Locomotive names of North America beginning with V
We move on to the next initial in the alphabet with another relatively short list in the continuing transcription from my old notes. Here are steam locomotives with names beginning with V that have operated in North America:
| Name | Railroad, # | Builder, s/n | Build date | Whyte type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. B. Meade | Hinkley 1664 | ||||
| Vacaville | VV&CL 1 | Vulcan 9 | 1/1867 | 2-2-0 | Ex-Napa Valley Railroad Calistoga in 2/1877. |
| Valladolid | FCUY 24 | Baldwin 8241 | 11/1886 | 4-4-0 | Ex-M&V #4; scrapped. |
| Vallejo | CalP 1 | Mason 245 | 1/1867 | 4-4-0 | Rn 2nd #5 circa 1869; sold 1872 to CP as 2nd #121; rn 1891 #1211; sold 5/27/1906 to Northern Electric as #2. |
| Valley Ford | NPC 6 | Baldwin 3664 | 1876 | 4-4-0 | Leased or sold to Dollar Lumber Company in 1903; rn #22 when recalled. |
| Vampire | D&SC | Mason | 1861 | 2-2-0 | |
| Van Alstyne | H&TC 13 | Schen 507 | 9/1868 | 4-4-0 | Off roster by 1899. |
| Van-Schoonhaven | R&S | 1868 | 4-4-0 | Rb at R&S shops; became D&H #101; scrapped 1881. | |
| Vanegas | VC&RV 3 | ||||
| Vardy McBee | G&C | Rogers 342 | 9/1852 | 4-4-0 | Rn c. 9/29/1852 William Spencer Brown. |
| Varnum | A&Sy | Rogers 103 | 7/1847 | 4-4-0 | |
| Vauxhall | Norris | 4-2-0 | |||
| Velocity | SC | Rogers 331 | 8/1852 | 4-4-0 | |
| Veloz | M&Sa | Rogers 198 | 12/1849 | 4-4-0 | |
| Venice | NYOW 82 | Rhode 444 | 10/1872 | 4-4-0 | Rn 10/1/1887 2nd #69. |
| Vera Cruz | P&R | P&R Reading | 1859 | 4-4-0 | Designed by James Milholland, this was the first American-built locomotive to place the firebox above the locomotive frame rather than between the frame rails. |
| Veragues | Pan | Portland | 0-4-0 | ||
| Verdi | CP 92 | Rhode 60 | 7/1868 | 4-6-0 | Rb 4/11/1876; rn 1891 #1553 then #1050; sold 5/6/1906 to Slade Lumber Company as #2. |
| Vergennes | R&B 3 | Taunton 37 | 9/1849 | 4-4-0 | Rb 10/1863 at Rutland; sold to Mo&P as #2 Saranac; returned to Rutland 12/25/1875; scrapped 5/1887. |
| Vermejo | D&RG 68 | Baldwin 5103 | 5/1880 | 2-8-0 | |
| Vermillion | H&D 2 | Amoskeag | 4-4-0 | Acquired in 12/1868; xf to M&SP; rn #181 in 1899. | |
| Vermillion | LW 1 | Baldwin 4554 | 2/1879 | 4-4-0 | Rn 1885 #551; rn 1901 #130; scr 4/30/1913 at Algiers. |
| Vermont | Hinkley 265 | ||||
| Vermont | CV 20 | Baldwin | 1851 | 4-4-0 | Rb 9/27/1856; involved in a wreck on 5/20/1864; sold to NLN 3/1/1890; scr 1/1891. |
| Vermont | M&WR 3 (2nd) | Manch 630 | 4/1874 | 4-4-0 | Rn 3/1876 D. R. Sortwell (1st); wrecked 8/23/1876 at East Montpelier; rb 3/19/1890 as Barre; rb 7/1891 to burn coal; rn 4/19/1892 A. F. Sortwell; rn by 1907 Vermont; in Woodsville roundhouse fire on 5/15/1907; scr 1920. |
| Vermont | WR | Souther | 1852 | 4-4-0 | Renamed Ware. |
| Vernon | CV 5 | Amoskeag | 1850 | 4-4-0 | Ex-Canada; sold 5/1881. |
| Vernon | M&I | Rogers 75 | 10/1845 | 4-4-0 | |
| Vesta | B&O | Norris | 1839 | 4-4-0 | Used on the Washington Branch. |
| Vesuvius | B&SL | Rogers 486 | 4/1854 | 0-6-0 | |
| Vesuvius | CP 71 | M & Aldus | 5/1868 | 4-6-0 | Rn 1891 #1539; scr 5/1893. |
| Viaduct | Bo&P 45 | Bo&P | 1863 | 4-4-0 |  Named in honor of the Canton Viaduct, which still stands as of 2011. This was the last locomotive built by the Boston & Providence in its own shops. Retired 1883. |
| Vichy | SF&NP 16 | Rogers 4154 | 1889 | 4-4-0 | Became NWP #18; wrecked near Ignacio on 8/8/1910. |
| Vicksburg | SRR | Baldwin 955 | 8/1860 | 4-4-0 | Off roster between 1875 and 1877. |
| Vicksburg | V&J | Newcastle | 1839 | 4-2-0 | Off roster by 5/1866; listed in R&LHS bulletin #101 as Commercial Railroad. |
| Victoria | FCMYG 14 | Rogers 4406 | 10/1890 | 4-6-0 | Rn 1902 #461. |
| Victory | Rogers | 1849 | |||
| Victory | H&NH | Rogers 217 | 6/1850 | 4-4-0 | |
| Vigilance | M&SC | Rogers 70 | 7/1845 | 4-4-0 | |
| Villaeran | FCMYG 13 | Rogers 4405 | 10/1890 | 4-6-0 | Rn 1902 #460. |
| Villalba | Juc | Rogers 35 | 12/1841 | 4-4-0 | |
| Virginia | before 1862 | 4-4-0 |  Although the photo information page doesn't mention the railroad that owned this locomotive, it was likely the US Military Railroad. |
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| Virginia | V&T 4 | Baldwin 1946 | 1869 | 2-6-0 | Scrapped. |
| Virginia | Wi&P | Norris | 1842 | 4-4-0 | |
| Vixen | D&SC | Mason | 1861 | 2-2-0 | |
| Volcano | Norris | 0-6-0 | |||
| Volcano | B&E | Rogers 565 | 2/1855 | 0-6-0 | |
| Volney | NYOW 26 | Rhode 300 | 8/1871 | 2-6-0 | Sold 10/24/1887 to New York Locomotive Works; sold 4/1888 to Centralia & Chester. |
| Volunteer | KC 1 | Baldwin | 1890 | 0-4-4T | Replaced in the 1920s. |
| Vulcan | ATSF 49 | Hinkley | 1876 | 0-4-0 | |
| Vulcan | B&SL | Rogers 478 | 3/1854 | 0-6-0 | Exploded c. 8/18/1856; rb by Rogers 11/29/1856. |
| Vulcan | CP 69 | M & Aldus | 4/1868 | 4-6-0 | Rb 5/26/1870 to burn coal; rn 1891 #1537; sold 1894 to GVG&N as #2. |
| Vulcan | LNA&C 19 | Schen 116 | 5/1855 | 4-4-0 | Ex-NA&S Brookston. |
| Vulcan | R&B | Norris | 1840 | Bought from the Boston & Worcester Railroad, placed in service on 12/22/1850; scr 1855. | |
| Vulcan | SRR | Baldwin 959 | 9/1860 | 4-4-0 | Off roster between 1875 and 1877. |
| Vulcan | USM | Baldwin | 1862 | 4-4-0 | |
| Vulcan | WofM | c 1843 |
Photo credits
- Viaduct - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph. The Wikipedia page for this photograph (retrieved June 14, 2011) asserts that this photograph is in the public domain. Since this locomotive was retired from service before 1900, the photograph could not have been made after that time and therefore I believe it is in the public domain due to its age.
- Virginia - Cropped from a scan of the original photograph by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1862, at the Battle of Bull Run. Available through the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War photographs collection. The image description page for this photograph (retrieved April 11, 2009) asserts there are "no known restrictions on publication."