Below is a table showing the most types of locomotives that have existed in America.
Symbol
(Whyte Classification)Wheels
Type/Name
First made in
0-6-0 000 Six Wheel Switcher 1918 0-8-0 0000 Eight Wheel switcher 1930 2-6-0 o000 Mongul 1895 2-6-0 o000 Camelback 1905 2-6-2 0000o Prairie 1912 2-8-0 o0000 Consolidation 1877 2-8-2 o0000o Mikado 1919 2-8-4 o0000oo Berkshire - 2-10-0 o00000 Decapod - 2-10-2 o00000o Santa Fe - 2-10-4 o00000oo Texas - 4-4-0 oo00 American 1848 4-4-2 oo00o Atlantic 1902 4-4-4 oo oo oo Three Truck Shay 1882 4-4-4-4 00 00 00 00 T-1 1945 4-6-0 oo000 Ten Wheeler 1892 4-6-2 oo000o Pacific 1908 4-6-4 oo000oo Hudson (Baltic) 1937 4-6-6 oo000ooo Forney Tank - 4-8-0 oo0000 Mastodon 1890 4-8-2 oo0000o Mountain - 4-8-4 oo0000oo Northern 1937 4-8-8-4 oo0000 0000oo "Big-Boy" 1941