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Southern Pacific class MC-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1909· class of 2 American 2-8-8-2 Mallet locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Southern Pacific 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive circa 1909: United States Card & Novelty Company, Chicago· Public domain
what is it?
Southern Pacific Railroad's MC-1 class of steam locomotive consisted of two locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1909. They are the first two locomotives converted by Southern Pacific (SP) to run as cab forward locomotives. The first of these two, number 4000, entered service on May 26, 1909.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 14 years (1909–1923).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1923
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- 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
- 2-8-8-2
- weight
- 193 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7570310, Wikipedia: Southern Pacific class MC-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.