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Great Northern P-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Lima Locomotive Works· from 1914· class of 15 American 4-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. Railway Age Great Northern Mountain Locomotive 1914: Anonymous Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Great Northern P-1 was a class of 15 4-8-2 "Mountain" type steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1914 and operated by the Great Northern Railway.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 14 years (1914–1928).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1928
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Great Northern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- weight
- 107 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q87198954, Wikipedia: Great Northern P-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.