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Pennsylvania Railroad class J28
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1905· class of 2 American 2-6-2 locomotives
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what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad's class J28 comprised two experimental 2-6-2 "Prairie" type steam locomotives.
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 29 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
- 1905
- retired
- 1924
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 171 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120493, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class J28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.