#2341
JNR Class C54
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1931· class of 17 Japanese 4-6-2 steam locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JGR-C54SteamLocomotive: 鉄道情報社· Public domain
what is it?
The Class C54 (C54形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan in 1931 and designed by Hideo Shima and built by Kisha Seizō and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company. A total of 17 were built in 1931 and numbered C54 1-C54 17. All were retired by 1963 after 32 years of service and scrapped later that year.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1931–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 101 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 67.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421738, Wikipedia: JNR Class C54 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.