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Pennsylvania Railroad class A5s
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Altoona Works· from 1916· class of 14 American 0-4-0 switching locomotives
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- 1. RRMOP 94: Smallbones· Public domain
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class A5s was the most powerful class of 0-4-0 steam locomotives. The Pennsylvania Railroad built 47 in its Juniata Shops between 1916–1924. They were all retired by 1957.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 41 years (1916–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916–1924
- in service from
- 1916
- retired
- 1957
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 47
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Altoona Works
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- weight
- 59.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120460, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class A5s (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.