JNR class C57
| JNR class C57 TRA class CT270 "Lady" |
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 C57 180 in Aizu Wakamatsu Station, 2007
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| Numbering: | C57 1 – C57 201 (Japan) C57 1 – C57 6 → CT271 – CT276, CT277 – CT284 (Taiwan) |
| Number: | 201 (Japan) 14 (Taiwan) 215 (total) |
| Manufacturer: | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company , Kisha Seizō, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , Hitachi |
| Year of construction (s): | 1937-1953 |
| Retirement: | 1975 (Japan) 1983 (Taiwan) |
| Axis formula : | 2C1 |
| Type : | 2'C1 'h2 |
| Gauge : | 1067 mm ( cape track ) |
| Length: | 20,280 mm |
| Height: | 3,945 mm |
| Service mass: | 67.50 t |
| Service mass with tender: | 115.50 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 13.96 t (third wheel) |
| Top speed: | 100 km / h |
| Indexed performance : | 1290 PS (rated power: 1040 PS) |
| Starting tractive effort: | 12,820 kg |
| Control type : | Heusinger control , external |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 500 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 600 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 16.0 kg / cm² |
| Grate area: | 2.53 m² |
| Radiant heating surface: | 11.4 m² |
| Tubular heating surface: | 115.0 m² |
| Superheater area : | 41.4 m² |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 168.8 m² |
| Fuel supply: | coal |
| Locomotive brake: | Air brake |
| Train brake: | Automatic air brake |
The class C57 ( Jap. 国鉄C57形蒸気機関車 , Kokutetsu C57 gata Joki Kikansha , such as "steam locomotive class C57 of the State Railway") is a 2C1 - steam locomotive , built in Japan from 1937 to 1947. A total of 201 locomotives from the C55 derived series C57 were built. Because of their elegant appearance, they were nicknamed "Lady".
The series was withdrawn from regular passenger train service in December 1975 .
Preserved copies
As of 2012, 32 class C57 locomotives were received and two of them, C57 1 and C57 180, were kept operational.
In Taiwan, the CT273 locomotive remained operational.
C57 1
C57 1 is operated by JR West and maintained in the Shimonoseki Depot. Until at least 2009 it was used for special trains on a section of the Yamaguchi line from Shin-Yamaguchi via Yamaguchi to Tsuwano .
C57 180
Restored on behalf of JR East , the C57 180 pulls trains on the JR East Lines mainly between Niigata , Aizu-Wakamatsu and Koriyama on special events .
CT273
CT273 was procured from the railways of the Japanese colony of Taiwan in 1943 as C57 3, and after Taiwan gained independence it was re-designated as CT273 by the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA). It was taken out of service in 1983 and refurbished by the TRA in Hualien in June 2014.
Picture gallery
C57 11
C57 26 in Gyoda, Saitama, July 2011
C57 128 in Otsu, Shiga, October 2013
C57 186 in Koganei, Tokyo, November 2011
C57 201 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido
CT273 in Yilan, Taiwan
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Kōichi Inoue: Lexicon of the JNR locomotives . Sankaido, Japan 1999, ISBN 4-381-10338-6 , pp. 38–41 (Original title: 国 鉄 機関 車 辞典 .).
- ↑ a b Ikaros Publications Ltd (Ed.): JR Locomotive Catalog . Japan 2013, ISBN 978-4-86320-727-1 , pp. 120 (Japanese, original title: JR 機関 車 カ タ ロ グ .).
- ↑ a b c Masahiro Sasada: JNR & JR Preserved Rolling Stock Complete Guide . Ed .: Ikaros Publications Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 2012, ISBN 978-4-86320-617-5 , pp. 132–133 (Original title: 国 鉄 & JR 保存 車 大全 .).
- ^ Railway romance , episode 691: A lady makes steam - the Yamaguchi line in Japan's southwest