#1853
Manila Railroad 45 class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by H.K. Porter, Inc.· from 1919· class of 4-6-0 locomotves in the Philippeans
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MRR Porter 65 Caloocan: Manila Railroad Company· Public domain
what is it?
The Manila Railroad 45 class of 1919 were twenty-one 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler steam locomotives. Twenty locomotives were built by American light duty locomotive manufacturer H.K. Porter, Inc. between 1919 and 1921 for the Manila Railroad Company (MRR).
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 68 years (1921–1989).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1932
- in service from
- 1921
- retired
- 1989
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- H.K. Porter, Inc.
- designer
- H.K. Porter, Inc.
- operators
- Philippine National Railways
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 41.7 t
- nicknames
- Porters
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104836671, Wikipedia: Manila Railroad 45 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.