Class C10
C10 8, July 2001
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizō Build date 1930 Total produced 23
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-4T Gauge 1,067 mm Driver dia. 1,520 mm Length 12,650 mm Loco weight 69.7 ton Boiler pressure 14.0 kg/cm² (≈1.373 MPa) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 1.60 m²
Performance figures Maximum speed 50 Mph/80 Kph
Career Retired 1962

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.

Preserved examples

• C10 8 – Ōigawa Railway

See also

• Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification
• Media related to C10 steam locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

References

JNR Class C11