JGR Class 2120

Class 2120

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 0-6-2 Tank locomotive Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Driver diameter 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) Trailing dia 970 mm (3 ft 2 in) Wheelbase 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in) Length 10.371 m (34 ft 0.3 in) Loco weight 51.23 t Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 1.9 t Water cap 7.8 m^3 (2,061 US gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 1.33 m^2 (14 sq ft) Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm^2 (170 lbf/in^2) 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

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]

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