RSR Japanese Pacific locomotives

what is it?

The Royal State Railway of Siam (RSR, later State Railway of Thailand (SRT)) Japanese Pacific locomotives were a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific" metre gauge steam locomotives manufactured by various Japanese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturers introduced in 1942 for the RSR/SRT. Largely based upon and standardised with the earlier Japanese-built 2-8-2 "Mikado" locomotives of the railway, not all of the first examples were placed in service until after the Second World War. Additional examples were ordered post-war, and these Pacifics continued to see service up to the end of steam traction in Thailand. Two locomotives, nos.

who runs it

base stats

• built 45made 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 84 years ago, in 1942.

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

spec sheet

built

1942

in service from

1942

status

preserved

number built

45

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

Jordan

builders

Hitachi, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Nippon Sharyo

operators

State Railway of Thailand, rail transport in Jordan, Hejaz Railway

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-2

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