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Baltimore and Ohio No. 2 Lord Baltimore
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Mount Clare Shops· from 1935· class of 1 American 4-6-4 locomotive
what is it?
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's sole class V-2 4-6-4 steam locomotive, No. 2 Lord Baltimore, was constructed by the railroad's own Mount Clare Shops in 1935. It was built under the direction of the road's master mechanic Georg h Emerson, and said to have been inspired by the Great Western Railway locomotive 6000 King George V which had appeared at B&O's 1927 Fair of the Iron Horse.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Weighs about as much as 21 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
- 1935
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Mount Clare Shops
- operators
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Alton Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- weight
- 129 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4852954, Wikipedia: Baltimore and Ohio No. 2 Lord Baltimore (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.