Central Vermont 220 is a preserved 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" type steam locomotive, built in February 1915 by the American Locomotive Company's Schenectady Works for the Central Vermont Railway.

220 became known as the "Locomotive of the Presidents", because of its use on special trains carrying Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Dwight D.

[1] The steam engine persisted as the only type of locomotive operating in the United States until the introduction of the electric train in 1895 and, even then, steam engines continued to dominate the rails until the 1950s when diesel came into wide use.

The inscription "28%" on the coal tender indicates that the engine had the potential to lift or drag up to twenty-eight thousand pounds of dead weight.

The museum built the surrounding shed soon afterward to protect the locomotive and the private car (Grand Isle) from the elements.