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USATC S160 Class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1942· class of American 2-8-0 locomotive built for service overseas during World War II
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MÁV 411 a Magyar Vasúttörténeti parkban: Balogh Zsolt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. FS 736: B.Zsolt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 2253 Omaha USATC Class S160 2-8-0 at Kidderminster, December 2023: Steve Knight· CC BY 2.0
- 4. S160 'Big Jim' 5820 on the run round loop at Oxenhope at the KWVR: Maxopolitan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. S160 USATC Class No.5197 at Churnet Valley Railway.: Joe080808· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. USATC S160 Class No. 3278 'Franklin D. Roosevelt': Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. P001061 USATC S160 2322: PhotosNormandie· Public domain
what is it?
The United States Army Transportation Corps S160 Class is a class of 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives, designed for heavy freight work in Europe during World War II. A total of 2,120 were built and they worked on railroads across much of the world, including Africa, Asia, all of Europe and South America.
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 84 years ago, in 1942.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 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
- 1942–1945
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2,120
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- designer
- Major J. W. Marsh
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 73 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q946129, Wikipedia: USATC S160 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.