#1985
Illinois Central 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 Classes
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1923· steam locomotives built in 1923 to 1926
what is it?
The Illinois Central 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 Classes were a series of 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotives that were manufactured by various builders, with the 2400 class being built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW), and the 2300, 2500 and 2600 class being built by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah, Kentucky shops, with the 2500s being rebuilds from their 2900 class 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" or "Central" type locomotives.
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.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Illinois Central Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q132398397, Wikipedia: Illinois Central 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 Classes (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.