The Pureo7-100 class () consisted of a single steam tank locomotive with 2-6-2

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, which the Korean National Railroad operated in

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. The "Pureo" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie". In all, the

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owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52 - including this one; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the Korean National Railroad in

and 110 to the

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. The Chosen Gyeongnam Railway, a privately owned railway in the southwestern part of colonial-era Korea, received a single 2-6-2T tank locomotive built by Nippon Sharyō of Japan in 1928, which it numbered 101. After the

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and partition of Korea, all railways in South Korea were nationalised, and this locomotive was taken up by the new Korean National Railroad, which designated the design the 푸러7-100 (''Pureo7-100'') class and numbered the locomotive 푸러7-101.

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{{Korail rolling stock Locomotives of Korea under Japanese rule Locomotives of South Korea Railway locomotives introduced in 1928 2-6-2 locomotives Nippon Sharyo locomotives