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The creation of this roster (and indeed the entire site) would not have been possible without Dennis Larrick's excellent article, A Short History of the 36" Gauge Crown Metal Products Locomotives. If you know of an engine that is not listed, especially in the smaller gauges, please send an e-mail to share your information. If you have more info about any of the existing entries, please send that as well.

The roster is devided into two parts:

36" Gauge Live Steam Locomotives

Engine # CN # Date Built Built for Coaches Current location Notes
1 33136 1965 Legend City
Pheonix, AZ
2 coaches and caboose In storage
El Paso, TX
For Sale
2 43436 1964 Frontierland
Cherokee, NC
4 coaches Old Hickory Railroad
Jackson, LA
Named "Sequoyah"
3 ? ~1967 Pioneer & Western RR
Fr. Lauderdale, FL
2 closed coaches and caboose Depot Museum
Huntsville, AL
Owned (not used) by Carowinds and South of the Border
4 ? ~1964 Six Gun Territory
Ocala, FL
4 coaches, 1 now enclosed Warner Bros. Underground Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Display Jefferson, TX.
Named "General Sam Houston"
7 ? ~1964 Six Gun Territory
Ocala, FL
4 coaches, 1 now enclosed Jefferson & Cypress Bayou RR
Jefferson, TX
Named "General Robert E. Lee"
119 85730 1968 Henry Doory Zoo
Omaha, NE
4 thirty passenger coaches Henry Doory Zoo 30" gauge
First to use new 42" drivers & fluted dome
5 ? 1970 Six Flags St. Louis
Eureka, MO
4 coaches and caboose Busch Gardens Tampa
Tampa, FL
First 5700 lb tractive effort engine
6 ? 1970 Six Flags St. Louis
Eureka, MO
4 coaches and caboose Six Flags St. Louis Named
"Tommy G. Robertson"
4 ? 1971? Busch Gardens Tampa
Tampa, FL
5 coaches Busch Gardens Tampa South African styling
9 ? 1971? Busch Gardens Tampa
Tampa, FL
5 coaches Busch Gardens Tampa South African styling
12 ? 1971 King's Island
Cincinnati, OH
6 coaches King's Island Was "Tecumseh", now "Kenny Van Meter"
19 ? 1971 King's Island
Cincinnati, OH
6 coaches King's Island Was "Simon Kenton", now "Lew Brown"
17 ? 1972 Lakeside Park
Salem, VA
4 coaches and caboose Busch Gardens
Williamsburg, VA
Now named "The Alpengeist Express"
33 27636 1973 Worlds of Fun
Kansas City, MO
5 coaches Worlds of Fun Named "Eli"
1865 ? 1973? Fort Fun
Bestig-Wasserfall, Germany
? Fort Fun "Santa Fe Express"
1 1790 1971 Carowinds
Charlotte, NC
4 home built coaches from D&RGW chassis In storage,
Santa Margarita, CA
2-6-2 from 1897 Porter chassis, Named "Melodia"
2 37936 1973 Carowinds
Charlotte, NC
4 coaches MJ's Neverland Ranch
Los Olivos, CA
Appearance altered and named "Katherine"
552 ? 1974 King's Dominion
Richmond, VA
6 coaches Camp Dry Gulch
Adair, OK
Named
"Stonewall Jackson"
601 ? 1974 King's Dominion
Richmond, VA
6 coaches Busch Gardens Tampa
Tampa, FL
Name?
238 ? 1974 Busch Gardens
Williamsburg, VA
5 European-style coaches Busch Gardens Williamsburg Named
"Der Hochbeinige"
None ? 1974 Busch Gardens
Williamsburg, VA
5 European-style coaches Busch Gardens Williamsburg Named
"Balmoral Castle"
? ? ? Kuwait 3 coaches Baghdad, Iraq Stolen by Saddam Hussein

30" Gauge Diesel-Hydraulic Steam Outline Locomotives

Engine # CN # Date Built Built for Coaches Current location Notes
1 ? ~1980 Canada's Wonderland
Toronto, Ontario
8 thirty passenger coaches Dorney Park
Allentown, PA
#593 on cab
? ? ~1980 Canada's Wonderland
Toronto, Ontario
8 thirty passenger coaches Valleyfair
Shakopee, MN
Possibly 2 different engines, Extra coaches sold to Omaha Zoo
Canada's Wonderland originally ordered two trains with eight cars a piece. The railroad was never installed and at some point the trains were sold to Valleyfair. Since both Valleyfair and Dorney Park are owned by the Cederfair Corporation, it would be logical to assume that the Dorney engine is one of these two and that Valleyfair has the other. Supposedly, six of the coaches are now owned by the Omaha Zoo, so the Valleyfair and Dorney trains most likely have five cars each. Another possibility is that there are two trains at Valleyfair and the Dorney train was built new around 1990.

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