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TCDD 56301 Class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Vulcan Iron Works· from 1947· class of 88 Turkish 2-10-0 locomotives built in the USA
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Steam locomotive No.56375 Ankara museum: Ex13· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) 56301 Class is a class of 2-10-0 steam locomotives known as "Skyliners". They were built by Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The 88 locomotives in this class were numbered 56301-88.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1949
- in service from
- 1947
- number built
- 88
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Vulcan Iron Works
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- nicknames
- Skyliners
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7669638, Wikipedia: TCDD 56301 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.