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JGR Class 8150
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1890· class of 6 Japanese 2-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Class 8150 is a type of 2-6-0 steam locomotive used on Japanese Government Railways. The 8150 class were among the seven hundred locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in the United States for export to Japan.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 37 years (1890–1927).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1890
- in service from
- 1890
- retired
- 1927
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Ministry of Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 Mogul
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 39.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421693, Wikipedia: JGR Class 8150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.