JNR Class D52
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The Class D52 is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways (Now Japanese National Railways) and various manufacturers Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company , Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from 1943 to 1946. The name consists of a "D" for the four sets of driving wheels and the class number 52 for tender locomotives that the numbers 50 through 99 were assigned to under the 1928 locomotive classification rule. They were designed by Hideo Shima .
Preserved examples[]
Most of the D52s have been scrapped. However, seven locomotives have been preserved.[citation needed]
- D52 1, at JR Freight Hiroshima Depot
- D52 70, runs on compressed air in Yamakita, Kanagawa
- D52 72, in Gotemba, Shizuoka
- D52 136, in Numazu, Shizuoka
- D52 235, in Kanuma Park, Sagamihara, Kanagawa[1]
- D52 403, in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa[1]
- D52 468, at Umekōji Steam Locomotive Museum, Kyoto[2]
D52 1, October 2005
D52 70, April 2011
D52 72, March 2011
D52 136, March 2011
D52 403, January 2011
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "屋鋪要の保存蒸機撮りつぶし" [Yashiki Kaname's Preserved Steam Loco Photo Record]. Rail Magazine. Vol. 25 no. 300. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. September 2008. p. 21.
- ^ 梅小路蒸気機関車館|蒸気機関車群 D52形468号機 Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) Retrieved on August 22, 2009.
External links[]
Media related to D52 steam locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
- 1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan
- Steam locomotives of Japan
- 2-8-2 locomotives
- Hitachi locomotives
- Kawasaki locomotives
- Preserved steam locomotives of Japan
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1943
- Freight locomotives