Southern Railway Ps-4 class

what is it?

The Southern Railway Ps-4 was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives built for the Southern Railway (SOU), as well as its subsidiaries, the Alabama Great Southern (AGS) and the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific (CNO&TP). They were designed to be the primary mainline locomotives pulling SOU's heavy passenger trains between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia, including the CNO&TP trains between Cincinnati, Ohio and Jacksonville, Florida, as well as the AGS trains between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Meridian, Mississippi, via Birmingham, Alabama. The first batch were built between 1923 and 1924 by American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Schenectady Works in Schenectady, New York.

who runs it

Southern RailwayCNCincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific RailwayAGAlabama Great Southern Railroad

base stats

• speed 129 km/htop speed
• power 2 MWpower output
• built 64made in total

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 103 years ago, in 1923.
• 🚗2 MW is about 23 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• ⌛Served for 29 years (1923–1952).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1923–1928

in service from

1923

retired

1952

status

preserved

number built

64

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Schenectady Locomotive Works, Richmond Locomotive Works, Baldwin Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company

operators

Southern Railway, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, Alabama Great Southern Railroad

top speed

129 km/h

power

2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-2

nicknames

First Ladies of the Pacifics, Harrison Engines

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.