Notable Classes and Locomotives
- Tom Thumb was the first steam locomotive used in the United States
- 2400 Old Maude (Class O) was the first Mallet in the United States
- 5600 George H. Emerson (Class N-1) was the first duplex locomotive
- Class Q-3 was the USRA Light Mikado including the very first built (#4500)
- Class P-7 was the "president" series of pacifics (4-6-2)
- Class C-16 was the "Little Joe" or "Dockside" switchers
- Class LE-1 locomotives were the first mainline electric locomotives
- The class EM-1 simple articulated locomotives were the largest locomotives run on the B&O
- William Mason is currently the oldest operating example of the 4-4-0 type locomotive in the United States.
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