#1998
Pennsylvania Railroad class G5
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Altoona Works· from 1923· class of 121 American 4-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. Pennsylvania Railroad 5741: O484· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad G5s is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives built by the PRR's Juniata Shops in the mid-late 1920s. It was designed for passenger trains, particularly on commuter lines, and became a fixture on suburban railroads (notably the Long Island Rail Road) until the mid-1950s.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1929
- retired
- 1955
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 121
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Altoona Works
- operators
- Long Island Rail Road, Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 108 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120486, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class G5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.