JNR Class C55

C55 1: preserved at the Kyoto Railway Museum
C55 50: preserved at the Otaru Museum in Otaru, Hokkaido
C55 52: preserved in front of Yoshimatsu Station in Kagoshima Prefecture
C55 53: preserved at Wakakusa Park in Oita, Oita

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizo, Hitachi
Build date	1935-1937
Total produced	62 (JNR C55) 9 (TRA CT250)

JNR Class C55; Taiwan Railways Class CT250
	Preserved C55 1 in May 2006
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizo, Hitachi
Build date	1935-1937
Total produced	62 (JNR C55) 9 (TRA CT250)
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-2 Pacific
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.	1,750 mm (5 ft 9 in)
Length	20,380 mm (66 ft 10 in)
Height	3,945 mm (12 ft 11.3 in)
Loco weight	66.04 t (65.00 long tons; 72.80 short tons)
Total weight	113.22 t (111.43 long tons; 124.80 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Boiler pressure	14 kg/cm2 (1.37 MPa; 199 psi)
Cylinder size	510 mm × 660 mm (20 in × 26 in)
Career
Operators	JNR; Taiwan Railways
Number in class	JNR: 62; TRA: 9
Numbers	C55 1-C55 62 (JNR) CT251-CT259 (TRA)
Retired	1975 (Japan) 1982 (Taiwan)
Preserved	4 (Japan) 2 (Taiwan)
Scrapped	1975 (Japan) 1982 (Taiwan)
Disposition	4 preserved in Japan 2 Preserved in Taiwan

The Class C55 (C55形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1935 to 1937. A total of 62 Class C55 locomotives were built.[1]

Nine were supplied to the Taiwan Government Railway, where they became class CT250.

Preserved examples

As of 2014, four Class C55 locomotives have been preserved in Japan, as follows.[2]

Inoue, Kōichi (1999). 国鉄機関車辞典 [JNR Locomotive Encyclopedia]. Japan: Sankaido. pp. 34–35. ISBN 4-381-10338-6.
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. 128. ISBN 978-4863209282.

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