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Locomotive names of North America beginning with O

June 18, 2010 - 10:58 — Slambo

Steam locomotives with names beginning with O that have operated in North America:

Name Railroad, # Builder, s/n Build date Whyte type Notes
O. B. Filley TT 56 Grant 10/1882 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 10/1887; sold 4/1900 to Dilley Foundry Co.
O. E. Britt M&SP 136 Taunton 474 9/1869 4-4-0 Rn #1235 in 1899; sold 12/1901.
O. G. Murray TT 84 Rhode 1463 6/1884 2-6-0 NG; SG'ed 9/1887; sold 5/8/1901 to Griffin Mill Co., Griffin, Arkansas.
Oakland CP 179 Vulcan 3 1863 4-2-0 Ex-SF&O 6/1870; shopped 4/1873 for yard service at Oakland; off roster by 1873.
Oakland NYOW 89 Rhode 535 6/1873 4-4-0 Never delivered to NYOW; sold to Providence & Worcester #30; sold to NYP&B #130; transferred to New Haven #388; rn 1745.
Oakland S&O Baldwin 2/1870 2-6-0 Derailed at the same place twice trying to stop for animals on the track in 1871 and 1881.
Oaxaca O&E 4 Baldwin 20150 3/1902 2-8-0  
Oberon GWR 51     2-4-0 Inside connected; 5 ft 6 in gauge until c. 1872.
Obispo Pan Portland 1854 0-4-0  
Ocampo FCHN 7 Baldwin 9876 3/1889 2-8-0 NG; became NdeM #7 in 1908.
Ocmulgee CR&B Rogers 48 9/1843 4-4-0  
Oconee CR&B Rogers 24 9/1840 4-2-0  
Oconomowoc Mi&W Niles 1854 4-4-0 Transferred to LC&M in 1856; became M&SP #41 Minnehaha in 1863; off roster by 1888.
Ocotlan O&E 5 Baldwin 20149 3/1902 2-8-0  
Ogdensburg CP 38 M & Aldus 6/1867 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1528, #1071; s to Crescent City RR #2 2/5/1910.
Ogdensburg O&LC 9 (2nd) M & Aldus 1867 4-4-0 Rn 1/1/1891 #309 W. A. Short; Scrapped.
Ogdensburgh NYOW 52 Baldwin 2929 9/1872 2-6-0 Scrapped 10/6/1908.
Ogechee CR&B Rogers 47 8/1843 4-4-0  
Oglethorpe (1st) CR&B Rogers 21 3/1840 4-2-0  
Oglethorpe (2nd) CR&B Rogers 457 1/1854 4-4-0  
Oil City OCRR     4-4-0  
Ojuela MRR Baldwin 15049 9/1896 0-4-2T  
Old Baldy D&RG 30 Baldwin 4382 1878 2-8-0  
Old Ironsides PG&N Baldwin 1 11/1832 2-2-0 Traded in to Baldwin by PG&N in 1846.
(Old Maude) B&O 2400 ALCO 1903 0-6-6-0 Never officially named by the B&O.
Old Rube D&RG Baldwin   2-8-0 Narrow gauge C-16.
Old Zach CV 10 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Rb 7/1854; rb 7/1864; rn 1864 Gen. Taylor; rn 1869 Stanbridge.
Olema NPC 4 Baldwin 3629 1874 4-4-0 Wrecked at Waldo Point 1894; rb; bec NoS #4 1902; bec NWP #4; rn #81; scr 1911.
Olive IRR 6 Baldwin 1671 10/1867 0-6-0  
Olomana WaSC     0-4-2T  
Olympia O&CV 3 Baldwin 7298 5/1884 2-6-0 Delivered to Columbia & Puget Sound 5/1891.
Omaha A&P 16 Rhode 944 3/1881 4-4-0  
Omaha UP 8 Schen 1865    
Oneida NYOW 8 Rhode 124 9/1869 4-4-0 Scrapped 1/18/1887.
Oneida S&U Rogers 22 6/1840 4-2-0  
Oneonta CP 14 Cooke 3/1866 2-6-0 Rb 6/24/1871 as 4-4-0; scr 10/6/1899 at Sacramento.
Onondaga NY&E 31 Rogers 161 2/1849 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Onondaga NY&H Rogers 366 1/1853 4-4-0  
Onondaga S&U Rogers 25 10/1840 4-2-0  
Ontalaunee P&R Newcaslte 1843 4-4-0  
Ontario CV 3 Amoskeag 1851 4-4-0 Rebuilt 8/8/1859; renamed Sheffield before March 1871.
Ontario L&W Rogers 323 6/1852 4-6-0  
Ontario NY&E 32 Rogers 162 2/1849 4-4-0 6 ft gauge.
Ontario NYOW 22 Rhode 199 8/1870 0-4-0 Leased 1884 to Terminal Co; sold.
Ontario (1st) O&LC 9 (1st) Souther 10/1850 4-4-0  
Ontario (2nd) O&LC 17 (2nd) H & Drury 299 4/1851 4-4-0 Ex-Erie.
Ontario O&S Rogers 169 4/1849 4-4-0  
Ontario P&R Baldwin 1844 0-6-0  
Ontario UE 2 Baldwin 5984 1/1882 2-8-0 S 1885 to U&N #280.
Onward BH&E 10 Schen 526 12/1868 4-4-0 Built as Duchess & Columbia RR #100; xf 1873 to NY & New England 10.
Onward E&KR 3 Baldwin 6711 1883 2-6-0  
Onward E&P 2 Baldwin 3638 8/1874 2-6-0 S 1881 to Bodie & Benton #1.
Onward   Hinkley 1887 4-2-2 Built for the Swinerton Locomotive Driving Wheel Company as a demonstrator to show the company's polygonal driving wheel tire; s to Portland & Rochester Railroad as #13; rb by Manchester Locomotive Works as 4-4-0; scr 1905.
Opdyke ATSF 13 Taunton 542 9/1871 4-4-0  
Opechee H&C Baldwin 1891 2-8-0 3 ft narrow gauge; sold in 1901 to Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad as #5 for use at the Quincy Mines in Hancock, Michigan; preserved but stored outside near Franklin, Missouri.
Opelousas NOO&GW Baldwin 512 2/1853 4-4-0 Built for pred. Opelousas RR; sank off Key West; recovered 5/1853 and rb by Baldwin; became ML&T #1; rn 1885 #501; off roster by 1/1897.
Ophir V&T 16 Cooke 885 1872 2-6-0 Sold 1881 to Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Orange   Boyden 1 1837    
Orange C&PR 3 Hinkley 206 1848 4-4-0 Rn Oxbow; off roster by 1884.
Orange NY&E 4 W Norris 1841    
Orange NYOW 7 Rhode 121 8/1869 4-4-0 Sold before 1880.
Oregon O&C 1 Baldwin 2001 11/1869 4-4-0 Built for Oregon Central; rn 1891 #1106; scr 4/26/1900 Sacramento.
Oregon CV 19 Baldwin 1851 4-4-0 Rebuilt 9/11/1861; renamed 3/1869 Bethel.
Oregon Pony OPRR Vulcan 1862 0-4-0T 5 foot gauge; Entered Service 5/10/1862; had reverse flue boiler; may have been first loco on West Coast; restored at Cascade Locks Historical Museum, Oregon.
Orient LIRR Rogers 501 6/1854 4-4-0  
Orleans NA&S Norris 1851 4-4-0 Became LNA&C 4, Dart, in 1859.
Ormsby V&T 2 Union 12 1869 2-6-0 Sold 3/1925 in Tahoe.
Oronoco CP 93 R Norris 7/1860 4-4-0 Ex-Calif Central #1; to Sacramento Valley #6; to CP 2/29/1869; Rn 1891 #1119; rb 8/1872; became SP #17 9/1872.
Oroville CaN 1 Norris 1861 4-4-0 Became Northern California #1; rn 1891 #1102; scr 1892.
Orray Taft P&W Corliss 1851 4-4-0 Acquired c. 1853; ex-Advance.
Osage KPDP 13 Rogers 1410 1866 4-4-0  
Oscar Wilde CV&S 17       NG; Taken by Tyler Tap Ry as partial payment for #5 J. W. Paramore.
Oscar Wilde O&T 17 (2nd) Brooks 345 2/1879 4-4-0 Ex-Texas & St Louis #5 J. W. Paramore 1882; G. Kingsbury was the designated engineer.
Osceola S&U Rogers 116 1/1848 4-4-0  
Oshkosh LC&M 7 Schen 117 7/1855 4-4-0 Became M&SP #7 in 1863; off roster by 1898.
Ossipee   Hinkley 1096      
Ostrich CP 140 Schen 515 10/1868 4-4-0 Rn 1891 #1145; rb 8/14/1871.
Oswegatchie O&LC 4 (1st) H & Drury 260 4/1850 4-4-0 Sold 1/23/1872 to Rutland & Burlington.
Oswego NYOW 1 Rhode 101 4/1869 4-4-0 Sold 10/27/1887 to NY Loco Works; scrapped 1/1888.
Oswego O&S Rogers 168 4/1849 4-4-0  
Otero ATSF 62 Baldwin 4351 6/1878 4-4-0  
Otis Drury CV 79 CV St Albans 1871 4-4-0 Rn 1879 #21 to replace 2nd Erie; rn 1/1/1900 #36; sold to NLN 12/1892.
Otoe KPDP 14 Baldwin 1540 1866 4-4-0  
Otsego NYOW 6 Rhode 120 8/1869 4-4-0 Sold 10/23/1886.
Otselic NYOW 41 Baldwin 2692 2/1872 4-4-0 Rn 11/7/1906 to 3rd #28.
Otta Quechee CV 14 H & Drury 1848 4-4-0 Rb 9/8/1858; sold 4/1/1884 to SS&C; sold for scrap 1893.
Ottawa CV Amoskeag 1851 4-4-0 Rebuilt 11/17/1856; renamed to Farnham before March 1871.
Ottawa (1st) O&LC 8 (1st) Taunton 25 11/1848 4-4-0 Built for Norfolk County RR as Waterford.
Ottawa (2nd) O&LC 28 (2nd) Malone   4-4-0 May have been #8 rebuilt; Rn 1/1/1891 #328; Scrapped.
Otter Creek R&B 18 Hinkley 548 10/1854 4-4-0 Originally built as Know Nothing; rb 1871; became Central Vermont #209 1891; scrapped 8/1892.
Ouray D&RG 5 Baldwin 2568 1871 2-6-0 Entered service on 10/13/1871; sold to Little Book Cliff Ry as #1 Susie.
Owyhee CP 16 Mason 223 2/1866 4-6-0 Rn 1891 #1511; scr 1/1893.
Oxbow C&PR 3 Hinkley 206 1848 4-4-0 Ex-Orange.
Oxford NYOW 12 Rhode 132 9/1869 4-4-0 Sold 10/24/1887 to NY Loco Works; scrapped 1/1888.

 

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