JGR Class 40

JGR Class 40
Daito Railway 1 at an unknown date
Technical specifications
Serial number(s)	2875 – 2876, 6427
Manufacturer(s)	Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp. Sendling
Build date	1893, 1911
Total produced	3
Classification	0-4-0T
Dimensions	5,029 mm × Unknown × 2,875 mm
Rail gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Cylinders	2
Boiler pressure	12.7 kg/cm²
Fuel type	Coal
Heating area	15.1 m²
Service information
Years in-service	1893 – 1926
Running numbers	1 – 2, 40
Disposition details
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	3

The JGR Class 40 (originally the Daito Railway Class 1) was a 0-4-0T Switcher-type well tank steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1893 to 1926.

History

The Class 40 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Daito Railway, with two locomotives built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp. at their Sendling factory in Germany in 1893 and imported into Japan. The locomotives were assigned the Class 1 and numbered 1 and 2. The locomotives entered service the same year and were used for switching services. The Chūbu Railway took over one of the locomotives and changed hands a number of times.

After the Railway Nationalization Act was passed in 1909, the locomotives were reclassified as the Class 40 although they did not receive new numbers. A third locomotive was built in 1911, also by Krauss. The locomotives were moved around a number of private railroads a number of times further until the last locomotive was retired in 1926. No Class 40s have been preserved.

Trivia

• The Class 40s had long had misinformation attributed to it, mainly due to most records pertaining to the railway having been destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake. Due to its appearance it is often confused for a locomotive manufactured by Orenstein & Koppel. The Daito Railway did order a steam locomotive from O&K, although it never arrived. Another point of confusion is that when operating on the Sano Railway the trains featured the large headlamp from the Daito era, further confusing others.

References

Chōshū Railway steam locomotives
Tank	40 • A1 • B1

Daitō Railway steam locomotives
Tank	1 • 2 • 3 • 4