The Class C62 (C62形) is a type of 4-6-4 steam locomotive designed by Hideo Shima and built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The "C" classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C62 was rebuilt with the boilers of older Class D52 2-8-2 locomotives.

The JNR Class C62 is a 4-6-4 Hudson-type steam locomotive operated by the Japanese National Railways from 1948 to 1973. The C62s were used mainly as passenger locomotives and were the largest, fastest and most powerful passenger locomotives used by the JNR.

The Class C62 (C62形) is a type of 4-6-4 narrow gauge steam locomotive built by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in Japan and designed by Hideo Shima. The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels.

The Class C62 (C62形) is a type of 4-6-4 steam locomotive designed by Hideo Shima and built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The "C" classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C62 was rebuilt with the boilers of older Class D52 2-8-2 locomotives.

Sep 26, 2015 · For years, C62s headed up crack trains in Japan such as the Hatsukari. Later they moved to Hokkaido as motive power for the Hakodate-Sapporo expresses. One of the C62s set the speed record for narrow-gauge steam at 127 km/h (79 mph).

C62 is the biggest and the most powerful steam locomotive in Japan. This "C62 2" is often called "Swallow Angel" because of the swallow emblems on both sides of the deflectors. First producted in the late forties and the C62 had been running for more than twenty years.

Otaru-Chikko's C62 operated express "Teine", "Marimo" and "Niseko" by double-headed between Otaru and Oshamanbe. Japanese rail-fans were excited by the scene of Japan's biggest engine going over a pass with double-headed operations.

Feb 22, 2025 · It is a passenger train locomotive built by modifying the D52 type steam locomotive, a wartime derivative of the D51 type steam locomotive. Just as the original D52 was the largest locomotive for traction on Japanese freight railways, the modified C62 is also the largest locomotive among passenger locomotives. Because it was larger in size than ...

So the type C62,/a>, Japan’s largest main line locomotive, was built, combining a surplus D52 freight boiler and a newly built C59 running gear. From 1948 to 1949, Kisha-Seizo, Kawasaki, and Hitachi converted and manufactured 49 of them.

Aug 16, 2013 · The C62 is the biggest and fastest passenger steam locomotive Japan has ever built for its Cape gage railroad network (we shall revise that Cape gage is 3 ft. 6 in., considerably narrower than the standard gage of 4 ft. 8.5 in.).