China Railways PL2

China Railways PL2
Mantetsu Pureni(プレニ)
PL2-248, Kiraku-yama park, Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki, Japan, March 2018
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNippon Sharyō
Tangshan Railway Vehicle?
Serial numberプレニ 1- 20(SMR)
PL2 31 - 50, and various other numbers(CR)
Build date1935
1958-1959?
Specifications
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,370 mm (53.94 in)
Length18.226 m (59 ft 9+12 in)
Loco weight68 t (66.9 long tons; 75.0 short tons)
Tender weight22.5 t (22.1 long tons; 24.8 short tons)
Tender cap.6 t (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short tons) (coal),
18 m3 (636 cu ft) (water)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size500 mm × 610 mm
(19.685 in × 24.016 in)
bore x stroke
Performance figures
Maximum speed60 km/h (37 mph)
Career
OperatorsSouth Manchuria Railway
China Railway

The PL2 class 2-6-2 is one of the industrial locomotives used by China Railway, originally built in 1935 by Nippon Sharyō for the South Manchuria Railway, which designated them Pureni (プレニ) class.[1]

After the war, Pureni class locomotives were taken over by the China Railway, becoming class ㄆㄌ2 in 1951, later PL2 in 1959, numbers 31–50.[1][2]

Preservation

See also

References

  1. ^ a b PL2 1 to PL2 535, Railography : Chinese Locomotive Lists
  2. ^ PL2 Class 2-6-2s, Railography : Chinese Steam Locomotive Profiles
  3. ^ きらくやまふれあいの丘 PL2型(プレニ)

Further reading

  • Gibbons, Robin (2016). Locomotives of China - The JF6 Family - The JF6, PL2, YJ and SY Classes. United Kingdom: Tynedale Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9934192-1-8.