The Pureo7-200 class () was a class consisting of steam tank locomotives with
2-6-2 wheel arrangement
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operated by the
Korean National Railroad in
South Korea
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.
The "Pureo" name came from the
American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie".
In all, the
Chosen Government Railway
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owned 227 locomotives of
all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52 - including these; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the
Korean National Railroad in
South Korea
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and 110 to the
Korean State Railway
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History
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in
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The
Chosen Gyeongnam Railway, a privately owned railway in the southwestern part of
colonial-era Korea, received at least eleven 2-6-2T tank locomotive built by
H.K. Porter, Inc. of the
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in 1921,
which it numbered 201 through at least 211. After the
Liberation
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and
partition of Korea, all railways in South Korea were nationalised, and these locomotives were taken up by the new Korean National Railroad, which designated the class 푸러7-200 (''Pureo7-200'') class and numbered the locomotives 푸러7-201 though at least 푸러7-211.
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Locomotives of Korea under Japanese rule
Locomotives of South Korea
Railway locomotives introduced in 1921
2-6-2 locomotives
H. K. Porter locomotives