JNR Class C10

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Class C10
C10 8, July 2001
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderKawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizō
Build date1930
Total produced23
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-4T
Gauge1,067 mm
Driver dia.1,520 mm
Length12,650 mm
Loco weight69.7 ton
Boiler pressure14.0 kg/cm2 (≈1.373 MPa)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox1.60 m2
Performance figures
Maximum speed50 Mph/80 Kph
Career
Retired1962

The Class C10 is a type of 2-6-4T steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways from 1930. A total of 23 Class C10 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima. They were numbered C10 01-C10 23. They were operated until 1962. Only one member of the Class is preserved which is C10 8. It is preserved on the Ōigawa Railway. They would later form the basis of the JNR Class C11 in 1932.

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JNR Class C11