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Southern Railway Ss class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1917· class of American 2-10-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Southern Railway Ss was a class of 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" type steam locomotives built in 1917 and 1918 for the Southern Railway (SOU). They were assigned to haul and bank heavy freight trains over the Saluda Grade and Old Fort Loops in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Weighs about as much as 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 25.6 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1917–1952).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917–1918
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company, Richmond Locomotive Works
- operators
- Southern Railway, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 25.6 m
- weight
- 172 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q112663737, Wikipedia: Southern Railway Ss class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.