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The Pureni-class (プレニ) locomotives were a group of steam tank locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement of 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 Pureni class was introduced in 1905, with nine built in the United States by the Brooks Locomotive Works.[3] Unlike the Purei class, the Pureni had a superheated steam boiler. These, like the 1906 batch of Purei class locomotives, were delivered in knockdown form and assembled at the Incheon shops.[4] The Gyeongbu Railway was nationalised by Sentetsu in 1906, and in 1918 they were renumbered 271 through 279.[5] One further unit was built in 1935 by Nippon Sharyō, as a replacement for the original 276.[4] The nine locomotives were renumbered プレニ1 through プレニ9 in the 1938 general renumbering.[5]
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 푸러2 (Pureo2) class
[edit]At least three Pureni-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 푸러2 (Pureo2) class by the KNR.[5]
Korean State Railway 부러두 (Purŏdu) class/1200 series
[edit]The locomotives taken over by the Korean State Railway in the North were initially designated 부러두 (Purŏdu) class; they were later renumbered in the 1200 series. The total number, their service lives and subsequent fates are unknown.
Construction
[edit]Sentetsu running number | Postwar | |||||
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1918–1938 | 1938–1945 | Owner | Number | Builder | Year | Notes |
プレ271 | プレニ1 | ? | ? | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. |
プレ272 | プレニ2 | ? | ? | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. |
プレ273 | プレニ3 | ? | ? | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. |
プレ274 | プレニ4 | KNR | 푸러2-4 | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. Withdrawn by 1953[5] |
プレ275 | プレニ5 | ? | ? | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. |
プレ276 (1st) | - | - | - | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. Wrecked before 1935.[4] |
プレ276 (2nd) | プレニ6 | ? | ? | Nippon Sharyō | 1935 | Built as replacement for 1st プレ276.[4] |
プレ277 | プレニ7 | ? | ? | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. |
プレ278 | プレニ8 | KNR | 푸러2-8 | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. Destroyed during Korean War.[5] |
プレ279 | プレニ9 | KNR | 푸러2-9 | Brooks | 1905 | Originally built for Gyeongbu Railway. Operational in 1954.[5] |
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 d Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.
- ^ a b c d e f "Korean National RR Class PR-2 2-6-2T". donsdepot.donrossgroup.net.