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United States Army 101
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1916· preserved American 2-8-0 locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2-8-0 at NRM, Green Bay, 20040426: User Slambo on en.wikipedia (same as Slambo here)· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
US Army 101 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation"-type steam locomotive that was originally operated by the United States Army. It is one of three survivors of the 1,500 General Pershing locomotives built in 1916–1918 for the War Department in World War I. The class was named after General John J. Pershing. Number 101 went on to see action in three wars — World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,500
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- weight
- 75.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7889504, Wikipedia: United States Army 101 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.