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Chōsen Railway Class 810
Korea under Japanese rule ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1935· 2-8-0 steam locomotive
what is it?
The Class 810 was a class of steam tender locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement operated by the Chōsen Railway in colonial Korea.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (1935–1936).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935–1936
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Korea under Japanese rule
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Chōsen Railway, Korean State Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 12.7 m
- weight
- 51.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16164447, Wikipedia: Chōsen Railway Class 810 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.