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Savannah and Atlanta 500 Class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1919· Class of steam locomotives
what is it?
The Savannah and Atlanta 500 Class was a class of five 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) for the Savannah and Atlanta Railway (S&A).
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Savannah and Northwestern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 95.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q133539778, Wikipedia: Savannah and Atlanta 500 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.