C62 steam locomotive

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C62 is a type of 4-6-4 steam locomotive built by the Japanese National Railways. The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C62 was built with a 4-6-4 frame, upon which was mounted the boiler of the JNR D52 class 2-8-2 locomotives.

These were the largest and fastest steam passenger locomotives to run in Japan, and hauled the Tsubame express on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo and Osaka. Forty nine were built from 1948 to 1949. The last examples in regular service were withdrawn in 1973.

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Steam Loco in Japan (Jokei Kikansha style book), Kigei Publishing Company, 1963