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Great Northern class O-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1911· class of 145 American 2-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. WillistonND GreatNorthernLocomotive: Loco Steve from Bromley , UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Great Northern O-1 was a class of 145 American 2-8-2 "Mikado"-type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1911 and 1919 and used by the Great Northern Railway until the late 1950s. The O-1s, along with other O Class Mikados of the Great Northern, were used system-wide to pull freight trains. As of today, only one O-1 has been preserved, No.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 46 years (1911–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1919
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 145
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Great Northern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 127 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q87204827, Wikipedia: Great Northern class O-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.