The Class C59 is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Hideo Shima and built by Japanese National Railways. The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The …

国鉄C59形蒸気機関車 （こくてつC59がたじょうききかんしゃ）は、 日本国有鉄道 （国鉄）の前身である 鉄道省 が 設計 した、 幹線 旅客列車 用 テンダー式 蒸気機関車 である。 愛称は …

The JNR Class C59 is a 4-6-2 Pacific-type steam locomotive built for the JNR from 1941 to 1947. The C59s were used mainly as passenger locomotives and were essentially the successor …

The class C59 was a Pacific locomotive of the JNR that was based on the C55 and C57. At an axle load of 16 tonnes, they were able to handle up to 17 passenger cars. Between 1941 and …

The Class C59 was a 4-6-2 Pacific-type steam locomotive built for JBR and JNR from 1941 to 1947. The C59s were used mainly as passenger locomotives and were essentially the …

As the successor to the C53 express passenger locomotive for trunk lines, 173 type C59 locomotives were built between 1941 and 1947 by Kisha-Seizo, Kawasaki, and Hitachi. The …

The Class C60 (C60形) is a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement steam locomotive type born from the rebuilding of 47 out of 173 surplus Class C59 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives. Hideo Shima …

2025年1月15日 · C59のトップナンバーは、汽車会社の製造2000番目の車両としてつくられ、鉄道省へ献納されました。 そのプレートを撮りました。 C591が最後に所属した熊本機関区の …

C59 exceeded all of the C53's performance, but its weight was lighter than the C53. And C59 had a long body and big tender for long runs as her central feature. Her 19.1 meter length was the …

2023年6月22日 · In the mid-1920s, Japanese engineers joined a world-wide trend toward adopting a three-cylinder simple-expansion layout to get more power out of the boiler. They …