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Milwaukee Road class A2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1901· class of 47 four-cylinder Vauclain compound 4-4-2 locomotives
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- 1. MILW No. 919: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Milwaukee Road's A2 class comprised 47 compound steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 or 'Atlantic' configuration. The Milwaukee Road acquired them in five batches. The first two batches of 9 and 19 locomotives (classes A2 and A2-a) were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and were Vauclain compound locomotives with 84 inches (2.13 m) drivers.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 29 years (1901–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1909
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
- operators
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6861823, Wikipedia: Milwaukee Road class A2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.