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Chosen Gyeongnam Railway
The Chosen Gyeongnam Railway (Japanese: 朝鮮京南鉄道株式会社, ''Chōsen Kyōnan Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha''; Korean: 조선경남철도주식회사, ''Joseon Gyeongnam Cheoldo Jusikhoesa''), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea. History The company began operations in 1912, and by 1931 it had opened a network of nearly in the area around Cheonan. Following the partition of Korea, the entirety of the Chosen Gyeongnam Railway's network was located in the American zone of occupation. All railways in South Korea, including the Chosen Gyeongnam Railway, were nationalised in 1946, becoming part of the Korean National Railroad. The Chosen Gyeongnam Railway opened the following railway lines between 1912 and 1931: * 1912: Gunsan Line, from Iri on the Chosen Government Railway's Honam Line to Gunsan; * 1919–1927: Gyeonggi Line, from Cheonan on the Chosen Government Railway's Gyeongbu Line to Janghowon; * 1922–1931: Chungnam Line, from Cheon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JNR Class C11
The is a type of 2-6-4T steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways and the Japanese National Railways from 1932 to 1947. A total of 381 Class C11 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima . Overview The Class C11 was based on the earlier 2-6-4T Class C10 type built in 1930. Preserved examples 52 Class C11 locomotives are preserved, as listed below, with six in working order. Operational * C11 123: Operated by Tobu Railway in Tochigi Prefecture. Operating as SL Taiju. * C11 171: Operated by JR Hokkaido and based at Asahikawa Depot * C11 190: Operated by Oigawa Railway in Shizuoka Prefecture * C11 207: Operated by Tobu Railway in Tochigi Prefecture. Operating as SL Taiju. * C11 227: Operated by Oigawa Railway in Shizuoka Prefecture. * C11 325: Operated by Tobu Railway in Tochigi Prefecture. Operating as SL Taiju. File:JR Hokkaido C11 171 SL suzuran.jpg, C11 171 in 2002 File:新金谷駅転車台.jpg, C11 190 in August 2012 File:JNR C11 207 20071007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese Government Railways" was what the Ministry of Railways (established in 1920) used to call its own and sometimes the ministry itself as a railway operator. Other English names for the government railways include Imperial Japanese Government Railways and Imperial Government Railways, which were mainly used prior to the establishment of the ministry. This article covers the railways operated by the central government of Japan from 1872 to 1949 notwithstanding the official English name of the system of each era. Network By the end of World War II in 1945, the Japanese Government Railways operated on the main Japanese islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Karafuto. The railways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locomotive a tender holds some or all of the fuel, and may hold some water also. There are several different types of tank locomotive, distinguished by the position and style of the water tanks and fuel bunkers. The most common type has tanks mounted either side of the boiler. This type originated about 1840 and quickly became popular for industrial tasks, and later for shunting and shorter-distance main line duties. Tank locomotives have advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional locomotives that required a separate tender to carry needed water and fuel. History Origins The first tank locomotive was the ''Novelty'' that ran at the Rainhill Trials in 1829. It was an example of a ''Well Tank''. However, the more common fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
