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JNR Class C10
๐ฏ๐ต Japan ยทbuilt by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturingยท from 1930ยท class of 23 Japanese 2-6-4T locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons ยท credits & licences
- 1. JGR-C10SteamLocomotive: ้้ๆ ๅ ฑ็คพ/Koneยท Public domain
- 2. C10-8 on turntable: D.Bellwoodยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. JGR Kyoto station and C10 steam locomotive in 1938: Takada Takao/้ซ็ฐ้้ยท Public domain
what is it?
The Class C10 is a type of 2-6-4T steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways from 1930. A total of 23 Class C10 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima. They were numbered C10 01-C10 23.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.7 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
- 1930
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 23
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo
- designer
- Hideo Shima
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- โ
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4T
- length
- 12.7 m
- weight
- 69.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108585, Wikipedia: JNR Class C10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.