#1527
JGR Class 8900
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1911· class of 36 Japanese 4-6-2 steam locomotives manufactured in the USA
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JGR-8900-SteamLocomotive: 日本国有鉄道工作局· Public domain
what is it?
The JGR Class 8900 was a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive type formerly used in Japan by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The locomotives were built by the American Locomotive Company in the USA. They were the first 4-6-2 Pacific types used in Japan. They were numbered 8900-8935.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 115 years ago, in 1911.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1912
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2 Pacific
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q10915893, Wikipedia: JGR Class 8900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.