The Class C51 (C51形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built by Kisha SeizoMitsubishi and Japanese National Railways (JNR) Hamamatsu Works . The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C51 introduced 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) diameter driving wheels to Japan. C51s raised the average speed on the Tōkaidō Main Line from 47.3 km/h (29.4 mph) to 55.3 km/h (34.4 mph). In 1930, a C51 hauled the first Tsubame (swallow) express, reducing travel time between Tokyo and Kōbe to 9 hours.[1]
JGR/JNR Class C51 Central China Ry Pashina class (パシナ) China Railways SL9 (勝利9)
Central China Railway C51 116 at Suzhou Station, 30 January 1939
To alleviate a severe motive power shortage, sixteen JGR Class C51 locomotives, C51 8, 28, 30, 33 - 35, 88, 95, 96, 116, 130 - 132, 173, 175, and 178, all equipped with a Sumiyama feedwater heater, were converted to standard gauge and sent to the Central China Railway in 1939, where they operated primarily between Nanjing and Shanghai, at first with their original JGR numbers, later as パシナ (Pashina) class. After the Liberation of China and the establishment of the People's Republic, these became China Railway class ㄆㄒ9 (PX9) in 1951, and reclassified as class SL9 (勝利9, Shènglì, "victory") in 1959.[2]
Preserved examples
As of 2012, four Class C51 locomotives were preserved at various locations.
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^ abNaotaka Hirota Steam Locomotives of Japan (1972) Kodansha International Ltd. pp.57&96 ISBN0-87011-185-X
^中国蒸汽機車世紀集影 (Centennial Collection of Chinese Steam Locomotives), China Railway Publishing House, July 2001, ISBN7-113-04148-5 (in Chinese)
^ abcdSasada, Masahiro (September 2012). 国鉄&JR保存車大全 [JNR & JR Preserved Rolling Stock Complete Guide]. Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. p. 132. ISBN978-4863206175.
January 07, 2023
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