#2656
Southern Pacific class AC-8
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1939· class of 28 American 4-8-8-2 cab-forward locomotives
what is it?
Southern Pacific Railroad's AC-8 class of cab forward steam locomotives was the fifth of SP's 4-8-8-2 classes. They were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1939. The AC-8s were the first to receive the larger redesigned cab windows as standard equipment that were retrofitted onto earlier AC class locomotives.
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Weighs about as much as 50 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 19 years (1939–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-8-2
- weight
- 298 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7570301, Wikipedia: Southern Pacific class AC-8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.