JGR Class 9040

JGR Class 9040
Class leader 9040 at an unknown date.
Technical specifications
Serial number(s)	9040: 13823, 13825 – 13826, 14248 – 14249, 15151, 15651 – 15652 9030: 21574 – 21576
Manufacturer(s)	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Build date	1893 – 1898, 1903, 1907
Total produced	8 (9040) + 3 (9030) + 1 derivative (total 12)
Classification	2-8-0
Dimensions	47 ft 9 in × Unknown × 12 ft 4 in
Rail gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Service information
Years in-service	1893 – 1964
Running numbers	9040 – 9047 (originally 9000 – 9007), 9030 – 9033
Disposition details
Preserved	None
Number scrapped	12

The JGR Class 9040 (originally the Hokkaido Colliery and Railway Company Class G, then Class 9000) was a 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive built for the JGR from 1893 to 1898.

History

The 9040s, originally known as the Class G, was used mainly as a freight locomotive and was built to haul coal. Twelve locomotives were produced by Baldwin Locomotive Works and imported into Japan from 1893 to 1898 and again in 1903 and 1907, and were later renamed to Class 9040 in 1909 with the establishment of a formal rule regarding locomotive naming; the locomotives were later used by a variety of small private freight railroads in Japan. The locomotives were retired in 1964 on these private railroads. One locomotive was destined for the Nicaragua Railway, but was sent back to Baldwin; the locomotive was later refitted and used on the Bibai Mining Railway.

No locomotives survived into preservation.

The locomotives were nicknamed Kokon (literally "Small Con", Con = Consolidation) with reference to its size being far smaller than the later Class 9200s.

Trivia

• Baldwin's model number for the locomotives was 10-26-E.

See also

• JGR Class 9050
• JGR Class 9200
• JGR Class 9700