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Chicago and North Western E-2 class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1923· class of 12 two cylinder 4-6-2 steam locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Chicago and North Western E-2 Class No. 2908: born1945· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Chicago and North Western E-2 Class No. 2912: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Chicago and North Western Railway's Class E-2 was a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York in 1923. Twelve were originally built, and all were later converted. Four of these locomotives gained the Class E-2-a designation in late 1934 when they were converted to burn oil instead of coal, upgraded with larger drivers, and had other changes made in order to run at higher speeds in preparation for pulling the Twin Cities–Chicago 400 the next year.
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 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1923–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- weight
- 134 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5013203, Wikipedia: Chicago and North Western E-2 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.