#2651
Sentetsu Matei-class locomotive
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Kisha Seizo· from 1939· class of 50 Korean 4-8-2 steam locomotives
what is it?
The Matei class (マテイ) locomotives were a class of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. The "Mate" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement were called "Mountain".
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 23.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 6 years (1939–1945).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939–1945
- in service from
- 1939
- retired
- 1945
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Chōsen Government Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korean State Railway, Korean National Railroad
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- length
- 23.8 m
- weight
- 116 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48814424, Wikipedia: Sentetsu Matei-class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.