Sentetsu Goroi-class locomotive explained


Korean State Railway Koroha class (고로하)
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Kisha Seizō
Builddate:1924
Totalproduction:3
Whytetype:2-4-2T
Driverdiameter:1370mm
Length:9292mm
Height:4250mm
Weightondrivers:28t
Locoweight:43.85t
Fueltype:Coal
Fuelcap:1.27t
Watercap:4.5m2
Smalltubediameter:68 x 51mm
Largetubediameter:15 x 137mm
Boilerpressure:13kgf/cm2
Firearea:1.12m2
Tubearea:47.4m2
Fireboxarea:5.6m2
Superheaterarea:16.2m2
Totalsurface:69.2m2
Cylindersize:300mm457mm
Valvegear:Walschaerts
Maxspeed:75km/h
Tractiveeffort:32kN
Operator:Chosen Government Railway
Korean State Railway
Operatorclass:Sentetsu: ゴロイ
KSR: 고로하
Numinclass:3
Fleetnumbers:
KSR: 고로하1 – 고로하3

The Goroi class (ゴロイ) was a class of steam tank locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) with 2-4-2 wheel arrangement.[1] The "Goro" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-4-2 wheel arrangement were called "Columbia".[2]

Description

Three Goro-class locomotives were built in 1923 by Kisha Seizō of Japan for Sentetsu,[3] delivered in 1924.[1] Initially numbered 61-63, they received the ゴロイ1 through ゴロイ3 numbers in Sentetsu's general renumbering of 1938.[1]

After the partition of Korea, all three Goroi-class locomotives went to the Korean State Railway in North Korea, where they were designated 고로하 (Koroha) class and numbered 고로하1 through 고로하3.[4]

Construction

Sentetsu running number Postwar
Original 1938–1945 Owner Number Builder Year Works number
ゴロ61 ゴロイ1 KSR 고로하1 Kisha Seizō1923 754
ゴロ62 ゴロイ2 KSR 고로하1 Kisha Seizō1923 755
ゴロ63 ゴロイ3 KSR 고로하1 Kisha Seizō1923 756
bgcolor=#ededed colspan="6" Total 3

Notes and References

  1. Book: Byeon, Seong-u. 1999. 한국철도차량 100년사. Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial. ko. Seoul. Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp..
  2. Book: Colvin, Fred H.. Fred H. Colvin. 1906. The railroad pocket-book: a quick reference cyclopedia of railroad information. New York, Derry-Collard; London, Locomotive Publishing Company (US-UK co-edition).
  3. Book: Yamada, Keitarō. 1972. 汽車会社蒸気機関車製造史. Manufacturing History of Kisha Kaisha Steam Locomotives. ja. Nagoya. Kōyūsha.
  4. Web site: North and South Korea Steam Locomotives. 20 April 2004. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20040420003157/http://web.pernet.net/~james1/us_steam/korea.htm. 20 April 2004.