#1152
Maine Central class O 4-6-0
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1903· class of 40 American 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
Maine Central Railroad Class O locomotives were originally intended for heavy freight service. They were of 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "2'C" in UIC classification. They replaced earlier class P 2-6-0 locomotives beginning in 1903.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 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
- 1903–1923
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Schenectady Locomotive Works, Rhode Island Locomotive Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Maine Central Railroad Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 78 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16983077, Wikipedia: Maine Central class O 4-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.