#1692
Maine Central class S 2-8-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1914· class of 32 American 2-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. Maine Central 623: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Maine Central Railroad Class S locomotives were intended for heavy freight service. They were of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " 1'D1' " in UIC classification. They replaced earlier class W 2-8-0 locomotives beginning in 1914.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 23.5 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
- 1914–1924
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 32
- 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
- 2-8-2
- length
- 23.5 m
- weight
- 125 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6736339, Wikipedia: Maine Central class S 2-8-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.