#1486
Pennsylvania Railroad class E6
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Altoona Works· from 1910· class of 83 American 4-4-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad Class E6 was the final type of 4-4-2 "Atlantic" locomotive built for the company, and second only to the Milwaukee Road's streamlined class A in size, speed and power. Although quickly replaced on the fastest trains by the larger K4s Pacifics, the E6 remained a popular locomotive on lesser services and some lasted until the end of steam on the PRR. One, #460, called the Lindbergh Engine, is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. It was moved indoors to begin preparations for restoration on March 17, 2010.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.5 m long: about 3 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
- 1910–1914
- status
- retired
- number built
- 83
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Altoona Works
- designer
- Alfred W. Gibbs
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- length
- 12.5 m
- weight
- 111 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120484, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class E6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.