JNR Class D50

D50
Type drawing of JGR D50 type steam locomotive
Power type Steam
Designer Tokichi Ogasawara
Builder Kawasaki Dockyard etc
Build date 1923-1931
Configuration 2-8-2 Mikado
Gauge 1,067 mm
Length 17,248 mm
Locomotive & tender
combined weight
78.14 t
Retired 1965

D50 is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways, the Japanese National Railways and various manufacturers from 1923 to 1931. The name consists of a "D" for the four sets of driving wheels and the class number 50 for tender locomotives that the numbers 50 through 99 were assigned to under the 1928 locomotive classification rule.

The design of the D50 was based on the JNR Class 9600 which was introduced in 1916. A total of 380 Class D50 locomotives were built.

Preserved examples

Two D50s are preserved in Japan.

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:D50_steam_locomotives D50 steam locomotives] at Wikimedia Commons

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