JGR Class 1765

JGR Class 1765
Builder's photo
Technical specifications
Serial number(s)	1321, 1926
Manufacturer(s)	Kawasaki Sharyō
Build date	1929, 1935, 1938, 1943
Total produced	1 (1765) + 1 (1770) + 10 derivative (total 12)
Classification	0-6-0T
Dimensions	8,520 mm × 2,362 mm × 3,516 mm
Rail gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Cylinders	2
Boiler pressure	12.0 kg/cm²
Fuel type	Coal
Heating area	81.8 m²
Service information
Years in-service	1929 – 1952
Running numbers	1765, 1770 (originally 303 – 304)
Disposition details
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	5

The JGR Class 1765 and the related Class 1770 (originally the Tsurumi Rinko Railway Class 303 and 304) were 0-6-0T Switcher-type side tank steam locomotives operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1929 to 1952.

History

The Class 1765 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Tsurumi Rinko Railway, with one locomotive built by Kawasaki Sharyō in 1929. The locomotive was numbered 303 and subsequently put into service. A similar locomotive was ordered in 1938, numbered 304 and put into service the same year. Some ten additional locomotives were built for the Yahata Steel Works in 1929, 1935 and 1943.

When the Kyushu Railway was nationalized in 1943, the Class 303 and 304 locomotives were reclassified as the Class 1765 and Class 1770 locomotives and renumbered as such. The locomotives were retired by 1952, although the locomotives on the Yahata Steel Works were likely used until the 1960s. No Class 1765s have been preserved.

References

Tsurumi Rinko Railway rolling stock
Electric multiple unit	MoHa 10 • MoHa 20 • MoHa 30 • MoHa 50 • MoHa 100 • MoHa 110 • MoHa 130 • MoHa 140 • MoHa 200 • MoHa 210 • MoHa 220 • KuHa 250 • KuHa 260 • MoHa 300 • MoHa 310 • MoHa 330 • KuHa 350 • SaHa 360 • MoHa 400 • MoHa 500 • KuHa 600
Steam locomotive	301 • 302 • 303 • 304 • 501 • 502 • 701