JNR Class C53
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The Class C53 (C53形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1928 to 1929 designed by Hideo Shima and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company Kisha Seizo and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi . A total of 97 Class C53 locomotives were built they operated until all 97 were retired in 1950. C53 45 is the only example of the class to be preserved.
Preserved examples
Today, only one Class C53 locomotive has been preserved in Japan, C53 45, at the Kyoto Railway Museum (formerly Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum).[1]
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C53 45 preserved at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in December 2011
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C53 Kawasaki Company
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C53 10 steam engine
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C53 96 steam engine
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C53 45 steam loco frontview
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C53 The 3 cylinder
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Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
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Umekoji Steam Engines on the Roundhouse
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Steam Locomotive Roundhouse Japan
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C53 steam loco frontview
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Umekoji Steam Engines
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to C53 steam locomotives.
- ^ 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. 74, 128. ISBN 978-4863209282.
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- 1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan
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- Railway locomotives introduced in 1928
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