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Nickel Plate Road class H-6o

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1918· class of American 2-8-2 locomotives

2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Nkp587 (4207077832): Bruce Fingerhood from Springfield, Oregon, US· CC BY 2.0
2. Nkp587 (4207077832) (cropped): Bruce Fingerhood from Springfield, Oregon, US· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Nickel Plate Road H-6o was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad (LE&W) and were given to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (NYC&StL) or Nickel Plate Road (NKP) in 1918.

who runs it

Lake Erie and Western Railroad New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México

base stats

weight 128 tin working order
built 15made in total

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 108 years ago, in 1918.
Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
27.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 37 years (1918–1955).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built: 1918
in service from: 1918
retired: 1955
status: preserved
number built: 15
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇺🇸 United States
builders: Baldwin Locomotive Works
operators: Lake Erie and Western Railroad, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 2-8-2
length: 27.4 m
weight: 128 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q130388177, Wikipedia: Nickel Plate Road class H-6o (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.