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The JGR Class 1700 (originally the Mutsu Railway Class A) was a 0-6-0T Switcher-type side tank steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1922 to the 1960s.

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The Class 1700 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Mutsu Railway, with one locomotive built by Amemiya Seisakusho in 1922 and delivered the same year. The locomotive was assigned the Class A and numbered 4. Two other similar locomotives were manufactured for the Hokuso Railway (no relation to the current Hokuso Railway) in 1923, numbered 101 and 102. These were some of the largest steam locomotives manufactured by Amemiya Seisakusho.

After the Mutsu Railway was nationalized in 1927, the locomotive was reclassified the Class 1700 and renumbered as such; the two Hokuso Railway locomotives were not renumbered or reclassified. The locomotive was then used for shunting in Aomori before being transferred to the Niigata Rinko Railway in 1938 and renumbered 1701; when the Niigata Rinko Railway was nationalized in 1940 the locomotive returned to JGR ownership but the numbering remained at 1701. 1701 was intended to be used for constructing a line for a dedicated railroad but was ultimately sold to Tōhoku Fertilizer and used at its Akita factory.

The two Hokuso Railway locomotives were then absorbed into the Tobu Railway in 1947 and classified the Class C3, numbered 4 and 17. 4 was scrapped in 1950 while 17 was moved to Daiichi Cement, where it was used until the 1960s. No Class 1700s have been preserved.

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Mutsu Railway steam locomotives
Tank 13AB
Tobu steam locomotives
Tank A1A2A3C1 (gen 1)C1 (gen 2)C2C3 (gen 1)C3 (gen 2)C3 (gen 3)C3 (gen 4)C11 (123207325)
Tender B1B2B3B4B5B6B7D1
Pre-Tobu IRo3
Niigata Rinko Railway steam locomotives
Tank A1700
JGR/JNR steam locomotives
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