Age of Steam Roundhouse

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 The roundhouse was built by Jerry Joe Jacobson, former CEO of the Ohio Central Railroad System (OHCR). 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. 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. 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. 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.

The project was paid for by Jacobson and his wife, Laura. They set up an endowment to support the museum. 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. The Goodman company says the roundhouse is one of the largest heavy timber structures in America.

Steam locomotives +Locomotive detailsNumberImageHeritageWheel classificationBuiltBuilderStatusNotes1Cuban Sugar1915H.K. PorterDisplayFireless locomotive Compressed Air locomotive.2Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company1940Heisler Locomotive WorksDisplayFireless, from Sharon, Pennsylvania.3Southern Wood Preserving Company1926American Locomotive CompanyDisplay, awaiting a rebuild9McCloud Railway1901Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplay, awaiting restorationPurchased from the Kettle Moraine Scenic Railroad, Wisconsin.12Morehead & North Fork1905American Locomotive CompanyOperationalBuilt as Southern Railway No. 1643.13Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal1919H.K. PorterDisplayPurchased from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.13Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad1920American Locomotives CompanyDisplay, awaiting restoration19McCloud River Railroad1915Baldwin Locomotive WorksOperationalPurchased 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). It made its first test run in March 2026 and hauled its first excursion train on April 9, 2026.33Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad1916Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplay, awaiting 1,472-day inspection and overhaulFirst 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.37Sugar Pine Lumber Company1925American Locomotive CompanyDisplayPurchased from the Timber Heritage Association.96Canadian National1910Canadian Locomotive CompanyDisplayPurchased from Steamtown USA.105Sturm & Dillard Co.1917Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplayPurchased from the Orrville Railroad Heritage Society.401Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad1928Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplayPurchased from the Mid-Continent Railway Museum.643Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad1944Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplayPurchased from a private owner in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, largest locomotive in the collection. Nicknamed The King.727U.S. Steel1897H.K. PorterDisplayFrom Sewickley, Pennsylvania763New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad1944Lima Locomotive WorksDisplay, awaiting possible restorationPurchased from the Virginia Museum of Transportation1187Reading Company1903Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplayPurchased 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, 2020.1190Baltimore and Ohio Railroad1904American Locomotive CompanyDisplay1278 Canadian Pacific Railway1948Canadian Locomotive CompanyDisplayPurchased from the Gettysburg Railroad, No. 1278 suffered a crown sheet failure in 1995, underwent a partial cosmetic restoration from 2016 to 2017.1293Canadian Pacific Railway1948Canadian Locomotive CompanyUndergoing 1,472-day inspection and overhaulAge of Steam's primary locomotive/locomotive power.1308Chesapeake and Ohio1949Baldwin Locomotive WorksTo be moved for display from Huntington, WVMuseums' 25th acquired steam locomotive and the only articulated steam locomotive in the collection. Previously owned by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc.1551Canadian National1912Montreal Locomotive WorksDisplay, awaiting restorationTraded from Steamtown in exchange for BLW No. 26 in 1986.2630US Army1943Baldwin Locomotive WorksDisplayPurchased from the Southeastern Railway Museum, USATC S160 Class. Cosmetically restored.3960Wheeling and Lake Erie1935W&LE Brewster ShopsDisplay, awaiting in-depth cosmetic restorationPurchased from Canton, Ohio.6325Grand Trunk Western Railroad1943American Locomotives CompanyDisplayPurchased from Battle Creek, Michigan.

Diesel locomotives

ALCO +Locomotive detailsNumberImageHeritage Model Notes14Newburgh & South Shore RailroadS218South Buffalo RailwayS484Great NorthernS2Painted in fictional Nickel Plate Road livery100Southern PacificS2101Norfolk & WesternS2102Norfolk & WesternS2400Monongahela Connecting RailroadT61077Long Island Rail RoadRS31663South Buffalo RailwayS21782S21800Erie Mining Co.RS18Named "Chappy"4099Delaware & HudsonRS3From Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad7230Erie Mining Co.C4249100Baltimore & OhioS4

EMD NumberHeritage Model Notes82Montour RailroadSW984Montour RailroadSW9211Detroit EdisonSW1212Detroit EdisonSW1452AmtrakF40M-2C460AmtrakF40M-2C556Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeSW1200736New York CentralSW11202Aliquippa & SouthernSW12001203WabashSW12001205Aliquippa & SouthernSW12001501Pittsburgh & Lake ErieGP7

Fairbanks-Morse NumberHeritage Model Notes1802Yankeetown DockH12-441852United States ArmyH12-44Painted in a Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway inspired scheme.

General Electric NumberHeritage Model Notes4Bethlehem Steel Johnstown Works25-Ton4092 Western Pacific Railroad Monongahela Railroad Conrail CSX Transportation Ohio Central RailroadB23-7SRebuilt from a Western Pacific U23B.

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