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Maine Central class P 2-6-0
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1896· class of 21 American 2-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. Image from page 143 of "American engineer and railroad journal" (1893): Internet Archive Book Images· CC0
what is it?
Maine Central Railroad Class P locomotives were originally intended for heavy freight service. They were of 2-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "1'C" in UIC classification. They replaced class M 2-6-0s for the heaviest freight service beginning in 1896.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896–1902
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Schenectady Locomotive Works
- operators
- Maine Central Railroad Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 61.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16983269, Wikipedia: Maine Central class P 2-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.