China Railways SL12

what is it?

The China Railways SL12 (胜利12, Shènglì, "victory") class steam locomotive was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives for freight trains operated by the China Railway. The "Pashi" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Pacific". In all, Sentetsu owned 144 locomotives of all Pashi classes, of which 141 survived the war; of these, 73 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 68 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.

who runs it

Chōsen Government RailwayKorea Railroad CorporationKorean State RailwayCentral China RailwayChina State Railway GroupKNKorean National Railroad

base stats

• speed 95 km/htop speed
• weight 92.4 tin working order
• built 82made in total

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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏22.1 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 16 years (1927–1943).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1927–1943

in service from

1927

retired

1943

status

retired

number built

82

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Nippon Sharyo

operators

Chōsen Government Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korean State Railway, Central China Railway, China State Railway Group, Korean National Railroad

top speed

95 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-2

length

22.1 m

weight

92.4 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.