#1508
Baldwin Class 12-28 ¼ E
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1911· Baldwin classification for a 2-8-2 locomotive with 17-inch cylinders
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2 - White Pass Railway - Engine 73: Explorer1940· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Baldwin Class 12-28 ¼ E was a series of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for several narrow-gauge railroads.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1947
- retired
- 1964
- status
- preserved
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 65.8 t
- nicknames
- Hog
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q123686113, Wikipedia: Baldwin Class 12-28 ¼ E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.