Chosen Government Railway Purei class (プレイ) Gyeongbu Railway 1–18 Temporary Military Railway 19–52 Korean National Railroad Pureo1 class (푸러1) Korean State Railway Purŏha class (부러하) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Purei-class (プレイ) locomotives were a group of steam tank locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement used by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) in Korea. The "Pure" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie".[1]
In all, Sentetsu owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 110 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.[2]
Description
[edit]The first 18 Prairie-type locomotives delivered to Korea were built for the Gyeongbu Railway by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of the United States,[3] with the first units arriving in 1901; they were numbered simply 1 through 18. A further 52 were delivered in 1906 to the Temporary Military Railway, of which 48 were assigned to the Gyeongui Line and four to the Masan Line.[4] These were delivered from Baldwin in knockdown form, and were assembled in Korea by the Gyeom-ipo and Incheon Shops.
The Gyeongbu Railway was nationalised to create the Chosen Government Railway on 1 July 1906, and the Temporary Military Railway was absorbed by Sentetsu on 31 August 1906, and all 70 of these locomotives entered service with Sentetsu.[4] Seven were subsequently transferred to private railways,[4] though all but one eventually returned to Sentetsu. They were used by Sentetsu on both passenger and freight trains all over Korea. From 1925, a number were rebuilt to Pureshi class for operation with domestic lignite.[5] 24 Purei-class locomotives remained unrebuilt, and these were numbered 221 through 254. Only 23 were left in service at the time of Sentetsu's 1938 general renumbering; these were renumbered プレイ1 through プレイ23 at that time.[6]
Year | Number | Manufacturer | Original Owner | Notes |
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1901 | 18 | Baldwin | Gyeongbu Railway | |
1905 | 52 | Baldwin | Temporary Military Railway | Assembled in Korea |
Postwar
[edit]After the Liberation and partition of Korea, they were divided between North and South, but the specifics of which engine went where are unclear.
Korean National Railroad 푸러1 (Pureo1) class
[edit]At least four Purei-class locomotives ended up with the Korean National Railroad in the South after the division of Sentetsu's motive power following the partition of the country; these were designated 푸러1 (Pureo1) class by the KNR.[6]
Running number | ||||||
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KNR | Sentetsu (1938–1945) | Sentetsu (1918–1938) | Original | Builder | Year | Notes |
푸러1-11 | プレイ11 | プレ231 | TMR | Baldwin | 1906 | Operational in 1954 |
푸러1-14 | プレイ14 | プレ234 | TMR | Baldwin | 1906 | Derelict by 1953 |
푸러1-17 | プレイ17 | プレ237 | TMR | Baldwin | 1906 | Derelict by 1953 |
푸러1-21 | プレイ21 | プレ241 | TMR | Baldwin | 1906 | Operational in 1954 |
Korean State Railway 부러하 (Purŏha) class/1100 series
[edit]The locomotives taken over by the Korean State Railway in the North were initially designated 부러하 (Purŏha) class; they were later renumbered in the 1100 series. The total number, their service lives and subsequent fates are unknown.
References
[edit]- ^ Colvin, Fred H. (1906). The railroad pocket-book: a quick reference cyclopedia of railroad information. New York, Derry-Collard; London, Locomotive Publishing Company (US-UK co-edition). p. L‑9.
- ^ "North and South Korea Steam Locomotives". 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004.
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- ^ a b c "プレーリー型タンク機関車". Archived from the original on 2017-08-26.
- ^ Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.
- ^ a b "Korean National Ry Class PR1 2-6-2T". donsdepot.donrossgroup.net.