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JNR Class C61
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries· class of Japanese 4-6-4 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JNR-C61-2: Photo and· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Japanese-national-railways-C61-20-20110223: LERK· CC BY 3.0
- 3. JNR C611 locomotive: 交友社· Public domain
- 4. C61 19 at Shiroyama Park: Saigen Jiro· CC0
- 5. Flabébé in Kirishima, Kagoshima 14 (Shiroyama park) JNR C61 19: Kasadera· CC BY 2.0
- 6. C61 20 compressor: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. C61 20 dourin: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. C61 20 minakami: Toshinori baba· CC0
- 9. C61 20 SL rapid train: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. C61 20 superstructure no2: Toshinori baba· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class C61 (C61形) is a class of steam locomotives formerly operated in Japan. The class was the first type in Japan to use the 4-6-4 "Hudson" wheel arrangement and was designed by Hideo Shima. A total of 33 locomotives in the class were built between 1947 and 1949 (one in 1947, 19 in 1948, and 13 in 1949).
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
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 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
- —
- retired
- 1974
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Japanese National Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4 Hudson
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 78.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6108594, Wikipedia: JNR Class C61 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.