#1359
Maine Central class C 4-6-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1907· class of American 4-6-2 locomotive
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- 1. MEC 470 Waterville Maine September 2013: Stephen Hussar· CC0
what is it?
Maine Central Railroad Class C locomotives were intended for main line passenger service. They were of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 2'C1' " in UIC classification. They replaced earlier class N 4-6-0 locomotives beginning in 1907.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1924
- retired
- 1954
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Maine Central Railroad Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 22.9 m
- weight
- 103 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6736329, Wikipedia: Maine Central class C 4-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.