Heaviest train pulled by single locomotive
- Who
- Matt H. Shay
- What
- 15545 tonne(s)/metric ton(s)
- Where
- United States
- When
- 01 January 1900
The heaviest train ever hauled by a single engine is believed to be one of 15,545 tonnes (34,270,820 lb.) made up of 250 freight cars stretching 2.5 km. (1.6 miles) by the Matt H. Shay (No. 5014), a 2-8-8-8-2 steam engine which ran on the Erie Railroad in the US from 1914 until 1929.