Maine Central class H 4-4-0

Maine Central Class H

Performance figures
Tractive effort	19,200 lbf (85.4 kN)

Career
Retired	1916-1921
Scrapped	1916-1921

Maine Central Railroad Class H locomotives were intended for branch line passenger service.^[2]^[3] They were of 4-4-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "2'B" in UIC classification . Built by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Manchester in 1898 the last were completed at ALCO's Schenectady, New York plant in 1898 all were scrapped between 1916 and 1921 . None of the Maine Central Class H 4-4-0 were preserved .

References

^ Robertson, Edwin B. (1977). Maine Central Steam Locomotives. Westbrook, Maine: Edwin B. Robertson. pp. 12–13.
^ Maine Central 4-4-0's Classes. April 30, 2016.
^ Spiess, Arthur (2019). "Paleoindian Site Location and Small Scale Sand Dunes in Central and Southern Maine". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2019ne-328427. S2CID 195535491. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

v t e Maine Central Railroad Company
Lines	Main Line Bar Harbor Beecher Falls Belfast Bingham Brunswick Bucksport Calais Eastport Farmington Foxcroft Harmony Hartland Kineo Lewiston Livermore Falls Mountain Princeton Rangeley Rockland Rumford Skowhegan Vanceboro
Subsidiaries	Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Northeast Airlines Portland Terminal Company Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
Named Trains	Bar Harbor Express Down Easter Flying Yankee Gull Penobscot Pine Tree
Steam Locomotives	Class C 4-6-2 470 Class H 4-4-0 Class K 0-6-0 Class L 4-4-0 Class M 2-6-0 Class N 4-6-0 Class O 4-6-0 Class P 2-6-0 Class S 2-8-2 Class W 2-8-0 <small>501</small> <small>519</small>
Diesel Locomotives	Class DF EMD F3 Class DP EMD E7 Class DRS road switcher Class DS-1 yard switcher Class DS-4 branch line switcher

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