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Delaware and Hudson K-62 Class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1943· class of 15 American 4-8-4 locomotives
what is it?
The Delaware and Hudson K-62 Class was a class of fifteen 4-8-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company's Schenectady Works in 1943. They were intended as dual-service locomotives, hauling both freight and passenger trains until dieselization in 1953.
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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 36 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 10 years (1943–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1943
- in service from
- 1943
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Delaware and Hudson Railway
- top speed
- 153 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-4
- weight
- 213 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q106590193, Wikipedia: Delaware and Hudson K-62 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.