China Railways PL2
| China Railways PL2 Mantetsu Pureni(プレニ) |
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Builder |
Nippon Sharyō Tangshan Railway Vehicle? |
| Serial number | プレニ 1- 20(SMR) PL2 31 - 50, and various other numbers(CR) |
| Build date | 1935 1958-1959? |
| Specifications | |
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| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Driver dia. | 1,370 mm (53.94 in) |
| Length | 18.226 m (59 ft 9.6 in) |
| Loco weight | 68 t (66.9 long tons; 75.0 short tons) |
| Tender weight | 22.5 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) |
| Cylinders | 2 |
| Cylinder size | 500 mm × 610 mm (19.685 in × 24.016 in) bore x stroke |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
| Career | |
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| Operators |
South Manchuria Railway China Railways |
The PL2 class 2-6-2 is one of the industrial locomotives used by China Railways, originally built in 1935 by Nippon Sharyō for the South Manchuria Railway, which designated them Pureni (プレニ) class.
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.
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