#0306
JGR Class 7010
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1874· class of Japanese 0-6-0 steam locomotives
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- 1. JGR-7010SL: ja:小川一真· Public domain
what is it?
The JGR Class 7010 (7010形) is a 0-6-0 steam locomotive formerly operated in Japan by Japanese Government Railways.
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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- 12.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 55 years (1874–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Government of Meiji Japan, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Industry, Imperial Railway Board, Board of Imperial Railways, Government Railway Works Bureau, Imperial Railway Bureau
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 12.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421663, Wikipedia: JGR Class 7010 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.