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Sentetsu Sorii-class locomotives
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1904· class of 6 Korean 2-8-0 steam locomotives
what is it?
The Sorii class (ソリイ) was a class of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement. The "Sori" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement were called "Consolidation".
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904
- in service from
- 1904
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Chōsen Government Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korean National Railroad
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 66.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28777703, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Sorii-class locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.