#0772· JGR 860
JGR Class 860
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Imperial Railway Bureau· from 1893· class of 1 Japanese 2-4-2T locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JGR-860SL: 日本国有鉄道工作局/Kone· Public domain
what is it?
The JGR Class 860 was the first steam railway locomotive built in Japan. Some parts were provided by foreign manufacturers, but the compound 381 mm × 508 mm (15 in × 20 in) high-pressure and 572 mm × 508 mm (23 in × 20 in) low-pressure cylinders were constructed in Japan. The compound design reduced coal consumption by 15 to 20 percent, but the locomotive was difficult to handle, so no more of the type were built.
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 133 years ago, in 1893.
- 9.7 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1893–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1893
- in service from
- 1893
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Imperial Railway Bureau
- designer
- Richard Francis Trevithick
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Imperial Railway Board, Board of Imperial Railways, Imperial Railway Bureau
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2 Tank locomotive
- length
- 9.7 m
- Dutch name
- JGR 860
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q983783, Wikipedia: JGR Class 860 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.