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Baltimore and Ohio P-7
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1927· class of 20 American 4-6-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad locomotive -5304 at Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - 5fd97c6ea70148e5cc912734c000ed2e: Wikimedia Commons· No restrictions
- 2. The Cincinnatian Baltimore and Ohio steam locomotive 1956: Audio-Visual Designs, New Providence, NJ. Photographer:Don Wood· Public domain
what is it?
The Baltimore and Ohio’s P-7 class is a class of 20 4-6-2 "Pacific" type locomotives built in 1927. Named for the first 20 Presidents of the United States, they were the prime motive power for the B&O’s top passenger trains for 31 years. One example, Baltimore and Ohio 5300, the "President Washington", has been preserved.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 31 years (1927–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1958
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- top speed
- 137 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- weight
- 148 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q91247510, Wikipedia: Baltimore and Ohio P-7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.