#2718
Pennsylvania Railroad class J1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Altoona Works· from 1942· class of 125 American 2-10-4 locomotives
what is it?
The PRR J1 was a class of 2-10-4 "Texas" type steam locomotives built between 1942 and 1944. The J1 locomotives had over 95,000 pounds-force (422.6 kN) of tractive effort, plus an additional 15,000 lbf (66.7 kN) including the booster engine.
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 84 years ago, in 1942.
- 4.2 MW is about 50 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 45 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 35.7 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 17 years (1942–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1942–1944
- in service from
- 1942
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 125
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Altoona Works
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 4.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-4
- length
- 35.7 m
- weight
- 268 t
- nicknames
- War Babies
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120492, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class J1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.