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JNR Class CX50
Japanese Pacific steam locomotive number 850, which is waiting in the Thonburi locomotive garage Thailand.
Type and origin Power type Steam locomotive Builder Japan Order number Jordan 81 - 85 Thailand 283 - 292 821 - 850 Total produced In use 5 and out of service 40
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC 4-6-2 Pacific Adhesive weight 51.5 Tender weight 31.5
Performance figures Maximum speed 100km/h Power output 1280 PS
Career Operators State Railway of Thailand ,Thailand Thailand Hejaz Railway ,Jordan Jordan

• In the first period (1942 - 1945) locomotives numbered 283 - 292, which Japan procured to replace the Hanomac steam locomotive. The railway has ordered from Germany since the reign of King Prajadhipok (1925 - 1928 - 1929) due to problems with locomotive spare parts. Some had to be retired after the change of government on June 24, 1932, and some had to be retired before and during World War II. and the Ten Wheeler E-Class steam locomotive. The railway has ordered from England since the reign of King Rama VI since 1913 due to the same problems and gradually retired and some until retired until 1973 by importing the cars. The locomotive was first assembled and parts were assembled at the Makkasan factory, which was completed in 1945 because if the finished product was imported during the war, it would be shot into the sea by the Allied submarine fleet while transporting the locomotive.
• The second period (1949 - 1951) locomotive numbers 821 - 850 was the period when the railway Ordered to be imported for direct use by the project to restore the railway business and replace the Ten Wheeler E-Class steam locomotives that the railway had ordered from England since the reign of King Rama VI since 1913. that began to be gradually retired in the year 1954 until the year 1973, the 3-cylinder baldwin mikado steam locomotive and the 3-cylinder baldwin pacific steam locomotive at the baldwin locomo company Tiv Work United States The production line has stopped since the end of World War 2 (part numbers 232, 244, 247, 249 and 251 have been stationed on the Southern Railway since this lot was put into service) with some details of the previous model being improved. This page

In addition, there are 5 spare Japanese Pacific steam locomotives still in use in Jordan, which Nippon Sharyo Seso Kraisha Co., Ltd. built in 1953 and are ready to sell them. State Railway of Thailand using numbers 851 - 855, but the railway did not accept the locomotive as a reserve vehicle, so it was sold to Jordan using numbers 81 - 85 in 1959.

Japanese Pacific steam locomotive was created by Japan Association of Railway Industry, which consists of many construction companies. However, when there was an order to produce the Japanese Pacific steam locomotive, the Japan Railway Industry Association This production order will be distributed to the three companies responsible for building the Japanese Pacific steam locomotive as follows.

1. Nippon Sharyo Seso Kraisha Co., Ltd., factory located in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. (Produced lots before World War II, lots after World War II, and lots in Jordan)

2. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.'s factory is located between Kobe City and Minato Ward (Tokyo), in Tokyo, Japan. (Produced only after World War II and later acquired the business of Gisha Seso Kraisha Co., Ltd. in April 1972)

3. Hitachi Public Company Limited's factory is located in Tokyo, Japan. (Lots produced before World War II only)

During World War II, the Railway Department suffered considerable damage to railway equipment and buildings. When the war ended It appeared that the Department of Railways had a shortage of locomotives and rolling stock that would continue to be used to serve the people in the original state. Therefore, in 1946, with the generosity of the United Nations, steam locomotives left over from the war were sold to the Department of Railways. A total of 68 cars (model number 380-447) to alleviate the shortage. These locomotives are of the Mikado (2-8-2) type, which is specifically referred to in United Nations circles as The “MacArthur steam locomotive” was a locomotive built by various companies. in the united states According to the specifications established by the United States military.

Parts of the Japanese steam locomotive Pacific, model number 283 - 292, used together with the Japanese steam locomotive Mikado, model number 351 - 378.

Later in the year 1949, according to the railway business restoration project. The authorities purchased steam locomotives from various builders. In Japan, 50 cars and the next year another 50 cars will be Mikado and Pacific locomotives. It's the same as the locomotive that was purchased from Japan before World War II, as mentioned above. But some things have been improved to be more appropriate.

Wheel design of the Pacific steam locomotive

Special steam locomotive trains no. 901, 902, 903, 904, 907 and 908 in Thailand.

Will serve passengers during important festivals.

Route Bangkok - Ayutthaya, Chachoengsao and Nakhon Pathom Thailand.

Operated by Japanese Pacific steam locomotives, numbers 824 and 850.

It began to be renovated and opened for passenger service from 1997 until the present.

Japanese Pacific steam locomotive numbers 284, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 821, 824, 828, 829, 840, 841 and 850 in Thailand.

In the past, service was provided on railway routes.Southern Line (Thailand)

Steam locomotives have started moving since Bangkok Noi Railway Station. (Thonburi Railway Station) will make the fast bus system reach Hat Yai Junction Railway Station. The capabilities of robots from the Bangkok Railway Station, Northern Railway, Northern Aviation Eastern Port, Eastern and Southern Railway at that time, for the reason that before they were retired, they returned to use the Southern Railway route to inspect. Examination 1975, color of the year 1982 for the railway Stopped using steam locomotives for movement and goods again in 1982.

These 2 locomotives have been retired from use and are lying quietly at the Thonburi Locomotive Garage. The track next to the locomotive garage has housed the innermost of the 4 locomotives on this track since Tuesday, March 21, 1974, but it was still in use for commercial passenger trains during the final seven years of the steam locomotive. Until the year 1982, later in the late year 1985, the railway authorities had the idea to revive Restoration of 6 steam locomotives, divided into 2 Japanese Mikado steam locomotives, 953 and 950, and 2 Japanese Pacific steam locomotives, 824 and 850. and class c56 713 and 715 The repair center is at the Thonburi locomotive garage.

Maintaining and rehabilitating steam locomotive.

In Thailand

Both steam locomotives were restored in October 2012 and then began testing steam locomotives on the route Thonburi - Wat Ngiu Rai - Thonburi on 12 October 2012 to 17 October 2012. . 2012 After November 26, 2012, testing of the special steam locomotive train No. 901/902 Bangkok - Ayutthaya - Bangkok using 8 passenger cars was completed and then released to serve the public on December 5. 2012 onwards until the present

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