10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR C11 207 20140928 002: ウツダー· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 2. C11 191: じーもん· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. JNR C11-351: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JNR C11 207 20071007: ウツダー· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 5. JNR C11 224: 100yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. JNR C11 227 20140824 003: ウツダー· CC BY 2.1 jp
- 7. JNR C11 292 Shinbashi Sta 20080213: ja:User:掬茶· Public domain
- 8. JR Hokkaido C11 171 SL suzuran: spaceaero2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Japanese-national-railways-C11-325-20140505: LERK· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Tobu Railway C11 207 taiju Shimo-Imaichi Station 20200620: Rsa This photo was taken with Canon EOS 700D· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class C11 (C11形) is a type of 2-6-4T steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways and the Japanese National Railways from 1932 to 1947. A total of 381 Class C11 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima.
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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.7 m long: about 3 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
- 1932–1947
- retired
- 1975
- status
- in service
- number built
- 381
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi
- designer
- Hideo Shima
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4
- length
- 12.7 m
- weight
- 66.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421726, Wikipedia: JNR Class C11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.