JGR Class 5100

what is it?

The JGR Class 5100 (5100形) was a type of 4-4-0 steam locomotive used on Japanese Government Railways. The two locomotives, numbered 18 and 20, were built by Kitson and Company in the United Kingdom in 1874 as 0-6-0 locomotives of the later JGR Class 7010. They were rebuilt into 4-4-0 wheel arrangement passenger locomotives at Kobe in 1876.

base stats

• weight 26 tin working order
• built 4made in total

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 152 years ago, in 1874.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏13.1 m long: about 3 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

1874

number built

4

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Kitson and Company

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

wheel arrangement

4-4-0

length

13.1 m

weight

26 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.