China Railways PL2 explained

China Railways PL2
Mantetsu Pureni(プレニ)
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Nippon Sharyō
Tangshan Railway Vehicle?
Serialnumber:プレニ 1- 20(SMR)
PL2 31 - 50, and various other numbers(CR)
Builddate:1935
1958-1959?
Driverdiameter:13702NaN2
Length:18.226frac=8NaNfrac=8
Locoweight:68t
Tenderweight:22.5t
Tendercap:6t (coal),
18m2 (water)
Cylindercount:2
Maxspeed:60km/h
Operator:South 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. http://www.railography.co.uk/info/cn_steam/lists/locos/pl2_0001.htm PL2 1 to PL2 535
  2. http://www.railography.co.uk/info/cn_steam/profiles/pl2.htm PL2 Class 2-6-2s
  3. http://www.geocities.jp/df4b2106/chinasteam/A10_1.htm きらくやまふれあいの丘 PL2型(プレニ)