#2756
Sentetsu Mateni-class locomotive
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1943· class of 34 Korean 4-8-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Mateni class (マテニ) locomotives were a class of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. The "Mate" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement were called "Mountain".
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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 23.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 2 years (1943–1945).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1943–1945
- in service from
- 1943
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- operators
- Chōsen Government Railway, Korean State Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- length
- 23.3 m
- weight
- 113 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q47360497, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Mateni-class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.