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A and B Class 0-4-0 Type

The Maine Central rostered ten 0-4-0 locomotives at the time of the 1900 renumbering, none lasting past 1912.

Number 54, "Atlas", was built by Portland in 1872 and scrapped in 1901 as Number 1.

Maine Central 54 became Class A Number 1. Its cylinders were only 12x18" with 42" drivers.

Class B Number 6 was built by the Maine Central Shops in 1889 and scrapped in 1912.

Maine Central 9 Class B 0-4-0 was built by Portland in 1887 and scrapped in 1910.

Maine Central 9 Class B 0-4-0

Class K 0-6-0 Type

The Maine Central owned 42 0-6-0's although the number on the roster fluctuated considerably over the years. Some rosters classify the group into several subclasses.

K-1 155 was built by Manchester in 1902 and scrapped in 1937.

K-5 161 was built by ALCO Schenectady in 1909 and scrapped in 1946.

K-5 163 was built by ALCO Schenectady in 1910 and scrapped in 1947.

Photographed at Lewiston, August 19, 1939.

K-5 166 was built by ALCO Schenectady in 1912 and scrapped in 1947.

Photo by Donald T. Hayward, Sr. at Waterville October 13, 1944.

K-8 167 was built by ALCO Schenectady in 1916 and scrapped in September 1954.

K-8 168 was built by ALCO Schenectady and was scrapped in February 1956.

Photographed at Waterville August 30, 1951.

K-8 173 was built by ALCO Schenectady in 1918 and scrapped in December 1949.

Photographed at Brunswick December 24, 1945.

Scrapped in November 1949

177 was photographed at Waterville August 17, 1939.

183 was built by ALCO Brooks in 1904 and sent to the Portland Terminal subsidiary in 1911. It was renumbered 807 and scrapped in 1939. The "camelback" was rebuilt with a normal cab location in 1921. The MEC had five wide-firebox, center-cab engines, numbers 183-187 built in 1904 and 1906, and all were sent to the Portland Terminal Co. in 1911 and rebuilt from 1916 to 1921.

Former center-cab "camelback" 183 was photographed in June 1937 at Rigby as Portland Terminal 807. It was rebuilt in 1921 with a narrow firebox and end cab.

189 was acquired from the S.D.Warren Paper Co. in 1929 and resold in 1950.

It was built by ALCO Cooke in 1924 as Number 9.

Class J-2 0-8-0 Type

The Maine Central owned only one 0-8-0 which was acquired from the Boston & Maine in October 1946. It had been built by ALCO Schenectady as B&M 617. It was scrapped in 1951. The J-2 classification reflects that the Maine Central once had two J type Moguls.