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Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum
Inside the Age of Steam Roundhouse
Map
Established2011 (2011)
LocationSugarcreek, Ohio
TypeVintage steam and diesel locomotives, and other rail equipment
PresidentJerry Joe Jacobson (2011–2017)
Websitewww.ageofsteamroundhouse.org

The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, located in Sugarcreek, Ohio, United States, is a museum roundhouse housing steam and diesel locomotives, passenger cars and other vintage United States and Canadian railroad equipment, built and opened in 2011.

History

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The roundhouse was built by Jerry Joe Jacobson, former CEO of the Ohio Central Railroad System (OCRS). In October 2008, Jacobson sold his interest in OCRS to Genesee & Wyoming, including the track, modern equipment, and most of the workshops and depots. Jacobson kept a collection of vintage steam and diesel locomotives, other old equipment, and a depot at Sugarcreek, Ohio.[1][2] He bought 34 acres in Sugarcreek and began constructing a roundhouse to house his collection. The roundhouse building was completed in 2011 and all of the steam locomotives, along with a few other select pieces of rolling stock in Jacobson's collection, were moved inside the roundhouse that same year.[3] It was the "first large roundhouse built in the United States since 1951," with the previous building being Nickel Plate Road's roundhouse in its Calumet Yard.[2] As of 2012, the Age of Steam Roundhouse's website outlines its goals as:

  • Preserve the steam locomotives, historic diesels, passenger cars, and other railroad relics in the collection of Jerry Joe Jacobson.
  • Build a full-scale, operating, and realistic roundhouse and back shop to overhaul, repair, and maintain Jerry’s rolling stock.
  • Operate the steam locomotives on freight trains.
  • Display railroad heritage for future generations.[4]

The project was paid for by Jacobson and his wife, Laura. They set up an endowment to support the museum.[2][4] Architect F. A. Goodman says the building is 48,000 square feet and of "solid masonry walls" and "heavy timber framing". It has 18 stalls, each of which is large enough for a locomotive and its tender.[5] The Goodman company says the roundhouse is one of the largest heavy timber structures in America.[5]

Steam locomotives

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Locomotive details[6]
Number Image Heritage Wheel classification Built Builder Status Notes
1 Cuban Sugar 0-4-0CA 1915 H.K. Porter Display Fireless locomotive Compressed Air locomotive.[6]
2 Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company 0-4-0F 1940 Heisler Locomotive Works Display Fireless, from Sharon, Pennsylvania.[6]
3 Southern Wood Preserving Company 0-4-0T 1926 American Locomotive Company Display, awaiting a rebuild [6]
9 McCloud Railway 2-6-2 1901 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display, awaiting restoration Purchased from the Kettle Moraine Scenic Railroad, Wisconsin.[6]
12 Morehead & North Fork 0-6-0 1905 American Locomotive Company Operational Built as Southern Railway No. 1643.[6]
13 Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T 1919 H.K. Porter Display Purchased from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.[6]
13 Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad 2-8-0 1920 American Locomotives Company Display, awaiting restoration [6]
19 McCloud River Railroad 2-8-2 1915 Baldwin Locomotive Works Undergoing 1,472-day inspection and overhaul Purchased from the Yreka Western Railroad and the Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway. No. 19 was used as OP&E No. 19 in the 1973 Robert Aldrich film Emperor of the North (Pole).[6] It will return to steam on April 9, 2026.[7]
33 Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad 2-8-0 1916 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display, awaiting 1,472-day inspection and overhaul First from the Munising, Marquette and Southeastern as No. 44, No. 33 operated on the LS&I until 1962. Owned by the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway from 1965 to 2003, when it first arrived at the Ohio Central.[8][9][6]
37 Sugar Pine Lumber Company 2-8-2T 1925 American Locomotive Company Display Purchased from the Timber Heritage Association.[citation needed]
96 Canadian National 2-6-0 1910 Canadian Locomotive Company Display Purchased from Steamtown USA.[6]
105 Sturm & Dillard Co. 0-6-0 1917 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display Purchased from the Orrville Railroad Heritage Society.[6]
401 Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad 2-10-0 1928 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display Purchased from the Mid-Continent Railway Museum.[6]
643 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad 2-10-4 1944 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display Purchased from a private owner in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, largest locomotive in the collection. Nicknamed The King.[6]
727 U.S. Steel 0-4-0T 1897 H.K. Porter Display From Sewickley, Pennsylvania
763 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 2-8-4 1944 Lima Locomotive Works Display, awaiting possible restoration Purchased from the Virginia Museum of Transportation[10][11][6]
1187 Reading Company 0-4-0 1903 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display Purchased from the Strasburg Rail Road, No. 1187 was recently acquired from Strasburg from an auction on July 15, 2020, and left Strasburg on July 31, 2020.[12][13][6]
1190 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 0-6-0 American Locomotive Company 1904 Display [6]
1278 Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-2 1948 Canadian Locomotive Company Display Purchased from the Gettysburg Railroad, No. 1278 suffered a crown sheet failure in 1995, underwent a partial cosmetic restoration from 2016 to 2017.[6]
1293 Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-2 Canadian Locomotive Company 1948 Display, awaiting 1,472-day inspection and overhaul Age of Steam's primary locomotive/locomotive power.[14][6]
1308 Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-2 1949 Baldwin Locomotive Works To be moved for display from Huntington, WV Museums' 25th acquired steam locomotive and the only articulated steam locomotive in the collection. Previously owned by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc.[15]
1551 Canadian National 4-6-0 1912 Montreal Locomotive Works Display, awaiting restoration Traded from Steamtown in exchange for BLW No. 26 in 1986.[6]
2630 US Army 2-8-0 1943 Baldwin Locomotive Works Display Purchased from the Southeastern Railway Museum, USATC S160 Class. Cosmetically restored.[6]
3960 Wheeling and Lake Erie 0-6-0 1935 W&LE Brewster Shops Display, awaiting in-depth cosmetic restoration Purchased from Canton, Ohio.[6]
6325 Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-4 1943 American Locomotives Company Display Purchased from Battle Creek, Michigan.[16][6]

Diesel locomotives

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Diesel locomotives near the turntable

ALCO

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Locomotive details[6]
Number Image Heritage Model Notes
14 Newburgh & South Shore Railroad S2
18 South Buffalo Railway S4
84 Great Northern S2 Painted in fictional Nickel Plate Road livery
100 Southern Pacific S2
101 Norfolk & Western S2
102 Norfolk & Western S2
400 Monongahela Connecting Railroad T6
1077 Long Island Rail Road RS3
1663 South Buffalo Railway S2
1782 S2
1800 Erie Mining Co. RS18 Named "Chappy"
4099 Delaware & Hudson RS3 From Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
7230 Erie Mining Co. C424
9100 Baltimore & Ohio S4

EMD

Number Heritage Model Notes
82 Montour Railroad SW9
84 Montour Railroad SW9
211 Detroit Edison SW1
212 Detroit Edison SW1
452 Amtrak F40M-2C
460 Amtrak F40M-2C
556 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe SW1200
736 New York Central SW1
1202 Aliquippa & Southern SW1200
1203 Wabash SW1200
1205 Aliquippa & Southern SW1200
1501 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie GP7

Fairbanks-Morse

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Number Heritage Model Notes
1802 Yankeetown Dock H12-44
1852 United States Army H12-44 Painted in a Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway inspired scheme.

General Electric

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Number Heritage Model Notes
4 Bethlehem Steel Johnstown Works 25-Ton
4092 B23-7S Rebuilt from a Western Pacific U23B.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Age of Steam Roundhouse: Who We Are". Age of Steam, Ltd. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Hankey, John P. (March 2010). "Newest roundhouse in the land". Trains. Vol. 70, no. 3. p. 54.
  3. ^ "Age of Steam Roundhouse: Roundhouse Report - Fall 2011" (PDF). Age of Steam, Ltd. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Age of Steam Roundhouse: Where We Are Going". Age of Steam, Ltd. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Age of Steam Roundhouse". F.A. Goodman Architects. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Our Collection". Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  7. ^ Trains Staff (October 11, 2025). "Age of Steam Roundhouse's 2-8-2 No. 19 to receive christening in April". Trains.com. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  8. ^ "Ohio Central Railroad". www.gwrr.com. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "Ohio Central uses LS&I 2-8-0 in freight service". TrainsMag.com. December 14, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2021.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 763". February 14, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "Track Change for Nickel Plate 763 locomotive". July 24, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  12. ^ "Digest: Age of Steam museum acquires Camelback locomotive". Trains magazine. July 16, 2020. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum acquires a rare steam locomotive". Roundhouse Reports. Sugarcreek, Ohio: Age of Steam Roundhouse. July 16, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  14. ^ Chappell, Gordon. "Canadian Pacific 1293". Steam Over Scranton: Special History Study, American Steam Locomotives. National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  15. ^ McKinney, Chad (September 29, 2025). "The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum Acquires its 25th Locomotive". Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  16. ^ "Age of Steam Roundhouse home page". Age of Steam Roundhouse. Age of Steam, Ltd. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  17. ^ McKinney, Chad (October 9, 2024). "Ohio Central donates diesel locomotive #4092 to the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum". Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
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