#2782
Santa Fe class 5011
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1944· class of 25 American 2-10-4 steam locomotives introduced in 1944
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what is it?
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway class 5011 was the last class of steam locomotives to be purchased by AT&SF. The class was introduced by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- 4.2 MW is about 50 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 41 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 37.5 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 15 years (1944–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944
- in service from
- 1944
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 4.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-4
- length
- 37.5 m
- weight
- 244 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30672213, Wikipedia: Santa Fe class 5011 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.