JNR Class C10

{{short description|Class of 23 Japanese 2-6-4T locomotives}}

{{Expand Japanese|国鉄C10形蒸気機関車|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox Locomotive

| name = Class C10

| powertype = Steam

| gauge = {{track gauge|1067 mm}}

| driverdiameter = {{convert|1520|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| image = C10-8 on turntable.JPG

| caption = C10 8, July 2001

| whytetype = 2-6-4T

| designer = Hideo Shima

| retiredate = 1962

| disposition = One preserved, remainder scrapped

| length = {{convert|12650|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|2936|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|3940|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| locoweight = {{convert|69.7|t|abbr=on}}

| locotenderweight =

| emptyweight = {{convert|55.51|t|abbr=on}}

| builder = Kawasaki
Kisha Seizō

| serialnumber =

| builddate = 1930

| totalproduction = 23

| boilerpressure = 14.0 kg/cm² (≈1.373 MPa)

| fireboxarea = {{convert|1.60|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

| maxspeed = {{convert|50|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}

| tractiveeffort =

| notes = {{cite web |url=http://www.oigawa-railway.co.jp/en/library/c108.html |title=C10 Model 8 |last= |first= |date= |website=www.oigawa-railway.co.jp |publisher= |access-date=13 August 2024 |quote=}}

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/japan01.htm |title=Preserved Steam in Japan, 2015: The Oigawa Railway |last= |first= |date= |website=www.internationalsteam.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=13 August 2024 |quote=}} They were operated until 1962. Only one member of the class, C10 8, has been preserved, and is operational on the Ōigawa Railway. They would later form the basis of the JNR Class C11 in 1932.