JGR Class 7170

what is it?

The Japanese Class 7170 steam locomotive was among the first trains to be used in Hokkaido, and was utilized alongside the JNR Class 7100 on the Horonai Railway. The two tender locomotives that were to become the Class 7170 were purchased from the American Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1889, and were included into the numbering sequence of the six 7100 trains as numbers 7 and 8. Soon afterwards, the Horonai Railway came to be controlled by Hokuyūsha company president Murata Tsutsumi, who renamed them "First Murata" and "Second Murata" (dai-ichi and dai-ni Murata).

who runs it

Ministry of RailwaysHokkaido Colliery and Railway CompanyImperial Railway Board

base stats

• weight 24.3 tin working order
• built 2made in total

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 137 years ago, in 1889.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏13 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 64 years (1887–1951).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1889

in service from

1887

retired

1951

status

retired

number built

2

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Baldwin Locomotive Works

operators

Ministry of Railways, Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company, Imperial Railway Board

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

wheel arrangement

2-6-0

length

13 m

weight

24.3 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.