JGR Class 150

Japanese 2-4-0T steam locomotive

Class 150
Locomotive No. 1
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderVulcan Foundry, UK
Build date1871
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-4-0T
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Career
DispositionPreserved

The JGR Class 150 (国鉄150形, Kokutetsu 150 gata) was a steam locomotive operated in Meiji Era Japan from 1872. The sole member of the class was imported from Vulcan Foundry in the United Kingdom in 1871.[1]

History

The locomotive was one of ten different locomotive types imported from the UK in 1871, and entered service on the first Japanese railway line, which opened between Shimbashi(after-day Shiodome station) in Tokyo and Yokohama (present-day Sakuragicho Station) on 14 October 1872.[2] Initially numbered "No. 1", it was classified "Class 150" in 1909.[2]

In 1911, the locomotive was donated to the Shimabara Railway in Nagasaki, where it once again received the number "1".[2]

Because of its historical value as the first steam locomotive to operate in Japan, it was returned to the Railway Ministry in 1930.[2] In 1997, it became the first railway vehicle in Japan to be designated as an Important Cultural Property.[2]

Preservation

The locomotive is preserved at the Railway Museum in Saitama.[2]

  • Locomotive No. 1 preserved at the Railway Museum in January 2015
    Locomotive No. 1 preserved at the Railway Museum in January 2015

See also

References

  1. ^ Inoue, Koichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia] (in Japanese). Japan: Sankaido. p. 16. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sasada, Masahiro (25 November 2014). 国鉄&JR保存車大全2015-2016 [JNR & JR Preserved Rolling Stock Complete Guide 2015-2016] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 978-4863209282.
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