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JNR Class 9600
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1913· class of Japanese 2-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR-9608: Kone· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class 9600 (9600形) are a type of 2-8-0 "Consolidation" steam locomotives built by Japanese Government Railways (JGR, after-day Japanese National Railways (JNR)) from 1913 to 1925. They were the first locomotive class to be mass-produced by Japanese manufacturers. The Class 9600 were popularly known as Kyuroku (nine-six), and were extensively used for freight service throughout Japan.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 63 years (1913–1976).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1925
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1976
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 770
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 16.6 m
- weight
- 60.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108580, Wikipedia: JNR Class 9600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.