Engines & Rolling Stock
The Steam Railroading Institute owns and leases a wide variety of unique railroad equipment not found anywhere else.
Locomotives:
- Pere Marquette 1225
- Flagg Coal Company 75 visiting occasionally. Last visit was for Train Festival 2009. Owned and operated by John and Barney Gramling.
- Mississippian 76 restoration halted to focus on Pere Marquette 1225's rebuild.
- GE 25- tonner "Mighty Mouse" diesel Locomotive. Used for switching the yard and moving 1225 around.
- GE 44- tonner Detroit & Mackinac 10
Passenger cars:
- Canadian National coaches #5576, 5581, and 5646
- Canadian National coach/cafe car #762
- Chesapeake & Ohio Pullman Sleeper "City of Ashland" #2624
- Chesapeake & Ohio/Chicago & Greatwestern/Chicago & Northwestern Baggage/Combination Car #462. Used as Crew Car for 1225's excursions.
- Pere Marquette (C&O) Baggage car #361/Former troop sleeper/Former 1225 tool car.
- PRR #8275 “Norristown Inn”/ SEMTA/ MARC #147. On long term lease from B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.
- US Army #89639/ Amtrak #1363/ MSTX #1363. Used as a concession car on excursions.
Freight cars: (list not complete)
- Ann Arbor PS-1 Boxcar #1314
- Chesapeake & Ohio/Pere Marquette Gondola #31262
- Detroit & Mackinac Tank cars X-127 & X-128. Restored as Pure Oil & Dow Chemical tank car. The later will be used as an auxiliary tender for historic photo freight trains.
- Detroit & Mackinac Gondola #3514
- Grand Trunk Western Track Foreman/bunk car #58332
- Pere Marquette Automobile car #72332
- Wabash Boxcars (later Ann Arbor X4633 and X4646)
Maintenance of Way:
- Rock Island #5000-series tender/ Auxiliary Tender #5000. Former Rock Island 4-8-4 5000 series locomotive tender now used for longer excursions behind PM 1225.
- Pere Marquette #361. Former Troop Sleepers.
- Grand Trunk Western Track Foreman's/ Bunk Car #58332.
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton/ Grand Truck Burro crane #15027. A self-propelled burro crane used for light duties.
- Ex. US Navy Speeder/Gasoline Motor Car.
- Ann Arbor Caboose's #2838 & 2839.
- Pere Marquette Caboose #A909.
- Detroit & Mackinac power car #7.
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