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Chōsen Railway Class 700
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Hitachi
Build date1927
Specifications
Configuration:
 •  Whyte 0-8-0T
Gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.800 mm (31 in)
Length8,937 mm (351.9 in)
Width2,120 mm (83 in)
Height3,190 mm (126 in)
Total weight28.20 t (27.75 long tons)
Performance figures
Tractive effort30.20 kN (6,790 lbf)
Career
Operators Chōsen Railway
ClassChōsen Railway: 700
Delivered1927

The Class 700 was a class of steam tank shunting locomotives with 0-8-0 wheel arrangement operated by the Chōsen Railway in colonial Korea, built by Hitachi of Japan. [1]

Their fate after the Liberation and partition of Korea is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.