List of Great Northern Railway (U.S.) locomotives

This is a list of United States Great Northern Railway locomotives.

Steam locomotive classes

Below is a table of information for the Great Northern Railway's steam roster with a symbol, Whyte notation, common name and notes. Included is a breakdown of the Great Northern classes, along with the date of their first construction (when known), builder, and road numbers.

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" !Image ! Class !! Wheel arrangement !! Fleet number(s) !! Manufacturer !! Serial numbers !! Year made !! Quantity made !! Quantity preserved !! Year(s) retired !! Comments
style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 0-6-0 — OOO
\| A-1	0-6-0	13	Rogers		1879	1	0	1905-1955 \| align="left" \|
\| A-2	0-6-0	30 & 31	Rogers		1888	2	0	1915	30 sold to McCoy Logging Co.
\| A-3	0-6-0	47 & 48	Rogers		1890 & 1891	2	0	1915-1943 \| align="left" \|
\| A-4	0-6-0	27–29	Brooks		1882	3	0	1944-1947 \| align="left" \|
\| A-5	0-6-0	32-46	Brooks & Rogers		1887-1896	15	0	1945-1949 \| align="left" \|
\| A-6	0-6-0	58-59, 378-379	Brooks Locomotive Works		1899	4	0	1950-1951 \| align="left" \|
\| A-7	0-6-0	60–69	Brooks Locomotive Works		1900	3	0	1952-1959 \| align="left" \|
\| A-8	0-6-0	70-72	Rogers		1887–1890	3	0	1900-1959 \| align="left" \|
120x120px \| A-9	0-6-0	1-12, 14-26, 49-57, 73-94, 380-399	Rogers, Baldwin & GN	506	1889	71	0	1931-1954	align=left \|
\| A-10	0-6-0	95–99	Brooks Locomotive Works		1898-1900	5	0	1922-1957 \| align="left" \|
\| A-11	0-6-0	30-31			1916	2	0	1939, 1946	align=left \|

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 0-8-0 — OOOO
120x120px \| C-1	0-8-0	810-849	Baldwin	1918-1919	40	0	1956-1958	align=left \|
\| C-2	0-8-0	850–859	Brooks	1901	20	0	1939-1953	align=left \| Rebuilt from F-6 classes.
120x120px \| C-3	0-8-0	875–899	Brooks	1903	25	0	1939-1953	align=left \| Rebuilds from F-9 Consolidations.
\| C-4	0-8-0	780–782	Baldwin	1902-1908	3	0	1947-1951	align=left \| Rebuilt from F-8s.
\| C-5	0-8-0	1174–1193				0		align=left \|

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 2-6-0 — oOOO — Mogul
\| D-1	2-6-0	477–480	Baldwin	1889	4	0	1900-1939 \| align="left" \|
\| D-2	2-6-0	300–349	Rogers	1887–1889	50	0	1905-1951 \| align="left" \|
\| D-3	2-6-0	432	Baldwin	1901	1	0	1952 \| align="left" \|
\| D-4	2-6-0	400-426	Brooks	1895	27	0	1930-1959 \| align="left" \|
\| D-5	2-6-0	450–476	Brooks	1896	27	0	1955-1959 \| align="left" \|
\| D-6	2-6-0	430–431	Schenectady	1902 & 1906	2	0	1956-1957 \| align="left" \|
\| D-7	2-6-0					0	1958 \| align="left" \|
\| D-8	2-6-0					0	1959 \| align="left" \|

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 2-6-2 — oOOOo — Prairie
\| J-1	2-6-2	1500–1552	Baldwin		1906	53	0	1927-1936	align=left \| 1514, 1524, 1531, 1537, 1539 & 1549 classified as J-1s, 1517, 1519, 1523, 1525, and 1528 Rebuilt as H-6s in 1921-1926.
\| J-2	2-6-2	1554–1649	Baldwin		1907	53	0	1927-1937	align=left \| 1554- 1556, 1566, 1573, 1594-1598, 1622, 1624, 1637, 1638 and 1649 classified as J-2s
\| J-3	2-6-2	1549	Baldwin	28851	1906	1	0	1941 \| align="left" \| Delivered as J-1 with Baldwin Superheater, re-classed as J-3.

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" !Image ! Class !! Wheel arrangement !! Fleet number(s) !! Manufacturer !! Serial numbers !! Year made !! Quantity made !! Quantity preserved !! Year(s) retired !! Comments
style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 2-8-0 — oOOOO — Consolidation
\| F-1	2-8-0	500–565	Brooks	1892, 1893	66	0	1924-1950	align=left \| 508 & 544 classified as F-1s
\| F-2	2-8-0	595–599	Baldwin	1892	45	0	1928-1929	align=left \|
\| F-3	2-8-0	701	Brooks	1898	1	0	1939	align=left \| Rebuilt from G-2 class 701 in 1902.
\| F-4	2-8-0	1094-1099	Baldwin	1896, 1901	6	0	1932-1947	align=left \| 1095 and 1097 Rebuilt as C-5 switchers, completed 1930.
\| F-5	2-8-0	1095–1109	Rogers	1901	15	0	1938-1950	align=left \| 1100-1104 classified as F-5s, 1102 sold to City of Prineville Railway 1945, 1108 and 1109 Rebuilt as C-5s in 1929-1930.
\| F-6	2-8-0	1100-1129	Brooks	1901	20	0	1939-1953	align=left \| 1100-1144, 1116, 1177, 1119, 1120, 1122-1124, 1126-1129 classified as F-6s, All Rebuilt as C-2s 850-869 (Numbers not in order) in 1925-1927.
\| F-7	2-8-0	1130–1139	Cooke	1901	10	0	1939-1954	align=left \| 1130-1136 & 1138 classified as F-7s, 1130 donated to Korean National Railways, 1954.
120x120px \| F-8	2-8-0	1140–1264	Rogers, Alco & Baldwin	1901-1907	125	2	1932–1956	align=left \| 1141, 1143, 1163, 1175, 1182, 1183, 1189, 1190, 1195 and 1196 classified as F-8s; 1147 & 1246 preserved
\| F-9	2-8-0	1300-1324	Brooks	1903	25	0	1927–1928	align=left \| 1307, 1311, 1312, 1314 and 1316 classified as F-9s
\| F-10	2-8-0	806	Brooks	1898	1	0	1934	align=left \| Rebuilt from G-5 4-8-0, 1905.
\| F-11	2-8-0	590–591	Alco	1912	2	0	1927, 1934	align=left \|
\| F-12	2-8-0	1326–1327	Alco	1907	2	0	1947-1948	align=left \|

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 2-8-2 — oOOOOo — Mikado
120x120px \| O-1	2-8-2	3000–3144	Baldwin	1911-1919	145	1	1948–1958	align=left \| 3004, 3022, 3033, 3048, 3071, 3100, 3106, 3135, 3137, 3138, 3142 & 3144 were equipped with boosters; 3023, 3024, 3026, 3028, 3029, 3039, 3043, 3064, 3099, 3108, 3121, 3122 and 3134 sold to the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway; 3059 preserved
\| O-2	2-8-2	3149	Alco (Brooks)	1915	1	0	1947	align=left \|
\| O-3	2-8-2	3200–3208	Alco	1918	9	0	1951–1955	align=left \| 3204-3208 ex-El Paso and Southwestern Railroad, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USRA_Heavy_Mikado
120px \| O-4	2-8-2	3210–3254	Baldwin	1920	45	0	1950-1958	3211 and 3214 sold to the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway;
\| O-5	2-8-2	3300–3344	Baldwin	1922	45	0	1938-1950	align=left \|
120x120px \| O-6	2-8-2	3350–3371	Baldwin	1925	22	0	1947-1958	align=left \|
\| O-7	2-8-2	3375–3396	Baldwin	1930	22	0	1953-1958 \| align="left" \| Rebuilt as O-8s in 1944-1946.
\| O-8	2-8-2	3397–3399	GN	1932	3	0	1958	align=left \|Largest "Mikado" Type ever built.

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 2-10-2 — oOOOOOo — Santa Fe
\| Q-1	2-10-2	2100-2129	Baldwin	1923	30	0	1950-1958	align=left \| 2100-2109, 2111, 2112, 2116, 2117, 2119-2129 received boosters
\| Q-2	2-10-2	2175–2189	Baldwin	1928	15	0	1953–1958	align=left \| Rebuilt from P-1s; 2179, 2181, 2184, 2185, 2187 and 2189 received boosters

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" !Image ! Class !! Wheel arrangement !! Fleet number(s) !! Manufacturer !! Serial numbers !! Year made !! Quantity made !! Quantity preserved !! Year(s) retired !! Comments
style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-4-0 — ooOO — American
120x120px \| 1	4-4-0	1	New Jersey	1861	1	1	1923 \| align="left" \| William Crooks; First locomotive to operate in Minnesota; preserved
\| B-1	4-4-0	240	Cooke	1866	1	0	1925 \| align="left" \|
\| B-2	4-4-0					0	1927 \| align="left" \|
\| B-3	4-4-0	241-244, 248	Pittsburgh & Baldwin	1870-1872	5	0	1900-1905 \| align="left" \|
\| B-4	4-4-0	680–691	Baldwin	1879	5	0	1943-1944 \| align="left" \|
\| B-5	4-4-0	265–266	Rogers	1883	2	0	1944-1949 \| align="left" \|
\| B-6	4-4-0	232–237	Rogers	1890	6	0	1945-1951 \| align="left" \|
\| B-7	4-4-0	139	Rome	1882	1	0	1950-1952 \| align="left" \|
\| B-8	4-4-0	288–293	Pittsburgh	1880	6	0	1947-1957 \| align="left" \|
\| B-9	4-4-0	187–196	Pittsburgh	1881	10	0	1930-1955 \| align="left" \|
\| B-10	4-4-0	270–282	Baldwin	1880	13	0	1942-1947 \| align="left" \|
\| B-11	4-4-0	141–142	Baldwin	1890	2	0	1947-1948 \| align="left" \|
\| B-12	4-4-0	144	Rogers	1882	10	0	1949-1950 \| align="left" \|
\| B-10	4-4-0	100–114	Baldwin	1881	15	0	1916-1947	align=left \|105, 108, and 114 sold to B&O, 101 sold to VW&Y (Returned), 108 and 109 sold to MC (Returned), 103 was the last to be Retired.
\| B-14	4-4-0	118–124	Baldwin	1882	7	0	1919-1959 \| align="left" \|
\| B-15	4-4-0	125–134	Schenectady	1882	10	0	1915-1925 \| align="left" \|
\| B-16	4-4-0	135–138	Rhode Island	1882	4	0	1935 \| align="left" \|
\| B-17	4-4-0	145-149	Grant	1882	5	0	1936 \| align="left" \|
\| B-18	4-4-0	150–151	Brooks	1882	2	0	1937 \| align="left" \|
120px \| B-19	4-4-0	152–186	Brooks	1882	35	0	1939-1947 \| align="left" \|
120px \| B-20	4-4-0	197–206	Rhode Island	1888	10	0	1932-1948 \| align="left" \|
\| B-21	4-4-0	207–225	Rogers	1887	19	0	1931-1954 \| align="left" \|
\| B-22	4-4-0	226–230	Rogers	1883	4	0	1945 \| align="left" \|
\| B-23	4-4-0	231	Baldwin	1893	1	0	1947 \| align="left" \|

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-4-2 — ooOOo — Atlantic
\| K-1	4-4-2	1700–1709	Baldwin	1906	10	0	1937-1947	1705-1709 classified as K-1s

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-6-0 — ooOOO — Ten-Wheeler
\| E-1	4-6-0	992–993	Rogers	1890	2	0	1943 \|
\| E-2	4-6-0	910-911	ALCO	1915	2	0	1944 \|
\| E-3	4-6-0	900–909	Rogers	1899	10	0	1935-1947 \|
\| E-4	4-6-0	298–299	Schenectady	1889	2	0	1937-1945 \|
\| E-5	4-6-0					0	1942 \|
\| E-6	4-6-0	925–939	Rogers	1902	15	0	1927-1955 \|
\| E-7	4-6-0	950-969	Brooks	1893	20	0	1930-1952 \|
\| E-8	4-6-0	1053–1072	Rogers	1901-1903	20	0	1952-1953 \|
\| E-9	4-6-0	998–999	Baldwin	1892	2	0	1954 \|
\| E-10	4-6-0	1000–1007	Brooks	1898	8	0	1939-1953 \| 1002-1005 & 1007 classified as E-10s
\| E-11	4-6-0					0	1954 \|
\| E-12	4-6-0	970-971	Baldwin	1897	2	0	1946 \|
\| E-13	4-6-0	948–949	Baldwin	1893 & 1896	2	0	1947	949 sold to Waterville railway, 1934.
\| E-14	4-6-0	1008-1042	Baldwin	1909-1910	45	0	1937	1008-1032 converted to H-5 Pacifics, Engines 1033-1042 Converted to H-7s. Numbers 1043-1052 sold to SP&S, 1910.
\| E-15	4-6-0	1073-1092	Baldwin	1910	20	0	1929-1949	1074-1076 sold to SP&S, 1925.

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-6-2 — ooOOOo — Pacific
\| H-1	4-6-2	2100–2147	Rogers	1904–1907	48	0	1930–1952
\| H-2	4-6-2	1406–1440	Baldwin	1906-1907	35	0	1931-1950	align=left\|
\| H-3	4-6-2	2148–2170	Baldwin	1909	23	4	1945–1959	align=left \|
120x120px \| H-4	4-6-2	1441–1485	Baldwin & Lima	1909–1910	45	0	1930-1953 \|
120x120px \| H-5	4-6-2	1350–1374	Baldwin	1921-1928	25	1	1950–1955	align=left \| Rebuilt from E-14s; 1355 preserved
\| H-6	4-6-2	1710–1717	Baldwin	1906-1907	18	0	1929-1956 \|
\| H-7	4-6-2	1375–1384	Baldwin	1910	10	0	1949-1960 \|

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-8-0 — ooOOOO Twelve-Wheeler or Mastodon
\| G-1	4-8-0	600-615	Brooks	1891, 1893	16	0	1929-1947	610 shown at the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
\| G-2	4-8-0	700–733	Brooks	1898	20	0	1927-1939	701 Rebuilt as F-3 Class in 1902.
120x120px \| G-3	4-8-0	722, 734–769	Rogers	1899-1900	36	0	1937-1953
\| G-4	4-8-0	770–779	Brooks	1900	10	0	1930-1947
\| G-5	4-8-0	800–807	Brooks	1897-1898	8	0	1929-1936
\| G-6	4-8-0	734			1	0	1937-1955 \| Rebuilt from G-3, addition of larger Cylinders.

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-8-2 — ooOOOOo — Mountain
120x120px \| P-1	4-8-2	1750–1764	Lima	1364-1378	1914	15	0	1928	align=left \| Rebuilt into Q-2s
120x120px \| P-2	4-8-2	2500–2527	Baldwin	57000-57002, 57084-57085, 57182-57190, 57256-57258, 57339, 57012, 57253, 57341-57347	1930	28	2	1955–1958	align=left \| 2505 & 2506 received boosters; 2507 and 2523 preserved

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| 4-8-4 — ooOOOOoo — Northern
\| S-1	4-8-4	2550–2555	Baldwin	60781–60782, 60807-60810	1929	6	0	1956-1958	align=left \| 2552 received Vestibule cab
120x120px \| S-2	4-8-4	2575–2588	Baldwin	61211–61216, 61224, 61225, 61237-61242	1930	14	1	1955–1958	align=left \| First "Northerns" built with 80" driving wheels; Timken roller bearings replaced friction bearings in 1945; 2577, 2582, 2586, 2587 & 2588 received Vestibule cab; 2584 preserved{{Cite web\|url=http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/index2.htm?GNEGN_S2_Class.htm\|title = Great Northern Empire - then and Now}} Last New GN Steam from Outside Builder.

=Mallet and Simple Articulated Locomotives=

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style="background:#AABBCC; font-weight:bold" \| \| colspan="10" \| Mallet and Simple Articulated Locomotives
120x120px \| L-1	2-6-6-2	1900–1924	Baldwin	1906-1908	25	0	1933-1939 \| align="left" \| 1902, 1903, 1908 & 1921 classified as L-1s
\| L-2	2-6-6-2	1805–1844	Baldwin	1907	40	0	1930-1944 \| align="left" \| 1814-1816, 1822, 1824-1826 & 1842 classified as L-2s
120x120px \| M-1	2-6-8-0	1950–1984	Baldwin	1909-1910	35	0	1926-1927 \| All rebuilt as M-2 Class 1926-1927.
\| M-2	2-6-8-0	1950-1984	Baldwin	1926-1928	35	0	1949-1954	Engines 1950, 1952-1962, 1964, 1966, 1969-1971, 1975-1976, 1978-1979, and 1982 Dismantled and parts Rebuilt into O-7s, 1929-1931.
120x120px \| N-1	2-8-8-0	2000-2024	Baldwin	1912	25	0	1925-1927	align=left \| Rebuilt into N-2s between 1925 and 1927
\| N-2	2-8-8-0	2000-2024	Baldwin	1930	25	0	1924–1927	align=left \| Rebuilt into N-3s between 1940 and 1942
\| N-3	2-8-8-0	2000-2024	Baldwin	1940–1942	25	0	1955-1957
120x120px \| R-1a	2-8-8-2	2030-2043	Baldwin	1925	4	0	1951-1955	2030, 2031, and 2033 assigned to Mesabi Division Ore-steaming, 1952.
\| R-1b	2-8-8-2	2034-2043	Great Northern Railway	1928	10	0	1951-1955
\| R-2	2-8-8-2	2044-2059	Great Northern Railway	1929–1930	16	0	1953-1957
\| Z-6	4-6-6-4	4000–4001	Alco	1937	2	0	1946-1955 \| align="left" \| Ex Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway 903 and 904, Acquired 1939.

The 4-6-6-4 locomotives (Nos. 903 and 904) were purchased from the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway and sold back between 1946 and 1950.

Diesel Locomotives

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Electric locomotive Classes

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120x120px \| 3 phase boxcab	B-B	5000–5003	GE & Alco		1909	4	0	1927	align=left \|
120x120px \| Z-1	1-D-1	5000A(B), 5002A(B), 5004A(B), 5006A(B), 5008A(B)	Baldwin-Westinghouse		1926-1928	10	0	1956
120x120px \| Y-1	1Co+Co1	5010-5017	Alco-GE		1927-1930	8	0	1956	align=left \| 5011 rebuilt with a streamlined appearance and reclassified as Y-1a; 5010, 5012-5017 sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1956
120x120px \| W-1	B-D-D-B	5018-5019	GE Erie Works	28448, 28449	1947	2	0	1956	align=left \| 5018 sold to the Union Pacific Railroad in 1960

References

{{Cite journal |last1=Keyes |first1=Norman C. Jr. |last2=Middleton |first2=Kenneth R. |title=The Great Northern Railway Company: All-Time Locomotive Roster, 1861–1970 |journal=Railroad History |volume=143 |date=Autumn 1980 |issue=143 |pages=20–162 |publisher=Railway and Locomotive Historical Society |location=Boston, Mass. |issn=0090-7847 |jstor=43523930}}

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