The is a type of 2-8-0 steam locomotive built by

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 Ra ...

(JGR, after-day

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(JNR)) from 1913. The Class 9600 was the first type of locomotive to be mass-produced by Japanese manufacturers. The Class 9600 were popularly known as ''Kyuroku'' (nine-six), and were extensively used for freight service throughout Japan. They were numbered 9600-9699, 19600-19699, 29600-29699, 39600-39699, 49600-49699, 59600-59699, 69600-69699 and 79600-79669. All 770 remained in service until the 2nd of March 1976, when all steam-hauled service on JNR's network has been phased out.

Service outside Japan

Taiwan Railways Administration DT580

From 1923 to 1939, Kawasaki, Kisha Seizō, Nippon Sharyō, and Hitachi built 39 9600s for the Government General of Taiwan. The Taiwan Government Railway classified them 800 class before 1937, and they were classified D98 after 1937. After

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, they were taken over by

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

, and they were classified DT580. One engine, DT619, is being rebuilt by combining parts of scrapped locomotives after the war.

China Railway class KD5/KD55

To alleviate a severe motive power shortage on the Central China Railway, JNR locomotives were converted from Japanese narrow gauge to standard gauge and shipped to China. 251 Class 9600 locomotives were sent for use on both the Central China Railway and the North China Transportation Company (NCTC class ソリコ (Soriko)); after the Pacific War, these became China Railway class KD5. Others were rebuilt to metre gauge for operation on

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's Kunming–Hekou Railway and its branches; these eventually became China Railway class KD55.中国蒸汽機車世紀集影 (Centennial Collection of Chinese Steam Locomotives), China Railway Publishing House, July 2001, (in Chinese)

Preserved examples

, 44 Class 9600 locomotives are preserved at various locations in Japan. Number 39685, built in 1920, has been preserved outdoors in Chuo-ku, Saitama since 1972, but was removed and cut up in September 2016 due to the prohibitive cost of restoration. File:JNR-9608.JPG, 9608 preserved at

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File:39685 9600 steam locomotive 01.jpg, 39685 preserved in Saitama File:JNR 49643.JPG, 49643 preserved in Abashiri, Hokkaido File:JNR 59601.JPG, 59601 preserved in Nayoro, Hokkaido File:KD55-579 in China Railway Museum 02.JPG, KD55-579 preserved at the China Railway Museum File:KD5-373_in_China_Railway_Museum.JPG, KD5-373 preserved at the China Railway Museum File:Kaohsiung Taiwan Steam-Locomotice-DT-609-01.jpg, DT609, one of 39 locomotives of the DT580 Class (based on the 9600 Class steam locomotives from Japan) preserved in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Service outside Japan

Taiwan Railways Administration DT580

China Railway class KD5/KD55

Preserved examples

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