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Union Pacific class P-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1905· class of 4 American 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Union Pacific Railroad, Steam Locomotive No. 3200, September 17, 1935 - Moscow, Idaho: Steve Shook· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Union Pacific class P-2 was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works originally for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) in 1905.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 53 years (1905–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1958
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Union Pacific Railroad, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 24.1 m
- weight
- 109 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q130354788, Wikipedia: Union Pacific class P-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.