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 was a type of 4-6-4 steam locomotive designed by Hideo Shima and built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR). These were the largest and fastest steam passenger locomotives to run in Japan, and hauled the Tsubame (Swallow) express on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Tokyo and Osaka.

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.).

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).

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.

JNR Trains 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.

Aug 8, 2021 · Here, in static preservation, is steam locomotive C62 17, the world's fastest narrow gauge locomotive. It sped into the record books on 15-Dec-1954, clocking a speed of 129km/h whilst performing load tests on a (then) new bridge.

The Class C62 was designed for Limited Express and Express trains on major lines. It had the biggest driving wheels among all steam locomotives in Japan. It was one of the first two steam locomotives having mechanical stoker, which provides coal automatically.