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JNR Class C53
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1928· class of 97 Japanese 4-6-2 steam locomotives
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JGR-C53SteamLocomotive: 鉄道情報社· Public domain
- 2. Japanese-national-railways-C53-45-20111213: LERK· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Nagoya Station at the completion, 1937 (昭和12年 建物完成時の名古屋駅): Unknown author Unknown author Duplicated by: kyu3 (124201) from Komaki, Aichi prefecture, Japan· Public domain
- 4. C534 steam locomotive pulling a passenger train 1936-04-11: 西尾克三郎· Public domain
- 5. JNR C53 17: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 6. JGR C5343 hauling train: Katsusaburo NISHIO / 西尾克三郎· Public domain
- 7. JGR C5343 rearview: Katsusaburo NISHIO / 西尾克三郎· Public domain
- 8. JGR C5343 sideview: Katsusaburo NISHIO / 西尾克三郎· Public domain
what is it?
The Class C53 (C53形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1928 to 1929. The locomotives were designed by Hideo Shima and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizo, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. A total of 97 Class C53 locomotives were built.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 919 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1929
- retired
- 1950
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 97
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 919 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2 Pacific
- weight
- 116 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421737, Wikipedia: JNR Class C53 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.