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- 1. Western Maryland Railway Steam Locomotive No. 202 - 2: Ser Amantio di Nicolao· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Western Maryland K-2 was a class of 9 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 and operated by the Western Maryland Railway until the early 1950s. They pulled passenger trains until retirement and only one survives, No. 202.
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.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 31.4 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1912–1954).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1954
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Western Maryland Railway
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 31.4 m
- weight
- 115 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104860912, Wikipedia: Western Maryland K-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.