JGR_Class_150 References

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-4-0 T
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel type	Coal

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Vulcan Foundry, UK
Build date	1871
Total produced	1

Class 150
Class 150
	Locomotive No. 1
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Vulcan Foundry, UK
Build date	1871
Total produced	1
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-4-0 T
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel type	Coal
Disposition
Career
Disposition	Preserved

The JGR Class 150 (国鉄150形, Kokutetsu 150 gata) was a steam locomotive operated in Meiji Era Japan from 1872. The sole member of the class was imported from Vulcan Foundry in the United Kingdom in 1871.^[1]

History

The locomotive was one of ten different locomotive types imported from the UK in 1871, and entered service on the first Japanese railway line, which opened between Shimbashi(after-day Shiodome station) in Tokyo and Yokohama (present-day Sakuragicho Station) on 14 October 1872.^[2] Initially numbered "No. 1", it was classified "Class 150" in 1909.^[2]

In 1911, the locomotive was donated to the Shimabara Railway in Nagasaki, where it once again received the number "1".^[2]

Because of its historical value as the first steam locomotive to operate in Japan, it was returned to the Railway Ministry in 1930.^[2] In 1997, it became the first railway vehicle in Japan to be designated as an Important Cultural Property.^[2]

Preservation

The locomotive is preserved at the Railway Museum in Saitama.^[2]

Locomotive No. 1 preserved at the Railway Museum in January 2015

References

^ Inoue, Koichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia] (in Japanese). Japan: Sankaido. p. 16. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. 66. ISBN 978-4863209282.

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[inoue1999-1] Inoue, Koichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia] (in Japanese). Japan: Sankaido. p. 16. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.

[sasada2014-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. 66. ISBN 978-4863209282.

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History

Preservation

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References