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JGR Class 7100
🇺🇸 United States ·built by H.K. Porter, Inc.· from 1880· Japanese type 2-6-0 steam locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Otaru Museum, steam locomotive H. K. Porter No.672, in 2008-06-13: Mukasora ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JNR 7106 Shizuka: 100yen 23:22, 26 July 2007 (UTC)· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The JGR Class 7100 is a class of Japanese steam locomotive which was first used in Hokkaido, upon the establishment of the government-sponsored Horonai Railway in 1880. The locomotives were imported from the United States. The locomotives were produced by H. K. Porter, Inc, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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 146 years ago, in 1880.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1880–1924).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1880
- in service from
- 1880
- retired
- 1924
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- H.K. Porter, Inc.
- operators
- Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company, Ministry of Railways, Imperial Railway Board
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 12.2 m
- weight
- 23.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108180, Wikipedia: JGR Class 7100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.