The Class C53 (C53形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1928 to 1929 designed by Hideo Shima and built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company Kisha Seizo and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi . A total of 97 Class C53 locomotives were built they operated until all 97 were retired in 1950. C53 45 is the only example of the class to be preserved.
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Preserved examples
editToday, only one Class C53 locomotive has been preserved in Japan, C53 45, at the Kyoto Railway Museum (formerly Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum).[1]
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C53 45 preserved at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in December 2011
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C53 Kawasaki Company
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C53 10 steam engine
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C53 96 steam engine
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C53 45 steam loco frontview
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C53 The 3 cylinder
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Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum
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Umekoji Steam Engines on the Roundhouse
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Steam Locomotive Roundhouse Japan
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C53 steam loco frontview
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Umekoji Steam Engines
See also
editReferences
editWikimedia Commons has media related to C53 steam locomotives.
- ^ 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. 74, 128. ISBN 978-4863209282.