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The is a type of
4-6-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle. The locomo ...
steam locomotive built in Japan from 1928 to 1929 designed by
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and built by
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and
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and Hitachi . A total of 97 Class C53 locomotives were built they operated until all 97 were retired in 1950. C53 45 is the only example of the class to be preserved.


Preserved examples

Today, only one Class C53 locomotive has been preserved in Japan, C53 45, at the
Kyoto Railway Museum The (formerly the until 2016) is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. The museum is owned by We ...
(formerly Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum). File:Japanese-national-railways-C53-45-20111213.jpg, C53 45 preserved at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in December 2011 File:Advertisement of Kawasaki Dockyard Company in 1930s.jpg, C53 Kawasaki Company File:JGR-C53SteamLocomotive.jpg, C53 10 steam engine File:Nagoya Station at the completion, 1937 (昭和12年 建物完成時の名古屋駅).jpg, C53 96 steam engine File:JNR-C5345.jpg, C53 45 steam loco frontview File:TheThirdCylinder of C53.jpg, C53 The 3 cylinder File:UMEKOJI STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM ROUNDHOUSE KYOTO JAPAN JUNE 2012 (7418852076).jpg, Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum File:UMEKOJI STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM ROUNDHOUSE KYOTO JAPAN JUNE 2012 (7418872906) (cropped).jpg, Umekoji Steam Engines on the Roundhouse File:UMEKOJI STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM ROUNDHOUSE KYOTO JAPAN JUNE 2012 (7418910726).jpg, Steam Locomotive Roundhouse Japan File:Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum 梅小路蒸気機関車館 (8178322659).jpg, C53 steam loco frontview File:Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum 梅小路蒸気機関車館 (8178323119).jpg, Umekoji Steam Engines


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 ...
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JNR Class C52 The is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company for the Japanese Government Railways in 1925. The locomotives were originally classified as the 8200 class under the JGR locomotive classification system. They ...
* JNR Class C54


References

{{Japanloco 1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan Steam locomotives of Japan 4-6-2 locomotives Preserved steam locomotives of Japan Railway locomotives introduced in 1928 Passenger locomotives