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Maine Central class H 4 4 0

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Power type
  
Steam

Build date
  
1905–1909

Configuration
  
4-4-0

Builder
  
ALCO

Total produced
  
13

UIC class
  
2'B

Maine Central Railroad Class H locomotives were intended for branch line passenger service. They were of 4-4-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "2'B" in UIC classification. They were the last American eight-wheeler type locomotives built for the Maine Central. Class H locomotives were numbered from 140 to 152 as delivered. American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Manchester plant assembled builders numbers 38704 through 38708 in 1905 and 41216 through 41220 in 1907. Builders numbers 46034, 46035 and 46397 were completed at ALCO's Schenectady, New York plant in 1909.

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Maine Central class H 4-4-0 Wikipedia