The Class D52 is a type of

2-8-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing w ...

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the loco ...

built by the

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 R ...

(Now

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

) and various manufacturers:

Kisha Seizo was a Japanese manufacturer of railway rolling stock that existed from 1896 to 1972. * 1896: Established by Masaru Inoue as the . * 1899: Factory opened in Osaka. * 1901: Merged with the , a coach and car maker in Tokyo. The two plants wer ...

Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2 ...

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, and

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from 1943 to 1946. The name consists of a "D" for the four sets of driving wheels and the class number 52 for

tender locomotive A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, s ...

s that the numbers 50 through 99 were assigned to under the 1928 locomotive classification rule.

Preserved examples

Most of the D52s have been scrapped. However, seven locomotives have been preserved. * D52 1, at

JR Freight , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was foun ...

Hiroshima Depot * D52 70 is semi-operational and runs on a short line, on compressed air, at a park in

Yamakita, Kanagawa 260px, Lake Tazawa is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 9,878 and a population density of 44 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Yamakita is located in the mountainous ...

. * D52 72, in Gotemba, Shizuoka * D52 136, in Numazu, Shizuoka * D52 235, in Kanuma Park,

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* D52 403, in

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* D52 468, 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 ...

, Kyoto梅小路蒸気機関車館｜蒸気機関車群 D52形468号機
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Preserved examples

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