JGR Class 6200

JGR Class 6200
6202 at an unknown date
Technical specifications
Serial number(s)	6200/6270: 3958 – 3975, 4039, 4166 – 4171, 5633 – 5652, 5721 – 5732 6300: 44338 – 44361 6350: 5325 – 5360
Manufacturer(s)	6200/6270: Dübs & Co, Neilson and Company 6250: JGR's Hamamatsu Works 6300: ALCO-Cooke 6350: Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG
Build date	1897 – 1908
Total produced	57 (6200/6270) + 24 (6300) + 36 (6350) (total 117)
Classification	4-4-0
Dimensions	14,345 mm × Unknown × 3,734 mm
Rail gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Cylinders	2
Boiler pressure	11.2 kg/cm²
Fuel type	Coal
Heating area	82.1 m²
Service information
Years in-service	1898 – 1964
Running numbers	6200 – 6265, 6270 – 6294, 6300 – 6323, 6350 – 6385 (originally 600 – 656, 1300 – 1359)
Disposition details
Preserved	1 derivative
Number operational	None
Number scrapped	80

The JGR Class 6200 and the related Class 6250, 6270, 6300 and 6350 (originally the JGR Class AN) were 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotives operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1898 to 1964.

History

The Class 6200 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the JGR as the Class AN, with multiple classes of locomotives manufactured by different manufacturers; regardless of manufacturer all were classified as the Class AN. These were later reclassified as the Class D9 locomotives. The original Class 6200 and 6270 locomotives were built by Dübs & Co and Neilson and Company, with an American copy, the Class 6300, being built by the American Locomotive Company, and a German copy, the Class 6350, being built by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG (Hanomag).

After the Railway Nationalization Act was passed in 1909, the locomotives were renumbered the Class 6200, 6270, 6300 and 6350. Due to their age a number of them received further conversions, with others sold after their retirement from the JGR. Some Class 6200 locomotives were converted into Class 6250 locomotives, a superheated version, or Class 1070 locomotives, a tank locomotive version. Some Class 6300 locomotives were converted into Class 1150 locomotives, a tank locomotive version, while all Class 6350 locomotives were converted into Class 1000 tank locomotives and served out the rest of their lives in that form. One Class 1070 locomotive, 1080, survives today at the Kyoto Railway Museum. No original Class 6200, 6250, 6270, 6300 or 6350 locomotives have been preserved.

References

Yubari Railway motive power
Steam locomotive	1 • 6 • 7 • 9 • 11 • 21
Diesel locomotive	DD1000
Diesel railcar	KiHa 1 • KiHa 200 • KiHa 250 • KiHa 252 • KiHa 300

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