The Pureni-class (プレニ) locomotives were a group of steam tank locomotives with

2-6-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Prairie. Overview The major ...

wheel arrangement of used by the Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu'') in Korea. The "Pure" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie". In all, Sentetsu owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the

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in South Korea and 110 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.

Description

The Pureni class was introduced in 1905, with nine built in the United States by the Brooks Locomotive Works.푸러형 증기기관차(탱크식)를 알아보자.
2 December 2012 (in Korean) Unlike the Purei class, the Pureni had a superheated steam boiler. These, like the 1906 batch of Purei class locomotives, were delivered in knockdown form and assembled at the Incheon shops. The Gyeongbu Railway was nationalised by Sentetsu in 1906, and in 1918 they were renumbered 271 through 279. One further unit was built in 1935 by Nippon Sharyō, as a replacement for the original 276. The nine locomotives were renumbered プレニ1 through プレニ9 in the 1938 general renumbering.

Postwar

After the

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and

partition of Korea The division of Korea began with the defeat of Japan in World War II. During the war, the Allied leaders considered the question of Korea's future after Japan's surrender in the war. The leaders reached an understanding that Korea would be li ...

, they were divided between North and

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

, but the specifics of which engine went where are unclear.

Korean National Railroad 푸러2 (Pureo2) class

At least three Pureni-class locomotives ended up with the

in the South after the division of Sentetsu's motive power following the partition of the country; these were designated 푸러2 (''Pureo2'') class by the KNR.

Korean State Railway 부러두 (Purŏdu) class/1200 series

The locomotives taken over by the Korean State Railway in the North were initially designated 부러두 (''Purŏdu'') class; they were later renumbered in the 1200 series. The total number, their service lives and subsequent fates are unknown.

Construction

References

{{DPRKloco Locomotives of Korea Locomotives of North Korea Locomotives of South Korea Railway locomotives introduced in 1905 2-6-2 locomotives Brooks locomotives Nippon Sharyo locomotives Locomotives of Korea under Japanese rule