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No. 123 Locomotive (National Cultural Property of Japan)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1873· Japanese locomotive class
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 加悦鉄道2号蒸気機関車: Kone· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The No. 123 Locomotive is an historic steam locomotive, designated as a National Cultural Property of Japan.
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 153 years ago, in 1873.
- Served for 82 years (1874–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1956
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q131309077, Wikipedia: No. 123 Locomotive (National Cultural Property of Japan) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.