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(TCDD) 56301 Class is a class of

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steam locomotives known as "Skyliners". They were built by

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. The 88 locomotives in this class were numbered 56301-88. The first arrived in 1947. They were the first American-built locomotives ordered by TCDD, though they had acquired ex-

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( TCDD 46201 Class) and ex-

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( TCDD 45171 Class). This class had the largest

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and

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of any Turkish locomotive and were the only ones fitted with

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s. At least 4 are known to be preserved, these being 56375 at the

TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum The TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum ( tr, TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi) is a railroad museum in Ankara, Turkey, which focuses on the history of steam locomotives that operated on the Turkish State Railways. The museum was ori ...

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, 56337 at the

Çamlık Railway Museum The Çamlık Railway Museum, a.k.a. Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum, ( tr, Çamlık Tren Müzesi or ''Çamlık Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi'') is an outdoor railway museum at Çamlık village of Selçuk district in Izmir Province, Turkey. It is t ...

, 56378 at Tren Park within Karabük University, and 56359 stored serviceable at Çankırı. The remains of 56369 and 56376 are also at Çankırı, serving as parts sources for 56359.

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