Sentetsu Purero-class locomotives
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Maximum speed | 75 km/h (47 mph) |
Tractive effort | 72.0 kN (16,200 lbf) |
Career | |
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Operators | Domun Railway Chosen Government Railway Korean State Railway |
Class | Sentetsu: プレロ KSR: 부러유 |
Number in class | 2 |
Numbers | Sentetsu: プレロ1, プレロ2 KSR: 부러유1, 부러유2 |
Delivered | 1911 |
The Purero-class (プレロ) locomotives were a group of steam tank locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement of used by the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) in Korea. The "Pure" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie".[1]
In all, Sentetsu owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 110 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.[2]
Description
Orenstein & Koppel of Germany built two superheated 2-6-2 tank locomotives in 1911 which were operated by the privately owned Domun Railway after 1920. Both were taken over by Sentetsu after the nationalisation of the Domun Railway in 1929; after the general renumbering of 1938 they were designated プレロ (Purero) class and numbered プレロ1 and プレロ2.[3]
Postwar: Korean State Railway 부러유 (Purŏyu) class
After the Liberation and partition of Korea, both ended up in North Korea after Liberation, and were operated by the Korean State Railway[3] designated 부러유 (Purŏyu) class.
References
- ^ Colvin, Fred H. (1906). The railroad pocket-book: a quick reference cyclopedia of railroad information. New York, Derry-Collard; London, Locomotive Publishing Company (US-UK co-edition). p. L‑9.
- ^ "North and South Korea Steam Locomotives". 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-04-20.
- ^ a b Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.
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