#1981
Great Northern class Q-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1923· class of 30 American 2-10-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Great Northern Q-1 was a class of 30 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 and operated by the Great Northern Railway pulling freight until the late 1950s.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 29.9 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1923–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- 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
- 2-10-2
- length
- 29.9 m
- weight
- 194 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104861022, Wikipedia: Great Northern class Q-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.