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Pennsylvania Railroad class L1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1914· class of 574 American 2-8-2 locomotives
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what is it?
Pennsylvania Railroad Class L1s were 2-8-2 steam locomotives, similar to the later USRA Heavy Mikados, that were used on the Pennsylvania Railroad during the early twentieth century. These 574 locomotives were manufactured between 1914 and 1919 by the railroad's own Juniata Shops (344 examples) as well as the Baldwin Locomotive Works (205) and the Lima Locomotive Works (25). It was the largest class of 2-8-2 locomotives anywhere, although other railroads had more Mikados in total.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 2.8 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 25 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1919
- retired
- 1960
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 574
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works, Altoona Works
- designer
- J. T. Wallace, Alfred W. Gibbs, Axel Vogt
- operators
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, Lehigh and New England Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Interstate Railroad, Cambria and Indiana Railroad
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 2.8 MW
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 25 m
- nicknames
- Lollipops
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7120497, Wikipedia: Pennsylvania Railroad class L1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.