#1687
JNR Class 4110
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1914· Japanese steam locomotive class
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bibai No2 tomei: Alt_winmaerik· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 国鉄4110形: Unknown· Public domain
what is it?
The Class 4110 (4110形) is a class of 0-10-0T steam locomotives built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and designed by Hideo Shima. A total of 39 locomotives were built by Kawasaki Shipyard (present-day Kawasaki Heavy Industries) and operated on the steep sections of major trunk lines such as the Ōu Main Line. It was based on the 4100 type design imported from the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1912 (Meiji 45, Taisho era) and followed the same format in terms of basic function.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 655 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 11.5 m long: about 3 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
- 1914–1918
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 39
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing
- top speed
- —
- power
- 655 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0T
- length
- 11.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421616, Wikipedia: JNR Class 4110 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.