JGR Class 860

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Class 860

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The first locomotive built in Japan
Type and origin
Reference: [1]
Power type Steam
Designer Richard Francis Trevithick
Builder JNR - Kobe
Build date 1893
Total produced 1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 2-4-2 Tank locomotive
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Leading dia. 965 mm (3 ft 2.0 in)
Driver dia. 1.346 m (4 ft 5.0 in)
Trailing dia. 965 mm (3 ft 2.0 in)
Wheelbase 5.944 m (19 ft 6.0 in)
Length 9.652 m (31 ft 8.0 in)
Fuel type Coal
Water cap 4.5 m3 (1,189 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 1.11 m2 (12 sq ft)
Heating surface 71.48 m2 (769 sq ft)

The JGR Class 860 was the first steam railway locomotive built in Japan. Some parts were provided by foreign manufacturers, but the compound 38.1 cm × 50.8 cm (15 in × 20 in) high-pressure and 57.2 cm × 50.8 cm (23 in × 20 in) low-pressure cylinders were constructed in Japan. The compound design reduced coal consumption by 15 to 20 percent, but the locomotive was difficult to handle, so no more of the type were built. The locomotive spent its last years on Sakhalin. [1]

Sakhalin large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean

Sakhalin is Russia's largest island, lying in the North Pacific Ocean between 45°50' and 54°24' N. It is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. Sakhalin, which is about one third the size of Honshu, is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of Japan. The island's population was 497,973 as of the 2010 census, made up of mostly ethnic Russians and a smaller Korean community. The indigenous peoples of the island are the Ainu, Oroks and Nivkhs.

See also

This page explains the numbering and classification schemes for locomotives employed by the Japanese Government Railways, the Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.

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References

  1. 1 2 Hirota, Naotaka (1972). Steam Locomotives of Japan. Kodansha International Ltd. pp. 52, 92 & 102. ISBN   0-87011-185-X.
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