#0837
Russian locomotive class Kh
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1895· Russian 2-8-0 locomotive class, built 1895–1900
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Паровоз Х: Архив дороги· Public domain
what is it?
The Russian class Х (Kh) was an early type of Russian steam locomotive. Between 1895 and 1900, 235 were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of the United States. Some locomotives were modernized in the early 1900s, fitted with superheaters and compound cylinders.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.4 m long: about 2 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
- 1895–1900
- retired
- 1955
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 235
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Russian Railways, Chinese Eastern Railway, Manchukuo National Railway
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 10.4 m
- weight
- 66.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4345706, Wikipedia: Russian locomotive class Kh (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.