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Sentetsu Tehoni-class locomotive

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1906· class of 21 Korean 4-6-0 steam locomotives

what is it?

The Tehoni-class (テホニ) locomotives were a class of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 4-6-0 wheel arrangement. The "Teho" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were called "Ten Wheeler". After the Liberation of Korea, of the 178 surviving locomotives of all Teho classes - including six previously owned by private railway companies - 106 went to the Korean National Railroad in the South, and 72 to the Korean State Railway in the North.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 95 km/htop speed
  • weight 67.2 tin working order
  • built 21made 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 120 years ago, in 1906.
  • Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 17.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 3 years (1906–1909).

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

spec sheet

built
1906–1909
in service from
1906
retired
1909
status
retired
number built
21
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Brooks Locomotive Works, American Locomotive Company
operators
Chōsen Government Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korean State Railway, Korean National Railroad
top speed
95 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
4-6-0
length
17.8 m
weight
67.2 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q48815099, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Tehoni-class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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