They were acquired to sample the latest American three-cylinderconjugated valve gear steam technology; as a consequence only six – the minimum order – were purchased and the tenders were built locally by Hitachi. They were the last Japanese steam locomotives to be imported. These served as an exemplary forerunner to the C53.
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class, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2022, learn, when, remove, this, temp. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources JNR Class C52 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Class C52 C52形 is a type of 4 6 2 steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company for the Japanese Government Railways in 1925 The locomotives were originally classified as the 8200 class under the JGR locomotive classification system JGR 8200 classC52 class8201 later C52 2 in 1926Type and originPower typeSteamBuilderAmerican Locomotive CompanySerial number66409 66414Build dateNovember 1925Total produced6SpecificationsConfiguration Whyte4 6 2 UIC2 C1 h3Gauge1 067 mm 3 ft 6 in Driver dia 1 600 mm 5 ft 3 in Fuel typeCoalCylindersThreeValve gearOutside WalschaertsInside GresleyCareerOperatorsJapanese Government RailwaysJapanese National RailwaysFirst runFebruary 1926Scrapped1947DispositionAll scrappedThey were acquired to sample the latest American three cylinder conjugated valve gear steam technology as a consequence only six the minimum order were purchased and the tenders were built locally by Hitachi They were the last Japanese steam locomotives to be imported These served as an exemplary forerunner to the C53 Drawing before renovation See also EditJapan Railways locomotive numbering and classification JGR Class 8900 JNR Class C51 JNR Class C53References Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to C52 steam locomotives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title JNR Class C52 amp oldid 1100554408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,