Editing 4-4-0 (section)

===United States===
[[File:Old 4-4-0.jpg|thumb|[[Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad|AM&O]] no. 87, delivered on flatcars due to breaks-of-gauge]]
Since the first locomotives in the United States were imported from the United Kingdom, the British {{RailGauge|4ft8.5in|al=on|allk=on}} was also adopted by the first United States railroads. When new locomotive construction began in the United States in 1831, some new railroads opted for a different gauge, resulting in [[Break-of-gauge|breaks-of-gauge]] as railroads began to be joined. Apart from freight reloading issues, another result was that new locomotives for some of these railroads had to be delivered on flatcars.

The 4-4-0 played a major role in the development of rail transport in the United States. Some of the notable 4-4-0 locomotives that saw service on United States railroads are:
[[File:ATSF 1890s passenger train.jpg|thumb|An [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|AT&SF]] {{nowrap|4-4-0}} on a [[passenger train]] across [[Kansas]], c. 1895]]
[[File:PRR D6 317.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pennsylvania Railroad class D6]] {{nowrap|4-4-0}} No. 317, built in 1881.]]
* [[Reading Company#Preserved locomotives|Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company No.
3]], built in 1842 by Eastwick & Harrison in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], is one of the oldest surviving locomotives of the 4-4-0-wheel arrangement, and the sole surviving 4-4-0 of the Reading Company. <ref>{{Cite web |title=RDG Co. Surviving Steam Profile |url=http://www.readingrailroad.org/profiles/rdg_profile_steam_pr3.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.readingrailroad.org}}</ref>
* [[The General (locomotive)|The ''General'']], built in 1855 by [[Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works|Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor]] in [[Paterson, New Jersey]], was the fleeing locomotive during the [[Great Locomotive Chase]] of the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Moshein, Peter  |author2=Rothfus, Robert R.|year=1992|title=Rogers locomotives: A brief history and construction list|journal=Railroad History|issue=167|pages=13–147}}</ref><ref name="Stealing the General">{{cite book|title=Stealing the General; The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor|author=Bonds, Russell S.|year=2007|publisher=Westholme Publishing|location=Yardley, Pennsylvania|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781594160332/page/94 94–95]|isbn=978-1-59416-033-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781594160332/page/94}}</ref>
* [[The Texas (locomotive)|The ''Texas'']], built in 1856 by [[Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works|Danforth, Cooke & Company]] in Paterson, New Jersey, was the pursuing locomotive during much of the Great Locomotive Chase.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.andrewsraid.com/texas.html |title=The Great Locomotive Chase |access-date=2012-09-28 |archive-date=2012-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617122701/http://www.andrewsraid.com/texas.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=356 ''Texas'' Information Page]</ref>
* The [[Jupiter (locomotive)|''Jupiter'']], [[Central Pacific Railroad]]’s No. 60, built by [[Schenectady Locomotive Works]] of New York in September 1868, was one of the two locomotives to meet at [[Promontory Summit]] during the [[Golden Spike]] ceremony upon the completion of the [[First transcontinental railroad|First American Transcontinental Railroad]] on May 10, 1869.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/gosp/historyculture/upload/jupiter%202.pdf Everlasting Steam: The Story of ''Jupiter'' and ''No. 119'']</ref> 
* [[Union Pacific No. 119]], built by [[Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works]] of Paterson, New Jersey in 1868, was the other locomotive at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.tns.net/~path/GS119.html |title=Union Pacific's 119 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930204844/http://users.tns.net/~path/GS119.html |archive-date=2011-09-30 }}</ref>
* The [[Virginia & Truckee Railroad]]’s ''[[Virginia and Truckee 18 Dayton|Dayton]]'', built in 1873 by the [[Central Pacific Railroad]], had the honor of opening the branch line between [[Carson City]] and [[Minden, Nevada|Minden]] in [[Nevada]] in 1906.<ref name="Koenig">{{cite book|author =Koenig, Karl R.|title=Virginia & Truckee Locomotives|publisher=[[Chatham Publishing]]|year=1980|pages=58, 65|isbn=0-89685-102-8}}</ref>
* The [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999|New York Central and Hudson River Railroad no. 999]], built in 1893 to haul the railroad's ''[[Empire State Express]]'', is believed to have been the first in the United States to travel at a speed of more than {{convert|100|mph|km/h|abbr=off}}.<ref>[http://www.softsource.com/999.html Fleet-wheeled wonder: New York Central & Hudson River Railroad's no. 999, by Kevin V. Bunker]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Empire State Express'' No. 999 |work=Genesee County, New York |url=http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/dpt/historian/ese999.html |access-date=March 1, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230202557/http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/dpt/historian/ese999.html |archive-date=December 30, 2005 }}</ref>
* [[Walt Disney World Railroad]] No. 4 ''Roy O. Disney'', which was built in February 1916 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as No. 66 (later No. 251 in the 1960s) for the [[Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán|United Railways of Yucatán]] in Mexico. It now operates on the railroad circling the [[Magic Kingdom]] in [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref name="Broggie">{{Citation |last=Broggie |first=Michael |year=2014 |title=Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom |edition=4th |publisher=[[Donning Company|The Donning Company Publishers]]|pages=320–323, 393–394|isbn=978-1-57864-914-3}}</ref> Since January 2024, this locomotive has been shipped to the Strasburg Rail Road for an extensive overhaul.<ref>{{Cite web|last=James|first=Chloe|date=January 20, 2024|title=Disney World Removes Feature From Park, Will Be Gone for Years|url=https://insidethemagic.net/2024/01/walt-disney-world-railroad-closed-disney-world-cj1/|work=Inside the Magic|access-date=March 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121181613/https://insidethemagic.net/2024/01/walt-disney-world-railroad-closed-disney-world-cj1/|archive-date=January 21, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Roy O Disney on track.jpg|thumb|left|WDWRR {{nowrap|4-4-0}} No. 4 ''Roy O. Disney'', built in 1916]]

By 1910, the 4-4-0 was considered obsolete being replaced by Mikados, Pacifics and other larger engines, although they continued to serve to an extent into the 1950s. The last 4-4-0 to be built was a diminutive Baldwin product for the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán in 1945. Fewer than forty 4-4-0s survive in preservation in the United States, reproductions excluded.<ref name="White"/>

Between 1959 and 1989, the [[Crown Metal Products]] Company of Wyano, Pennsylvania built [[live steam]] reproductions of classic 4-4-0 designs for use by [[amusement park]]s. The largest of these, of which 18 were produced, ran on {{RailGauge|3ft}} [[narrow gauge railways|narrow gauge]] [[rail tracks|track]]. Most are patterned after 19th-century American designs, but those produced for [[Busch Gardens]] have European styling. Although Crown Metal Products ceased operations in 1989, many of their locomotives continue to see daily operation at parks such as [[Kings Island]], [[Worlds of Fun]], and the [[Omaha Zoo Railroad]] at Omaha's [[Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium]].

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