#0254· JGR 150
JGR Class 150
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1871· Japanese 2-4-0T steam locomotive type
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JGR-150SL(original): Japanese National Railways ed· Public domain
- 2. PXL 20231108 010826009: Rsayers· CC0
- 3. JGR-150SL008: 日本国有鉄道工作局/Kone· Public domain
- 4. JGR class 150 steam locomotive at the Railway Museum: 掬茶 (Kikucha)· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The JGR Class 150 (国鉄150形, Kokutetsu 150 gata), also known in Japan as Locomotive No. 1 (1号機関車, Ichi-gō kikansha), is a British-built tank steam locomotive of 2-4-0T wheel arrangement, imported in 1871 by Meiji-era Japan for its first railway between Tokyo and Yokohama which opened in 1872. Locomotive No.
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 155 years ago, in 1871.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 58 years (1872–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1871
- in service from
- 1872
- retired
- 1930
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Ministry of Railways, Shimabara Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 7.4 m
- weight
- 23.5 t
- Dutch name
- JGR 150
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11421540, Wikipedia: JGR Class 150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.