As Jack White mentioned in this article (I concure, it was a great article), there are six known surviving steam dummies (or tram engines) in North America. Four were built by Baldwin; two by H.K. Porter.
One of the H.K. Porter engines were unearthed in Washington state, and is in storage (I think). One of my "Surviving World Steam Locomotive" users got access to it, and photographed it for me; it and and a picture of the other remaining Porter dummy are on "Surviving World Steam Locomotives".
Worldwide, there are nearly 90 tram engines remaining; I have pictures of about 10 of them in "Surviving World Steam Locomotives". Yes, "Kitty" at at the Ferrymead Tramway in New Zealand is operational (also pictured), but there are also 20 operational worldwide. They include one on the Chiemsee-Bahn railway in Germany (also pictured) that I believe has been in continual operation since it was built in 1887. Another is a "flame thrower" (wood burner) still thought to be operational in Paraguary, it was photographed by Colin Garratt, and is pictured in several of his books.
Several were also still operational in the 1970s or 80s on Java in Indonesia and in Suriname. Rob Dikinson has them pictured in on website; I also have a picture taken of one of the Suriname engines when it was in great shape in the 1980s. Unfortunately, they are quite derelict now.
In regards to North America, I mention "known" because of a "lost locomotive" story I was told. It was a locomotive shown to a contact of mine when he was on a hunting trip as a little boy. It was located in woods north of Interstate 10 between Baton Rouge and Ponchatoula, LA.
It was in a depression surrounded by a group of trees; he said it was invisible until you were on top of it. Based on his description and the location, I am almost certain it was one of the Baldwin tram engines used by the Garyville Northern Railroad. A Shay from that same RR is upside down in a canal just outside of Garyville; the tracks and some cars can still be found in swamps and are on most topo maps.
Unfortunately, he does not where it is now. The man who showed it to him was in poor health at the time, and has since passed away; I can only assume he took it's location with him. I list in my database, but with in incorrect location of "Livingston".
-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a
> David is as usual quite correct. I
> exchanged letters with him about the Mammoth
> Cave engine.
> Which he had written up but the editor cut
> out of his article.
> His responce about the steam dummies is tha
> they were intended to be used on city
> streets before the development of traction.
> The engine missing its body by the way is
> Southern Pacific #2 at Travel Town Park. She
> worked here in San Francisco and later down
> South on the California Motor Road (a steam
> operation)
> There is one operational example in a museum
> in I think, New Zealand.
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