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The was a steam locomotive operated in Meiji Era Japan from 1872. The sole member of the class was imported from
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in the United Kingdom in 1871.


History

The locomotive was one of ten different locomotive types imported from the UK in 1871, and entered service on the first Japanese railway line, which opened between Shimbashi(after-day
Shiodome station is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It serves as an interchange for the Toei Ōedo Line (E-19) and Yurikamome (U-02). Line *Yurikamome *Toei Ōedo Line Station layout Both parts of the station are not directly linked to one another. ...
) in Tokyo and Yokohama (present-day Sakuragicho Station) on 14 October 1872. Initially numbered "No. 1", it was classified "Class 150" in 1909. In 1911, the locomotive was donated to the Shimabara Railway in Nagasaki, where it once again received the number "1". Because of its historical value as the first steam locomotive to operate in Japan, it was returned to the Railway Ministry in 1930. In 1997, it became the first railway vehicle in Japan to be designated as an Important Cultural Property.


Preservation

The locomotive is preserved at the
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in Saitama. File:JGR class 150 steam locomotive at the Railway Museum.jpg, Locomotive No. 1 preserved at the Railway Museum in January 2015


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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