JNR Class C55
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The Class C55 (C55形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1935 to 1937. A total of 62 Class C55 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima.[1]
Nine were supplied to the Taiwan Government Railway, where they became class CT250, while 21 locomotives numbered C55 20 - C55 40 were streamlined.
Preserved examples
[edit]As of 2014[update], four Class C55 locomotives have been preserved in Japan, as follows.[2]
- C55 1: preserved at the Kyoto Railway Museum
- C55 50: preserved at the Otaru Museum in Otaru, Hokkaido
- C55 52: preserved in front of Yoshimatsu Station in Kagoshima Prefecture
- C55 53: preserved at Wakakusa Park in Oita, Oita
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C55 1 preserved at the Umekoji Museum (later Kyoto Railway Museum) in June 2012
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C55 50 preserved at the Otaru Museum in July 2007
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Preserved C55 52 in March 2017
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Preserved C55 53 in August 1994
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia]. Japan: Sankaido. pp. 34–35. 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. 128. ISBN 978-4863209282.