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Palestine Railways H class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1918· class of 50 4-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. Haifa1931: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Palestine Railways H class was a type of standard gauge mixed traffic steam locomotive on the Palestine Military Railway and its civilian successors Palestine Railways and Israel Railways. The PMR introduced the class in 1919 and Israel Railways withdrew the last ones in 1960.
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1919–1960).
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
- 1919
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Palestine Railways, Israel Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 10.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7127317, Wikipedia: Palestine Railways H class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.