#2537
Chōsen Railway Class 900
Korea under Japanese rule ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1937· 2-8-2 steam locomotive
what is it?
The Class 900 was a class of steam tender locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-2 wheel arrangement operated by the Chōsen Railway (Chōtetsu) in colonial Korea. They were the largest 2-8-2 steam locomotives ever built for 762 mm (30.0 in) narrow-gauge railways.
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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 7 years (1937–1944).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937–1944
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 1944
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Korea under Japanese rule
- builders
- Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi
- designer
- Takao Takada
- operators
- Chōsen Railway, Korean State Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 14.5 m
- weight
- 54.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16164548, Wikipedia: Chōsen Railway Class 900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.