JNR Class D61

Class D61 (Rebuilt : 6 : D51)

D61 4 in Hokkaido, ca. 1974

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Build date	1936-1945
Total produced	6
Rebuilder	JNR Hamamatsu Works and Koriyama Works
Rebuild date	1960-1961
Number rebuilt	6

Performance figures
Maximum speed	85 Km/h (52 Mph)

Career
Operators	JNR
Number in class	6
Numbers	D61 1-D61 6
Retired	1975
Preserved	D61 3
Scrapped	1975
Disposition	One (D61 3) preserved; remainder scrapped

The Class D61 (D61形, D61-gata) is a class of six 2-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1960 and 1961. They were redesigned by Hideo Shima and rebuilt at JNR Hamamatsu Works and Kōriyama Works .

The D61 was a rebuild of the JNR Class D51, which had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.^[1]

List Of Class D61

D61 1 (Rebuilt From D51 640 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
D61 2 (Rebuilt From D51 555 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
D61 3 (Rebuilt From D51 181 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
D61 4 (Rebuilt From D51 224 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
D61 5 (Rebuilt From D51 205 in 1961 at Kōriyama Works)
D61 6 (Rebuilt From D51 519 in 1961 at Kōriyama Works)

Preserved examples

As of 2019^[update], one Class D61, D61 3, is preserved in a park in Rumoi, Hokkaido.^[2]

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^ Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車事典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia]. Japan: Sankaido. p. 61. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.
^ 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. p. 131. ISBN 978-4863209282.

Japanese Government Railway Steam Locomotives

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Six-driver	8250 8350 8360・8380 8400 8450 8500　I 8500 II・8550 8620 8700 8800 8850 8600/8900 C50 18900/C51 8200 II/C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59 C60 C61 C62 C63 (proposed) HC51 (proposed)
Eight-driver	9550・9580 9600 9900/D50 D51 D52 D60 D61 D62 HD53 (proposed) HD60 (proposed)
Ten-driver	KE50 (proposed)
Mallet	9020 9750・9800・9850

Four-driver	Ke 100 Ke 110
Six-driver	Ke 150 Ke 160 Ke 170 Ke 200 Ke 210

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