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JNR Class C51
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1919· class of 289 Japanese 4-6-2 locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR-C515: Kone· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Kachu Railway C51 116 steam locomotive: 朝日新聞社· Public domain
- 3. C51 44 in Akita General Rolling Stock Center 20260926: Rsa· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. C51 61: 高田隆雄· Public domain
- 5. C51 133 steam locomotive 1939: 西尾克三郎· Public domain
what is it?
The Class C51 (C51形) are a type of 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives built by Kisha Seizo Mitsubishi and Japanese National Railways (JNR) Hamamatsu Works. The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C51 introduced 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) diameter driving wheels to Japan.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 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
- 1919–1928
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 289
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo, Mitsubishi
- top speed
- 99 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 69.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15259805, Wikipedia: JNR Class C51 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.