The Sorii class (ソリイ) was a class of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (''Sentetsu'') with

2-8-0 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 no trailing wheels. ...

wheel arrangement. The "Sori" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement were called "Consolidation".

Description

Built by the

Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades t ...

of the United States in 1894, the ソリイ (''Sorii'') class locomotives were bought second-hand by the Imperial Japanese Army for use by the

Temporary Military Railway The Temporary Military Railway Office ( Japanese: 臨時軍用鐵道幹部, ''Rinji Gun'yō Tetsudōkanbu''; Korean: 임시 군용 철도감부, ''Imsi Gunyong Cheoldoganbu''), was a pseudo-corporate entity established by the Imperial Japanese ...

in Korea. In 1906, the Temporary Military Railway was taken over the

Government-General of Korea Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

to create the National Railway, which became Sentetsu in 1910. First numbered 101–106, they became numbers 1001–1006 in 1918, and finally in Sentetsu's 1938 general renumbering, they were given the numbers ソリイ1 through ソリイ6.

Postwar: Korean National Railroad 소리1 (Sori1) class

After the

partition of Korea The division of Korea began with the defeat of Japan in World War II. During the war, the Allied leaders considered the question of Korea's future after Japan's surrender in the war. The leaders reached an understanding that Korea would be li ...

, all six remained in the South, becoming

Korean National Railroad The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially changed to in November 2019), is the national railway operator in South Korea. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed ...

class Sori1 (소리1), numbered 소리1-1 through 소리1-6.

Construction

References

{{Korail rolling stock Locomotives of Korea Locomotives of South Korea Railway locomotives introduced in 1894 2-8-0 locomotives Baldwin locomotives Locomotives of Korea under Japanese rule