KNR Pureo7-100 class locomotives

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Chosen Gyeongnam Railway 100 series
Korean National Railroad Pureo7-100 class (푸러7-100)
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNippon Sharyō
Build date1928
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-2T
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Career
OperatorsChosen Gyeongnam Railway
Korean National Railroad
ClassCGR: 100
KNR: 푸러7-100
Number in class1
NumbersCGR: 101
KNR: 푸러7-101
Delivered1928

The Pureo7-100 class (푸러7-100) consisted of a single steam tank locomotive with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement, which the Korean National Railroad operated in South Korea.[1] The "Pureo" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie".[2]

In all, the Chosen Government Railway owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52 - including this one; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 110 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.[3]

The Chosen Gyeongnam Railway, a privately owned railway in the southwestern part of colonial-era Korea, received a single 2-6-2T tank locomotive built by Nippon Sharyō of Japan in 1928,[1] which it numbered 101. After the Liberation and partition of Korea, all railways in South Korea were nationalised, and this locomotive was taken up by the new Korean National Railroad, which designated the design the 푸러7-100 (Pureo7-100) class and numbered the locomotive 푸러7-101.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Korean National RR Class PR7 2-6-2T". donsdepot.donrossgroup.net.
  2. ^ Colvin, Fred H. (1906). The railroad pocket-book: a quick reference cyclopedia of railroad information. New York, Derry-Collard; London, Locomotive Publishing Company (US-UK co-edition). p. L‑9.
  3. ^ "North and South Korea Steam Locomotives". 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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