotes
NW100011938100Rebuilt 1956 by EMD as SW900m
NW2100071940–194899, 101–10699 was New York, Ontario and Western 115, bought 1957
SW7120081949107–114
SW9120041952–1953115–118
SW12001200591955–1957119–177
GP71500201950–1953550–569
GP917501761954–1958200–375
GP18180091960376–384
FT135022 A,
22 B
19445400ABCD–5410ABCDDelivered as 6000ABCD–6010ABCD
F3150025 A
24 B
1947–19486000A-6004C, 6005B-6006C, 6500A-6509C, 6005A-6006D, 6051A-6052A, 6503C-6506C6000s are freight, 6500s are passenger
F7150045 A
34 B
1947–19526007A-6012D, 6007B-6012B, 6013D-6018D, 6013C-6018C, 6019D-6020D, 6019C-6020C, 6050B, 6500C, 6501C-6502C, 6507C-6508C, 6509C-6512C, 6510B-6512B, 6513C, 6513B, 6550B, 6551B-6553B,6000s are freight, 6500s are passenger
FP71500219526600–6601Used on St. Paul to Winnipeg passenger train
F9175039 A
32 B
1949–19566700C, 6700B, 6700C, 6701C, 6701B, 6702A-6704A, 6702B-6703B, 6702C, 6703A-6705A, 6703C, 6704B-6709B, 6704C, 6705C, 6706A, 6706C, 6707A, 6707C, 6710B, 7000D-7001D, 7000C-7001C, 7002D-7006D, 7002C-7006C, 7007D, 7007C, 7008D-7009D, 7008C-7009C, 7010D-7014D, 7010C-7014C, 7050A, 7051A-7051A6700s are passenger, 7000s are freight. 7003D is preserved at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, lettered as Frisco 814.[1] 7012A donated to Western Forest Industries Museum / Mt Rainier Scenic RR in Mineral, WA.
SD453600301966–19683600–362920 more on order at merger into Burlington Northern

General Electric

ModelhpQuantityBuiltRoad numbersNotes
44-Ton3801194698South Tacoma shops switcher
44-Ton4001194399Ordered by NP subsidiary Duluth Union Depot and Transfer; temporarily delivered to NP while DUDT resolved labor issues, then transferred to them as No. 5
U-25C2500301964–19652500–2529
U-28C28001219662800–2811
U-33C33001019693300–3309

References

  1. "OKRX 814 – EMD F9A". Oklahoma Railway Museum. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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