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JNR Class 9600

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JNR Class 9600
Taiwan Railways Class DT580
China Railways Class KD5/KD55
North China Transport Soriko class (ソリコ)
Central China Railway Class 9600
49699 in service in March 1973
Type and origin
Reference:[1]
Power typeSteam
BuilderKawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizō, JNR - Kokura
Build date1913-1925
Total produced770
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-8-0 Consolidation
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) (Chinese Railways KD55)
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (JNR Class 9600, Taiwan Railways Administration DT580 Class)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) (Chinese Railways KD5)
Leading dia.840 mm (2 ft 9 in)
Driver dia.1,250 mm (4 ft 1 in)
Wheelbase7.01 m (23 ft 0 in)
Length16.563 m (54 ft 4.1 in)
Loco weight60.35 t
Total weight94.85 t
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity6 t
Water cap.13 m3 (3,434 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area2.32 m2 (25 sq ft)
Boiler pressure13 kg/cm2 (180 lbf/in2)
Heating surface154.5 m2 (1,663 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area35.2 m2 (379 sq ft)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size50.8 cm × 61 cm (20 in × 24 in)
Valve gearWalschaerts
Performance figures
Maximum speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Career
LocaleAll of Japan, except Shikoku
Retired1976
Disposition44 preserved, remainder scrapped

The Class 9600 (9600形) is a type of 2-8-0 steam locomotive built by Japanese Government Railways (JGR, after-day Japanese National Railways (JNR)) from 1913. The Class 9600 was the first type of locomotive to be mass-produced by Japanese manufacturers. The Class 9600 were popularly known as Kyuroku (nine-six), and were extensively used for freight service throughout Japan.[1]
They were numbered 9600-9699, 19600-19699, 29600-29699, 39600-39699, 49600-49699, 59600-59699, 69600-69699 and 79600-79669. All 770 remained in service[citation needed] until the 2nd of March 1976, when all steam-hauled service on JNR's network has been phased out.[2]

Service outside Japan

Taiwan Railways Administration DT580

From 1923 to 1939, Kawasaki, Kisha Seizō, Nippon Sharyō, and Hitachi built 39 9600s for the Government General of Taiwan. The Taiwan Government Railway classified them 800 class before 1937, and they were classified D98 after 1937. After World War II, they were taken over by Taiwan Railways Administration, and they were classified DT580. One engine, DT619, is being rebuilt by combining parts of scrapped locomotives after the war.

China Railway class KD5/KD55

To alleviate a severe motive power shortage on the Central China Railway, JNR locomotives were converted from Japanese narrow gauge to standard gauge and shipped to China. 251 Class 9600 locomotives were sent for use on both the Central China Railway and the North China Transportation Company (NCTC class ソリコ (Soriko)); after the Pacific War, these became China Railway class KD5. Others were rebuilt to metre gauge for operation on Yunnan's Kunming–Hekou Railway and its branches; these eventually became China Railway class KD55.[3]

Preserved examples

As of December 2022, 44 Class 9600 locomotives are preserved at various locations in Japan.[4]

Number 39685, built in 1920, has been preserved outdoors in Chuo-ku, Saitama since 1972, but was removed and cut up in September 2016 due to the prohibitive cost of restoration.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Naotaka Hirota Steam Locomotives of Japan (1972) Kodansha International Ltd. pp.54&95 ISBN 0-87011-185-X
  2. ^ "【今日は何の日?】蒸気機関車の日常的な使用が終了". Traffic News. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  3. ^ 中国蒸汽機車世紀集影 (Centennial Collection of Chinese Steam Locomotives), China Railway Publishing House, July 2001, ISBN 7-113-04148-5 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ Sasada, Masahiro (25 November 2014). 国鉄&JR保存車大全2015-2016 [JNR & JR Preserved Rolling Stock Complete Guide 2015-2016] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. pp. 72, 126–127. ISBN 978-4863209282.
  5. ^ さいたま市の39685号機が解体へ [39685 in Saitama to be cut up]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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