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- 1. サタイ形機関車: 鉄道史資料保存会· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Satai class (サタイ) class locomotives were a class of large steam tank locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 2-10-2T wheel arrangement. The "Sata" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-10-2 wheel arrangement were called "Santa Fe".
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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 5 years (1934–1939).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934–1939
- in service from
- 1934
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Chōsen Government Railway, Korean State Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korean National Railroad
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2T
- length
- 13.9 m
- weight
- 110 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28776545, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Satai-class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.