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USRA 2-6-6-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1911· class of American four-cylinder 2-6-6-2 Mallet locomotives
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- 1. WMSR 1309 Ridgeley WV: Fan Railer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The USRA 2-6-6-2 is a standardized design of 2-6-6-2 Mallet locomotives developed by the United States Railroad Administration during World War I.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 34 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
- 1911–1940
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-6-2
- weight
- 204 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7866834, Wikipedia: USRA 2-6-6-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.