Class of 97 Japanese 4-6-2 steam locomotives
Class C53 C53 10 in January 1935
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company Kisha Seizō, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Hitachi Build date 1928-1929 Total produced 97
Performance figures Power output 1250
Career Operators JNR Number in class 97 Numbers C53 1-C53 97 Retired 1950 Preserved 1 Disposition One preserved (C53 45); remainder scrapped
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.
JGR streamlined C53 43
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]
C53 45 preserved at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in December 2011
C53 Kawasaki Company
C53 10 steam engine
C53 96 steam engine
C53 45 steam loco frontview
C53 The 3 cylinder
Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
Umekoji Steam Engines on the Roundhouse
Steam Locomotive Roundhouse Japan
C53 steam loco frontview
Umekoji Steam Engines
See also
References
^ 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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