[Model/Name] Model
C61
A total of 33 of these large-scale passenger locomotives were built from
1947 to 1949. The boiler and some of the locomotive parts were taken from
D51 locomotives and C61 was the first locomotive to use an automatic coal
feeder to alleviate the work of the stoker. The C61 was used to pull limited
express and other types of trains.
The locomotive at the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum ran a total of 2.58
million kilometers in the Sendai and Kagoshima areas.
No. |
2 |
Weight
[Operating Equipment] (tons)
|
approx.125.6 (including
the coal car) |
Dimensions
|
Max.
Length (mm)
|
20,375 (including
the coal car) |
| |
Wheel Diameter
(mm)
|
1,750 |
Max.
Operating Speed (km/h)
|
110 |
Produced
at
|
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Years Manufactured |
1948 |
