#0688
Maine Central class M 2-6-0
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Schenectady Locomotive Works· from 1890· class of American 2-6-0 locomotive
what is it?
Maine Central Railroad Class M locomotives were originally intended for heavy freight service. They were of 2-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "1'C" in UIC classification. They were replaced by class P 2-6-0 locomotives for the heaviest freight service beginning in 1896, and spent their final years as yard switcher locomotives.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- Weighs about as much as 9 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
- 1890–1897
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Schenectady Locomotive Works, Portland Company
- operators
- Maine Central Railroad Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 52.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6736333, Wikipedia: Maine Central class M 2-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.