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Southern Pacific class MT-5
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Southern Pacific Transportation Company· from 1929· class of American 4-8-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Southern Pacific Class Mt-5 is a class of 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotives built between 1929 and 1930 by the Southern Pacific's own Sacramento shops. There were 10 locomotives built in the class. They were retired between 1953 and 1958.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Served for 29 years (1929–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929–1930
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- operators
- Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25349365, Wikipedia: Southern Pacific class MT-5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.