The Sorii class (ソリイ) was a class of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 2-8-0wheel arrangement.[1] The "Sori" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement were called "Consolidation".[2]
Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of the United States in 1894, the ソリイ (Sorii) class locomotives were bought second-hand by the Imperial Japanese Army for use by the Temporary Military Railway in Korea.[1] In 1906, the Temporary Military Railway was taken over the Government-General of Korea to create the National Railway, which became Sentetsu in 1910. First numbered 101–106, they became numbers 1001–1006 in 1918, and finally in Sentetsu's 1938 general renumbering, they were given the numbers ソリイ1 through ソリイ6.[3]
Postwar: Korean National Railroad 소리1 (Sori1) class[]
After the partition of Korea, all six remained in the South, becoming Korean National Railroad class Sori1 (소리1),[1] numbered 소리1-1 through 소리1-6.[3]
Construction[]
Sentetsu running number
1906–1918
1918–1938
1938–1945
KNR Number
Builder
Year
Notes
101
ソリ1001
アメイ1
소리1-1
Baldwin
1894
102
ソリ1002
アメイ2
소리1-2
Baldwin
1894
103
ソリ1003
アメイ3
소리1-3
Baldwin
1894
104
ソリ1004
アメイ4
소리1-4
Baldwin
1894
105
ソリ1005
アメイ5
소리1-5
Baldwin
1894
106
ソリ1006
アメイ6
소리1-6
Baldwin
1894
References[]
^ abcByeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.