#2499
JNR Class D61
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Japanese National Railways· from 1936· class of 6 Japanese 2-8-4 locomotives rebuilt from D51 class 2-8-2s
.jpg)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D61 4号機 (深川機関区所属): Toshimasa TANABE· CC BY 2.0
- 2. JNR D61 3: 100yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class D61 (D61形, D61-gata) is a class of six 2-8-4 steam locomotives built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1960 and 1961. Designed by Hideo Shima, the D61 was a rebuild of the JNR Class D51, which had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. They were rebuilt at JNR Hamamatsu Works and Kōriyama Works.
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1936–1945
- retired
- 1975
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Japanese National Railways
- operators
- JNR
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108601, Wikipedia: JNR Class D61 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.