KNR Pureo7-200 class locomotives

Chosen Gyeongnam Railway 200 series Korean National Railroad Pureo7-200 class (푸러7-200)
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Porter Build date 1921 Total produced ≥11
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2T Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Career Operators Chosen Gyeongnam Railway Korean National Railroad Class CGR: 100 KNR: 푸러7-200 Number in class ≥11 Numbers CGR: 201 – 211 KNR: 푸러7-201 – 푸러7-211 Delivered 1921

The Pureo7-200 class (Korean: 푸러7-200) was a class of 2-6-2-T steam locomotives, operated by the Korean National Railroad in South Korea.[1] The "Pureo" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie".[2]

In all, the Chosen Government Railway owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52 - including these; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 110 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.[3]

The Chosen Gyeongnam Railway, a privately owned railway in the southwestern part of colonial-era Korea, received at least eleven 2-6-2T tank locomotive built by H.K. Porter, Inc. of the United States in 1921,[1] which it numbered 201 through at least 211. After the Liberation and partition of Korea, all railways in South Korea were nationalised, and these locomotives were taken up by the new Korean National Railroad, which designated the class 푸러7-200 (Pureo7-200) class and numbered the locomotives 푸러7-201 though at least 푸러7-211.[1]

References

1. "Korean National RR Class PR7 2-6-2T". donsdepot.donrossgroup.net. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
2. Colvin, Fred H. (1906). The railroad pocket-book: a quick reference cyclopedia of railroad information. New York, Derry-Collard; London, Locomotive Publishing Company (US-UK co-edition). p. L‑9.
3. "North and South Korea Steam Locomotives". 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004.