#0293
Pennsylvania Railroad class D4
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Altoona Works· from 1873· class of 37 American 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad's steam locomotive class D4 (formerly Class C (anthracite), pre-1895) comprised thirty-seven anthracite-burning 4-4-0 locomotives intended for general passenger and freight service on the PRR's New Jersey lines, constructed at the railroad's own Altoona Works (now owned by Norfolk Southern) during 1873–1890. They shared many parts with other standard classes. This design differed from the Class C (later D3) mainly in its longer firebox to burn slower-burning anthracite coal.
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 153 years ago, in 1873.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873–1890
- number built
- 37
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Altoona Works
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 37.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120472, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class D4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.