#1751
Soo Line B-4 class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1915· class of 11 American 0-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Soo Line No. 346: Znns· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Soo Line B-4 class were 0-6-0 steam locomotives constructed for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line) by the American Locomotive Company.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.7 m long: about 4 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
- 1915–1920
- status
- in service
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 17.7 m
- weight
- 68.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7562620, Wikipedia: Soo Line B-4 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.