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JNR Class C50
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1929· class of 158 Japanese 2-6-0 steam locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Japanese-national-railways-C50-96-20120404: LERK· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JNR C50125 side view: Muyo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. JNR C50 103: 蒼夜狐· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Japanese-national-railways-C50-154-20120313: LERK· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Japanese-national-railways-C50-75-20110117: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 6. C50 54Kameoka soldier: 京都府立亀岡高校所蔵· Public domain
- 7. C50-71 Shunter at Tabata Shed - 52620621649: 博麗 霊夢· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. C50-71 Shunter at Tabata Shed: 博麗 霊夢· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. C50-74 Shunting at Kyoto Station: 博麗 霊夢· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Japanese-national-railways-C50-123-20230325-151415: LERK· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class C50 (C50形) is a type of 2-6-0 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1929 to 1933. A total of 154 Class C50 locomotives were built, with manufacturing shared by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi. They were designed by Hideo Shima.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.7 m long: about 4 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
- 1929–1933
- status
- retired
- number built
- 159
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi, Mitsubishi
- operators
- Japanese National Railways, Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 16.7 m
- weight
- 52.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421735, Wikipedia: JNR Class C50 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.