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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad EL-5 class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1919· class of American steam locomotives
what is it?
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad EL-5 class locomotives were a class of 26 articulated 2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1919–1920, and were large and heavily modified articulated locomotives built for heavy coal drag on the Baltimore & Ohio. The locomotives were in use through World War II and started to be replaced soon after the war by dieselization. The locomotives began retirement in the 1950s with the last unit removed from service in 1955.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1920
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q56063548, Wikipedia: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad EL-5 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.