#1771
New York Central Mohawk
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1916· classes of American 4-8-2 locomotive
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- 1. 3001 In Elkhart 2025: USRail1989· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The New York Central Railroad (NYC) called the 4-8-2 type of steam locomotive the Mohawk type. It was known as the Mountain type on other roads, but the New York Central did not see the name as fitting on its famous Water Level Route. Instead, it picked the name of one of those rivers its rails followed, the Mohawk River, to name its newest type of locomotive.
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- 3.2 MW is about 38 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 49 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
- 1916–1942
- retired
- 1957
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 600
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- New York Central Railroad
- top speed
- 129 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- weight
- 293 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16983067, Wikipedia: New York Central Mohawk (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.