The is a type of
2-8-4
Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, thou ...
wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive. Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and c ...
steam locomotive built by the
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) in 1950 and 1951. They were designed by
Hideo Shima
was a Japanese engineer and the driving force behind the building of the first bullet train (Shinkansen).
Shima was born in Osaka in 1901, and educated at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. His father was p ...
and rebuilt at
Hamamatsu Works between 1950 and 1951.
20 Class D62s were rebuilt from the earlier
Class D52, which had a
2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
List of locomotives
*D62 1 rebuilt from D52 358 (March 1st 1950)
*D62 2 rebuilt from D52 448 (March 2nd 1950)
*D62 3 rebuilt from D52 401 (April 3rd 1950)
*D62 4 rebuilt from D52 450 (May 4th 1950)
*D62 5 rebuilt from D52 449 (June 5th 1950)
*D62 6 rebuilt from D52 42 (July 6th 1950)
*D62 7 rebuilt from D52 344 (August 7th 1950)
*D62 8 rebuilt from D52 366 (September 19th) 1950
*D62 9 rebuilt from D52 94 (October 1st-20th 1950)
*D62 10 rebuilt from D52 132 (November 3rd-30th 1950)
*D62 11 rebuilt from D52 337 (January 1st-5th 1951)
*D62 12 rebuilt from D52 397 (January 6th-15th 1951)
*D62 13 rebuilt from D52 211 (January 19th-23rd 1951)
*D62 14 rebuilt from D52 334 (February 1st-8th 1951)
*D62 15 rebuilt from D52 377 (February 12th-19th 1951)
*D62 16 rebuilt from D52 338 (February 25th-March 1st 1951)
*D62 17 rebuilt from D52 343 (March 2rd-March 6th 1951)
*D62 18 rebuilt from D52 360 (March 15th-March 20th 1951)
*D62 19 rebuilt from D52 339 (March 21st-March 24th 1951)
*D62 20 rebuilt from D52 462 (March 25th-31st 1951)
Preservation
No examples of the class have been preserved.
In popular culture
The D62 is the model upon which the ''
Transformers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms ...
'' character
Astrotrain
''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication
based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the '' Transforme ...
is based.
See also
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Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification
This page explains the numbering and classification schemes for locomotives employed by the Japanese Government Railways, the Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.
Steam locomotives
Pre-nationalization
Prior to the natio ...
References
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Steam locomotives of Japan
1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan
2-8-4 locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1950
1′D2′ h2 locomotives
Rebuilt locomotives
Scrapped locomotives
Freight locomotives