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Illinois Central 2613
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Paducah Shops· from 1943· scrapped American 4-8-2 locomotive
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Illinois Central 2613 (postcard): Photo taken by Mac Owen and published by Audio-Visual Designs· Public domain
what is it?
Illinois Central 2613 was a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type 2600 class steam locomotive, built in April 1943 by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah Shops in Paducah, Kentucky. No. 2613 and its classmates were the most powerful 4-8-2 locomotives ever built.
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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 18 years (1942–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1943
- in service from
- 1942
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Paducah Shops
- operators
- Illinois Central Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- weight
- 192 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q117311534, Wikipedia: Illinois Central 2613 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.