4-8-2
Original buyers
Original buyers
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| \+North American 4\-8\-2 locomotive operators |

| Railroad(Quantity, nickname) | Class | Road numbers | Builder | Build year | Notes |
| [Great Northern Railway](/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_%28United_States%29 "Great Northern Railway (United States)")(43 "Mountains") | [P\-1](/wiki/Great_Northern_P-1 "Great Northern P-1") | 1750–1764 | [Lima](/wiki/Lima_Locomotive_Works "Lima Locomotive Works") | 1914 | All rebuilt into Q\-2 [2\-10\-2s](/wiki/2-10-2 "2-10-2") in 1928, all scrapped |
| [P\-2](/wiki/Great_Northern_P-2 "Great Northern P-2") | 2500–2527 | Baldwin | 1923 | [2507](/wiki/Great_Northern_2507 "Great Northern 2507") and 2523 preserved, remainder scrapped |
| [New York Central Railroad](/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad "New York Central Railroad") (600 "[Mohawks](/wiki/New_York_Central_Mohawk "New York Central Mohawk")") | L\-2d | 2925\-2949 | [Alco](/wiki/American_Locomotive_Company "American Locomotive Company") | 1929 | [2933](/wiki/New_York_Central_2933 "New York Central 2933") preserved at the [National Museum of Transportation](/wiki/National_Museum_of_Transportation "National Museum of Transportation") in [St Louis](/wiki/St_Louis "St Louis"), [Missouri](/wiki/Missouri "Missouri"), remainder scrapped |
| L\-3a | 3000\-3034 | Alco | 1940 | [3001](/wiki/New_York_Central_3001 "New York Central 3001") preserved at the [National New York Central Railroad Museum](/wiki/National_New_York_Central_Railroad_Museum "National New York Central Railroad Museum") in [Elkhart, Indiana](/wiki/Elkhart%2C_Indiana "Elkhart, Indiana"), remainder scrapped |
| L\-3b | 3035–3049 | Alco | 1940 | All scrapped |
| L\-3c | 3050–3064 | Alco | 1940 | All scrapped |
| L\-4a | 3100–3124 | Lima | 1942 | All scrapped |
| L\-4b | 3125–3149 | Lima | 1942 | All scrapped |
| [Pennsylvania Railroad](/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad "Pennsylvania Railroad")(301 "Mountains") | [M1](/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_M1 "Pennsylvania Railroad class M1") | 4700, 6800\-6999 | PRR [Altoona Works](/wiki/Altoona_Works "Altoona Works"), Baldwin, Lima | 1923\-1926 | All scrapped |
| M1a | 6700\-6799 | PRR Altoona Works, Baldwin, Lima | 1930 | 38 rebuilt into "M1b"s. [6755](/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_6755 "Pennsylvania Railroad 6755") preserved in [Strasburg, Pennsylvania](/wiki/Strasburg%2C_Pennsylvania "Strasburg, Pennsylvania"), remainder scrapped |
| [Southern Pacific](/wiki/Southern_Pacific "Southern Pacific")  
(83 "Mountains")  Mt\-1 | 4300\-4327 | Alco [Schenectady](/wiki/Schenectady_Locomotive_Works "Schenectady Locomotive Works") | 1923–1924 | Equipped with skyline casings during/after 1939Mt\-2's were built for the [EP\&SW](/wiki/El_Paso_and_Southwestern_Railroad "El Paso and Southwestern Railroad")All scrapped |
| Mt\-2 | 4385\-4390 | Alco [Brooks](/wiki/Brooks_Locomotive_Works "Brooks Locomotive Works") | 1924 |
| Mt\-3 | 4328\-4345 | SP Sacramento | 1925–1926 |
| Mt\-4 | 4346\-4366 | SP Sacramento | 1926–1929 |
| [Mt\-5](/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Mt-5 "Southern Pacific Mt-5") | 4367\-4376 | SP Sacramento | 1929–1930 |


How do locomotive operators decide which locomotives to preserve or scrap?