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» Japan Railways (JR) (more..)
» C62 (more..) |
» SCMaglev and Railway Park
» Nagoya, Japan (more..)
» May 20, 2013 |
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Photographer |
» C62 17 (more..)
» Unknown |
» Georg Trüb (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| 49 of this most powerful japanese steamlocomotives were built from 1948 to 1949. This famous "Hudson" 4-6-4 locomotives have a 1750 mm driving wheel diameter and this particular C62 17 broke the speed record for a narrow-gauge steam locomotive on 15 December 1954 when it reached 129 km/h (80 mph) on the Tokaido mainline. It is displayed in the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya which openend on march 14, 2011. |
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