#1610
Southern Pacific class MC-6
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1912· class of 20 American 2-8-8-2 Mallet cab forward locomotives; all rebuilt as SP AC-3 class
what is it?
Southern Pacific Company's MC-6 class of steam locomotives is made up of two batches: the first consisting of 15 locomotives weighing 435,800 pounds (197.7 tonnes) built in 1912, the second consisting of 5 locomotives weighing 437,100 lb (198.3 tonnes) built in 1913. All of the locomotives were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. This was the last class of 2-8-8-2 "Mallet" type steam locomotives that Southern Pacific (SP) ordered as cab forward 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 33 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 25 years (1912–1937).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1913
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- 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
- 198 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7570315, Wikipedia: Southern Pacific class MC-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.