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Chesapeake and Ohio class T-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Lima Locomotive Works· from 1930· class of 40 American 2-10-4 locomotives
what is it?
The Chesapeake and Ohio T-1 was a class of forty 2-10-4 steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1930 and operated until the early 1950s.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- 3.9 MW is about 46 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 43 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 33.8 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1930–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Lima Locomotive Works
- designer
- Advisory Mechanical Committee
- operators
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 3.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-4
- length
- 33.8 m
- weight
- 257 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q110588837, Wikipedia: Chesapeake and Ohio class T-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.