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JNR Class E10
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1948· class of 5 Japanese 2–10–4T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR-E102b: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. JNR-E102a: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class E10 (E10形) was a class of 2-10-4T steam locomotives built for the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) in 1948 and designed by Hideo Shima. They were numbered E10 1-E10 5. Following the end of World War II the JGR was prohibited by GHQ from building new locomotives due to financial difficulties.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 14 years (1948–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1948
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- designer
- Atsuo Kinugasa, Eiichi Watabayashi
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-4
- length
- 14.5 m
- weight
- 102 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421780, Wikipedia: JNR Class E10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.