JGR Class 2120

The JGR Class 2120 was a B6 type 0-6-2 steam tank locomotive used on Japanese Government Railways for shunting and pulling freight cars. The earliest locomotives of this type were imported from Great Britain. One is preserved at the Ome Railway Park in Ome, Tokyo.[1]

JGR Class 2120 Mantetsu Class 2120 Taiwan Railways Class CK80
Class 2120 locomotive preserved at Ome Railway Park
Type and origin Reference:[1] Power type Steam Builder Dübs and Company, Sharp, Stewart and Company, North British Locomotive Company, JNR - Kobe Build date 1890- Total produced 268
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-2 Tank locomotive Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Driver dia. 1,250 mm (49.21 in) Trailing dia. 970 mm (38.19 in) Wheelbase 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in) Length 10.371 m (34 ft ^1⁄4 in) Loco weight 51.23 t (50.42 long tons; 56.47 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 1.9 t (1.87 long tons; 2.09 short tons) Water cap 7.8 m^3 (2,061 US gal; 1,716 imp gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 1.33 m^2 (14 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm^2 (171 lbf/in^2; 1,177 kPa) Heating surface 73 m^2 (786 sq ft) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 40.6 cm × 55.9 cm (16 in × 22 in) Valve gear Stephenson

During the Russo-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army captured the southern portion of the Russian-owned Chinese Eastern Railway. The Japanese converted the lines under their control to Japanese 1,067 mm gauge, and sent 187 Class 2120 locomotives to the newly established South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu) in 1905. However, in 1908, Mantetsu completed the conversion of its lines to standard gauge, rendering these locomotives useless. Five were sent directly to the Taiwan Government Railway, and the rest were returned to Japan. The Taiwan Government Railway eventually received a further ten, where they became class CK80.

See also

• Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification

References

1. Naotaka Hirota Steam Locomotives of Japan (1972) Kodansha International Ltd. pp.25,27,93&103 ISBN 0-87011-185-X