Class D61 (Rebuilt : 6 : D51) | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() D61 4 in Hokkaido, ca. 1974 | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
|
The Class D61 (D61形, D61-gata) is a class of six 2-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1960 and 1961. They were redesigned by Hideo Shima and rebuilt at JNR Hamamatsu Works and Kōriyama Works .
The D61 was a rebuild of the JNR Class D51, which had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.[1]
List Of Class D61
- D61 1 (Rebuilt From D51 640 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
- D61 2 (Rebuilt From D51 555 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
- D61 3 (Rebuilt From D51 181 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
- D61 4 (Rebuilt From D51 224 in 1960 at Hamamatsu Works)
- D61 5 (Rebuilt From D51 205 in 1961 at Kōriyama Works)
- D61 6 (Rebuilt From D51 519 in 1961 at Kōriyama Works)
Preserved examples
[edit]As of 2019[update], one Class D61, D61 3, is preserved in a park in Rumoi, Hokkaido.[2]
-
Preserved D61 3 in September 2007
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車事典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia]. Japan: Sankaido. p. 61. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.
- ^ Sasada, Masahiro (25 November 2014). 国鉄&JR保存車大全2015-2016 [JNR & JR Preserved Rolling Stock Complete Guide 2015-2016] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. p. 131. ISBN 978-4863209282.