Power type Steam Build date 1923–1931 Configuration 2-8-2 | Designer Tokichi Ogasawara Total produced 380 | |
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Builder Kawasaki (204)
Hitachi (80)
Kisha Seizō (69)
Nippon Sharyō (27) | ||
The Class D50 is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the Japanese National Railways (JNR) and various manufacturers from 1923 to 1931. The class name indicates that the locomotive has four sets of driving wheels (D) and belongs to one of the classes of tender locomotive allocated a number in the series 50 to 99 in the Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification scheme of 1928.
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The design of the D50 was based on the JNR Class 9600 which was introduced in 1916. A total of 380 Class D50 locomotives were built.
Service in China
In 1939, D50 193 was converted to standard gauge and shipped to the Central China Railway, where it operated primarily between Nanjing and Shanghai. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, it was taken over by the China Railway, where it was classified ㄇㄎ16 (MK16) in 1951, but it was off the roster by 1955.
Preserved examples
Two D50s are preserved in Japan.