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Maine Central class H 4-4-0
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1898· class of American 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
Maine Central Railroad Class H locomotives were intended for branch line passenger service. They were of 4-4-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "2'B" in UIC classification . Built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Manchester in 1898 the last were completed at ALCO's Schenectady, New York plant in 1898 all were scrapped between 1916 and 1921 .
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 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
- 1898
- retired
- 1921
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- 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
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 57.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6736330, Wikipedia: Maine Central class H 4-4-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.