JGR Class 160

A total of six Class 160 locomotives were imported from the UK in 1871 and 1874.

[1] Built by Sharp, Stewart and Company, four locomotives were imported in 1871, with two more added in 1874.

165 is preserved in operating condition at Meiji-mura in Aichi Prefecture, the oldest operating steam locomotive in Japan.

[1] While the boiler was replaced in 1985, the rest of the locomotive dates from the 1800s.

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No. 12 (No. 165) in 2009