JGR Class 5100

The JGR Class 5100 (5100形) was a type of 4-4-0 steam locomotive used on Japanese Government Railways. The two locomotives, numbered 18 and 20, were built by Kitson and Company in the United Kingdom in 1874 as 0-6-0 locomotives of the later JGR Class 7010. They were rebuilt into 4-4-0 wheel arrangement passenger locomotives at Kobe in 1876. In 1909, the two locomotives were classified Class 5100, becoming numbers 5100 and 5101.[2]

Class 5100
Locomotive No. 18 before being classified Class 5100
Type and origin Reference:[1] Power type Steam Builder Kitson and Company Build date 1874 Total produced 4 Rebuilder Kobe Rebuild date 1876 Number rebuilt 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-4-0 Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Leading dia. 813 mm (2 ft 8.0 in) Driver dia. 1.372 m (4 ft 6.0 in) Wheelbase 5.435 m (17 ft 10.0 in) Length 13.115 m (43 ft 0.3 in) Loco weight 26 t Firebox:  • Firegrate area 1.1 m^2 (12 sq ft) Boiler pressure 9.5 kg/cm^2 (135 lbf/in^2) Heating surface 75.9 m^2 (817 sq ft) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 35.6 cm × 50.8 cm (14 in × 20 in)

See also

• Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification

References

1. Naotaka Hirota Steam Locomotives of Japan (1972) Kodansha International Ltd. pp.90&103 ISBN 0-87011-185-X
2. Inoue, Koichi (2014). Illustrated Steam Locomotives of National Railways (in Japanese). Japan: JTB Publishing. pp. 19, 151. ISBN 9784533098628.