3/4 Inch Scale Registry

Bill Yoder of Germany has compiled a list of 3/4 inch scale live steam locomotives in North America, both American prototypes as well as Foreign prototypes.

To register your 3/4 inch locomotive, or to provide information on the whereabouts of one, please email Bill:


 * kant50(at)web(dot)de or kant50(at)gmx(dot)de

Bill requests the following information:


 * Modeled after or castings from
 * Lettering
 * Scale
 * Owner
 * Contact
 * Builder
 * Year completed
 * Year acquired by present owner

The Registry
Eastern Europe,

31 October 2016

Hi guys and ladies, too!

Now we’re up to 340 locos. Of course, all kinds of information holes remain. All are invited to fill in the holes or correct info.

I’ve begun a program to give every loco a code designation: wheel arrangement-prototype-builder. That way, a loco will usually have only one proper position within a file. That should help when searching for specific locos. I’ve completed the work on this in only one of the three files, I will nevertheless send out the files now as they are. The completed file is the one containing 4-6-0’s and larger.

One of my main questions now: I’m listing the original Langworthy Hudson, code designation “464.NYC5297.Langworthy”, as sold and relettered to Southern #1501. Is that correct, is that really the same loco? Who can help me out?

This is the third edition for 2016 – the edition number is 16-3.

I would really appreciate it if people publishing photos on the Internet, for ex. on the Chaski forum, would include more info, attempt to include at least owner, builder and location.

Bill Yoder


 * Part 1: 0-4-0 to 4-4-4 and geared (PDF)


 * Part 2: 4-6-0 to 4-8-8-4 (PDF)


 * Part 3: Foreign-Prototype Models Located in North America (PDF)