JNR Class C62
| Class C62 | |
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| C62 3 hauling the Niseko tourist train in 1994 | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizō |
| Build date | 1948-1949 |
| Configuration | 4-6-4 Hudson |
| Gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Driver diameter | 1,750 mm |
| Length | 21,475 mm |
| Locomotive weight | 88.83 t |
| Locomotive & tender combined weight |
145.17 t |
| Tractive effort | 13,870 kg |
The Class C62 is a type of 4-6-4 steam locomotive built by Japanese National Railways. The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C62 was built with a 4-6-4 frame, upon which was mounted the boiler of the JNR Class D52 2-8-2 locomotives.
These were the largest and fastest steam passenger locomotives to run in Japan, and hauled the Tsubame express on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo and Osaka. Forty nine were built from 1948 to 1949.[1] The last examples in regular service were withdrawn in 1973.
A class C62 locomotive, C62 17, broke the speed record for a narrow-gauge steam locomotive on 15 December 1954 when it reached 129 km/h (80 mph) on the Tōkaidō Main Line. This locomotive was preserved in a park in Nagoya,[2] and later moved to the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya.[3]
[edit] Preserved examples
- C62 2: Preserved in working order by JR West at the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Kyoto[4]
- C62 17: On display at the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya[3]
- C62 26: On display at the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka[5]
[edit] References
- Steam Loco in Japan (Jouki Kikansha style book). Kigei Publishing Company. 1963.
- ^ Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia]. Japan: Sankaido. pp. 48–49. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.
- ^ "静態保存蒸機C62 17の現況 [Current status of statically preserved C62 16]". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun) 37 (295): p.61. November 2008.
- ^ a b "「リニア・鉄道館」ファーストガイド ["SCMaglev and Railway Park" First Guide]". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun) 40 (324): p.20–33. April 2011.
- ^ JR全車輌ハンドブック2009 [JR Rolling Stock Handbook 2009]. Japan: Neko Publishing. 2009. p. 25. ISBN 978-4-7770-0836-0.
- ^ "C62形蒸気機関車 [Class C62 steam locomotive]" (in Japanese). Japan: Modern Transportation Museum. http://www.mtm.or.jp/pavilion/picture/page10/index.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to C62 steam locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
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