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Great Northern class Z-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1926· class of 10 American electric locomotives
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what is it?
The Great Northern Z-1 was a class of ten electric locomotives built for the Great Northern Railway. They were used to work the route through the second Cascade Tunnel. They were built between 1926–1928 by Baldwin Locomotive Works, with Westinghouse electrics, and stayed in service until dieselisation in 1956.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 30 years (1926–1956).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1928
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- operators
- Great Northern Railway
- top speed
- 72 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11 kV, 25 Hz single phase AC
- wheel arrangement
- 1′Do1′
- weight
- 168 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1486107, Wikipedia: Great Northern class Z-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.