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 ...

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built in

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from 1935 to 1937. A total of 62 Class C55 locomotives were built and designed by

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. Nine were supplied to the Taiwan Government Railway, where they became class CT250, while 21 locomotives numbered C55 20 - C55 40 were streamlined.

Preserved examples

, four Class C55 locomotives have been preserved in

, as follows. * C55 1: preserved 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 ...

* C55 50: preserved at the Otaru Museum in

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* C55 52: preserved in front of

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* C55 53: preserved at Wakakusa Park in Oita, Oita File:UMEKOJI STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MUSEUM ROUNDHOUSE KYOTO JAPAN JUNE 2012 (7418838980).jpg, C55 1 preserved at the Umekoji Museum (later Kyoto Railway Museum) in June 2012 File:JNR C55 50.JPG, C55 50 preserved at the Otaru Museum in July 2007 File:JNR Class C55-52 in front of Yoshimatsu Station 3.jpg, Preserved C55 52 in March 2017 File:JNR Type C55 No.53(46) Steam Locomotive 1994-08 001.jpg, Preserved C55 53 in August 1994

References

{{Taiwanloco 1067 mm gauge locomotives of Japan Steam locomotives of Japan Steam locomotives of Taiwan 4-6-2 locomotives Preserved steam locomotives of Japan Railway locomotives introduced in 1935 Passenger locomotives

Preserved examples

See also

References