Class of 285 Japanese 2-8-2 locomotives
Class D52 |
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Japanese-national-railways-D52-235-20110123.jpg/300px-Japanese-national-railways-D52-235-20110123.jpg) Preserved D52 235 in Sagamihara, January 2011 |
Type and origin |
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Power type | Steam |
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Builder | JNR
Kisha Seizo,
Nippon Sharyo
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company,
Hitachi,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
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Build date | 1943-1946 |
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Total produced | 285 |
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Career |
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Operators | JNR |
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Numbers | D52 1-D52 152, D52 198-D52 238, D52 333-D52 384, D52 393-D52 423, D52 443-D52 468 |
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Retired | 24 December 1972 |
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Disposition | Seven preserved; remainder scrapped |
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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, and 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.
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 is semi-operational and runs on a short line, on compressed air, at a park 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 the Kyoto Railway Museum, Kyoto[2]
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D52 1, October 2005
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D52 70, April 2011
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D52 72, August 2022
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D52 136, March 2011
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D52 403, January 2011
See also
References
- ^ 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
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