JGR Class 2120

Class 2120

Class 2120 locomotive preserved at Ome Railway Park
Type and origin
Reference:[1]
Power type Steam
Builder Dübs and Company, Sharp, Stewart and Company, North British Locomotive Company, JNR - Kobe
Build date 1890-
Total produced 268
Specifications
Configuration 0-6-2 Tank locomotive
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia. 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
Trailing dia. 970 mm (3 ft 2 in)
Wheelbase 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
Length 10.371 m (34 ft 0.3 in)
Loco weight 51.23 t
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 1.9 t
Water cap 7.8 m3 (2,061 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 1.33 m2 (14 sq ft)
Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm2 (170 lbf/in2)
Heating surface 73 m2 (786 sq ft)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 40.6 cm × 55.9 cm (16 in × 22 in)
Valve gear Stephenson

The JGR Class 2120 was a B6 type 0-6-2 steam tank locomotive used on Japanese Government Railways for shunting and pulling freight cars. The earliest locomotives of this type were imported from Great Britain. One is preserved at the Ome Railway Park in Ome, Tokyo.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Naotaka Hirota Steam Locomotives of Japan (1972) Kodansha International Ltd. pp.25,27,93&103 ISBN 0-87011-185-X
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