Chōsen Railway Class 810

The Class 810 was a class of steam tender locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement operated by the Chōsen Railway in colonial Korea.[1][2]

Chōsen Railway Class 810
Korean State Railway Class 500
Builder's photo of Chōsen Railway Class 810 no. 812
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderKisha Seizō
Build date1935-1936
Total produced8
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-8-0
Gauge762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.810 mm (32 in)
Length12,668 mm (498.7 in)
Width2,150 mm (85 in)
Height3,200 mm (130 in)
Total weight51.50 t (50.69 long tons)
Performance figures
Tractive effort46.19 kN (10,380 lbf)
Career
OperatorsChōsen Railway
Korean State Railway
Korean National Railroad
ClassChōsen Railway: 810
KSR: 500
KNR: ?
Number in class8
NumbersChōsen Railway: 810-817
Delivered1935: 810-813
1936: 814-817

Description

The first four were built for the Chōsen Railway in 1935 by Kisha Seizō of Japan for use on the railway's Hambuk Line, intended to haul iron ore trains; they were numbered 810 through 813.[1] Work to convert this line was converted to standard gauge was completed on 1 May 1940,[3] after which the locomotives were transferred to the railway's Hwanghae Line, Suin Line, and Suryeo Line.

A second batch of four, numbers 814 through 817 were delivered by Kisha Seizō in 1936.[1][2]

Postwar

After the Liberation and partition of Korea, these locomotives were divided between the Korean State Railway of North Korea and the Korean National Railroad of South Korea. Those which ended up in the North were numbered in the 500 series, with three still surviving - one operational - in 2004.[4]

Construction
Original
number		BuilderYearWorks
number		PostwarNotes
810Kisha Seizō19351340 ?
811Kisha Seizō19351341 ?
812Kisha Seizō19351342KSR 502
813Kisha Seizō19351343 ?
814Kisha Seizō19361413 ?
815Kisha Seizō19361414KSR 505Operational in 2005[5]
816Kisha Seizō19361415 ?
817Kisha Seizō19361416KSR 507

References
  1. Yamada, Keitarō (1972). 汽車会社蒸気機関車製造史 [Manufacturing History of Kisha Kaisha Steam Locomotives] (in Japanese). Nagoya: Kōyūsha.
  2. Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.
  3. 朝鮮總督府官報 (The Public Journal of the Governor-General of Korea), Shōwa Nr. 3984, 6 May 1940
  4. https://www.farrail.com/seiten/tour-report/bericht_nk-okt-2004.html
  5. https://www.farrail.com/seiten/tour-report/nordkorea-dampfloks-05-04.html
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