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Manila Railroad 800 class USA
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Vulcan Iron Works· from 1944· Locomotives of the Manila Railroad Company
what is it?
The Manila Railroad 800 class USA were 45 United States Army Transportation Corps class S118 2-8-2 steam locomotives used by the Manila Railroad Company and the Philippine National Railways. Originally built by Vulcan Iron Works and the American Locomotive Works for the United States Army during the Second Philippines Campaign, they were later used to pull freight trains and temporary passenger trains. After the dieselization of the Manila Railroad network in the mid-1950s, they were relegated to work trains until the last unit was scrapped after appearing in a 1989 World War II movie.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1945–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Vulcan Iron Works, American Locomotive Company
- designer
- US Army Transportation Corps
- operators
- Philippine National Railways, Transportation Corps, Manila Railroad Company
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 52 t
- nicknames
- USA, Vulcans
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q108760566, Wikipedia: Manila Railroad 800 class USA (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.