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Northern Pacific class S-10
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1905· class of 10 American 4-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NP328 JSRH: Keon McGarvey· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. NP 328: Keon McGarvey· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Northern Pacific class S-10 (NP S-10) was a type of steam locomotive in use on American railroads in the early 20th century. The first engines of the type were introduced in 1905, and ten were acquired by the Northern Pacific Railway (NP) in 1907, continuing in service until the 1930s and 1940s. One of the engines, Specifically No.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1907–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1907
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Northern Pacific Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 17.7 m
- weight
- 69.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7058841, Wikipedia: Northern Pacific class S-10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.