JGR Class 2120, 1890 B type 0-6-2 (Import from UK.)
JGR E-102a, 1948 2-10-4
JNR C515, 1919 4-6-2
JGR C-54St, 1931 4-6-2
JGR C-3380S, 1906 2-6-2T
JGR C-9600, 1913 2-8-0
JGR C-5540a, 1893 4-4-0
Ueno Train Station, Tokyo, Japan.
12 thoughts on “Old Train Thursday, Japanese Steam Engines”
How many engines did the Japs buy from the U.S. before they designed and built their own?
Evil Franklin
Every one of them are faster than the (nonexistent) California Bullet Train.
Sacramento’s priorities strike again.
Are the oil filters on the side of the engine for the trains as well?
Those oil filters are actually air compressors and the large cylindrical tanks are air reservoirs for the air braking system.
What? No Mikados?
That’s what I noticed as well, Steve. The iconic mikado type 2-8-2 wheel arrangement,so named mikado because that was the first locomotive of that type built for Japanese railways . ( by Baldwin I believe).
Also the letters B, C ,D and E denote the number of driving axles. B for two, C for Three, etc.
Some nice looking locos, there. For a while now, I’ve been wondering, what the heck are those big vertical panels on either side of the smokebox for. Can’t be just decorative.
As I understand it, they were there to help the chimney with draft, to pull the smoke and ash out more efficiently…
My google-fu says they are to create an updraft to clear the air for the engineer. But what do I know? That they don’t make them like they used to. I haven’t seen a running steam loco since the 1980’s somewhere in North Carolina.
How many engines did the Japs buy from the U.S. before they designed and built their own?
Evil Franklin
Every one of them are faster than the (nonexistent) California Bullet Train.
Sacramento’s priorities strike again.
Are the oil filters on the side of the engine for the trains as well?
Those oil filters are actually air compressors and the large cylindrical tanks are air reservoirs for the air braking system.
What? No Mikados?
That’s what I noticed as well, Steve. The iconic mikado type 2-8-2 wheel arrangement,so named mikado because that was the first locomotive of that type built for Japanese railways . ( by Baldwin I believe).
Also the letters B, C ,D and E denote the number of driving axles. B for two, C for Three, etc.
Some nice looking locos, there. For a while now, I’ve been wondering, what the heck are those big vertical panels on either side of the smokebox for. Can’t be just decorative.
As I understand it, they were there to help the chimney with draft, to pull the smoke and ash out more efficiently…
My google-fu says they are to create an updraft to clear the air for the engineer. But what do I know? That they don’t make them like they used to. I haven’t seen a running steam loco since the 1980’s somewhere in North Carolina.
You’re missing the most important one:
https://youtu.be/3M4J2gGlClk?si=fj6HQ9uKe4y1dxlN
I watched a documentary on that train raid long ago