North America
By 1948, there were 14 railroads in North America with more than 1000 locomotives in service each. Twelve were located in the US and two were in Canada. The total number of steam locomotives and the number of route miles for each railroad in 1948 are given by Bruce (1952).
North American Railroads with 1,000 or more Locomotives in Service, 1948
| Railroad
| Number of Steam Locomotives
in Service, Early 1948
| Number of Route
Miles of Track
|
| Pennsylvania Railroad
| 4467
| 9736
|
| New York Central Railroad
| 3473
| 10534
|
| Canadian National Railway
| 2300
| 23000
|
| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
| 2030
| 6192
|
| Canadian Pacific Railway
| 1800
| 17000
|
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
| 1730
| 13081
|
| Southern Pacific Railroad
| 1554
| 8195
|
| Southern Railroad
| 1509
| 7705
|
| Illinois Central Railroad
| 1324
| 6581
|
| Union Pacific Railroad
| 1323
| 9756
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
| 1213
| 10359
|
| Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
| 1208
| 5076
|
| Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
| 1042
| 8058
|
| Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
| 1030
| 8867
|
| Color Key
| Canadian Railroad
| US Railroad
|
Bruce (1952) also reports that by the end of 1949 a total of approximately 29,000 steam locomotives were left on Class I railroads in the United States.
See Also
References
- Bruce, Alfred W. (1952) The Steam Locomotive in America: Its Development in the Twentieth Century, New York, Bonanza Books, Table 6, plus additional material from text for Canadian Railroads.
