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what is it?
The JGR Class 2120 was a B6 type 0-6-2 steam tank locomotive used on Japanese Government Railways for shunting and pulling freight cars. The earliest locomotives of this type were imported from Great Britain. One is preserved at the Ome Railway Park in Ome, Tokyo.
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 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 76 years (1890–1966).
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
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 268
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Sharp, Stewart and Company, North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Nippon Railway, Government of Meiji Japan
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- length
- 10.4 m
- weight
- 51.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421564, Wikipedia: JGR Class 2120 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.