#1824
Pennsylvania Railroad class N1s
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1918· class of 60 American 2-10-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Prr7128s: Unknown· Public domain
- 2. PRR N1s 7246: Unknown author Unknown author Original text : Official builders' photo?· Public domain
what is it?
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) N1s was a class of 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" steam locomotives built for the Pennsylvania's Lines West. 60 engines were built between December 1918 and November 1919, and worked heavy mineral freight to and from ports on the Great Lakes until their retirement in the late 1940s. All examples were scrapped by 1950.
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Weighs about as much as 33 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 27.7 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1918–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1919
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Brooks Locomotive Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- top speed
- 56 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 27.7 m
- weight
- 197 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120501, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class N1s (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.