#2707
USATC S200 Class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1941· class of 200 US/British 2-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. TCDD 46201 class: Ex13· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S200 Class is a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive.
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.7 m long: about 5 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
- 1941–1942
- retired
- 1990
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 200
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- War Department, Turkish State Railways, China State Railway Group, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Trans-Iranian railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 20.7 m
- weight
- 90.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7865763, Wikipedia: USATC S200 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.