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The JGR Class 5600 (originally the Nippon Railway Class Pbt2/4) and the related Class 5625 and Tobu Railway Class B3 and B7 are 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotives operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1899 to 1929.

History[]

The Class 5600 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Nippon Railway, with six locomotives manufactured by Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1899. These were classified as the Class Pbt2/4, numbered 213 through 230 and entered service the same year. A similar batch of locomotives was also manufactured by Beyer for the Tobu Railway, numbered 29 through 34. The locomotives had a unique shape due to their Belpaire firebox.

The locomotives were reclassified as the Class 5600 in 1909 when a formal rule regarding standardized classification of locomotives was enacted; the locomotives were thus renumbered 5600 through 5617. The difficulties in using these locomotives, particularly the couplers, apparently caused these locomotives to not be officially used by the JGR. The first locomotives were retired in 1927 and all were retired by 1929, but some seven locomotives were moved to the Karafuto Prefectural Railway, renumbered 40 through 46. Most of these were scrapped but three became classified as the Class 5625 locomotives when the Karafuto Prefectural Railway was acquired by the JGR, numbered 5625 through 5627. These were used until 1947 and then retired.

No Class 5600s have been preserved. However, two Tobu Railway Class B3 locomotives, 30 and 34, are preserved. 30 was in notably in poor cosmetic condition for a number of years until it was repainted in 2023.

Preservation[]

The following Class 5600 locomotives have been preserved:

Number Manufacturer Date manufactured Serial number Date withdrawn Location Notes
Tobu Railway 30 Beyer, Peacock and Company 1914 5837 July 1966 Katayama Park, Sano, Tochigi, Japan Displayed under shelter; cosmetically restored 2023
Tobu Railway 34 5841 Haginaka Park, Tokyo, Japan Displayed under shelter next to Toden 7008; cab open for public viewing

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Nippon Railway steam locomotives
Tank K2/2SS2/3W2/4 (gen 1)W2/4 (gen 2)D2/4S2/4O3/3W3/3M3/3D3/3P3/3N3/3D3/4NB3/4H3/5P3/5HS3/5B3/5Db3/6Ma2/2+2/2
Tender Dbt2/4 (gen 1)Dbt2/4 (gen 2)Obt2/4Pbt2/4 (gen 1)Pbt2/4 (gen 2)Pbt2/4 (gen 3)Nbt2/4SSbt2/4Bbt2/5Dt3/4Pt3/4Wt3/4Nt3/4Bt4/5Rt4/5Bt4/6
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
Karafuto Prefectural Railway steam locomotives
Tank 12304508601530300031004000C12
Tender 570072007750855086209600C50C56C58
Ex-Sakhalin Railway 406080
JGR/JNR steam locomotives
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JNR 8200 (gen 2)86209600 (gen 2)990018900B10B20B50C10C11C12C50C51C52C53C54C55C56C57C58C59C60C61C62C63D50D51D52D60D61D62E10HC51HD53HD60HE10HE11KE50
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