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JNR Class C58
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1938· class of 427 Japanese 2-6-2 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR C58 363: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JNR C58 114 20090721: ja:User:Rikita This photo was taken with Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. JNR C58 139: 100yen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. JNR C58 275 20040321: ja:User:Rick330· CC BY 3.0
- 5. JNR C58 333: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Bihoro-STA C58-62: MaedaAkihiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. C58 16 after the tsunami 2011-05-02 01: Daniel Pierce· CC BY 2.0
- 8. C58 16 after the tsunami 2011-05-02: Daniel Pierce· CC BY 2.0
- 9. C58 176: 長谷川興政· CC BY 4.0
- 10. C58 49 in Kakegawa Central Park: Saigen Jiro· CC0
what is it?
The Class C58 is a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement steam locomotive type built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and Japanese National Railways (JNR) from 1938 to 1947. They were dual-service or mixed traffic locomotives, optimized for both passenger and freight trains. A total of 427 Class C58 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima.
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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.3 m long: about 4 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
- 1938–1947
- retired
- 1973
- status
- in service
- number built
- 427
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Japanese National Railways, East Japan Railway Company, Chichibu Railway, Federated Malay States Railways, State Railway of Thailand
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2 Prairie
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 100 t
- nicknames
- Shigohachi
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2687330, Wikipedia: JNR Class C58 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.