JNR Class C12

Class C12

300px Preserved C12 66, on the Mooka Railway, March 2012

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizō, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi Build date 1932-1947

Specifications Configuration 2-6-2T Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Driver diameter 1,400 mm Length 11,350 mm Loco weight 50.05 t

The Class C12 is a type of 2-6-2T steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways and the Japanese National Railways from 1932 to 1947. A total of 282 Class C12 locomotives were built.

Preserved examples

A large number of Class C12 locomotives are preserved, as listed below, with some in working order.

Operational

• C12 66: Mooka Railway Mooka Line, Mooka, Tochigi (operational)
• C12 164: Ōigawa Railway, Shimada, Shizuoka (operational)

• Japanese-national-railways-C12-164-20120403.jpg

  C12 164, April 2012

Static

• C12 2: Mikasa, Hokkaido
• C12 5
• C12 6
• C12 29
• C12 38
• C12 49
• C12 60
• C12 64
• C12 67
• C12 69
• C12 74
• C12 85
• C12 88: Itoigawa, Niigata
• C12 163
• C12 167
• C12 171
• C12 187
• C12 199
• C12 208: Ōigawa Railway, Shimada, Shizuoka (used for spares)
• C12 222
• C12 230
• C12 231: Preserved in front of Uchiko Station in Uchiko, Ehime. Built in 1939 and withdrawn in 1970, it was first preserved in the grounds of an elementary school before being moved to Uchiko Station in 1997.
• C12 241
• C12 244
• C12 259
• C12 280
• C12 287

• JNR C12 6.JPG

  C12 6 at Otaru Museum, July 2007

• C12 167.jpg

  C12 167, April 2013

• C12187 SL.jpg

  C12 187 at Hitachi-Daigo Station, November 2010

• JNR-C12-231 in uchiko station square.jpg

  C12 231 in front of Uchiko Station, May 2010

• JNR-C12-241 in uchiko Takamori square.jpg

  C12 241, April 2013

• C12 259-1.JPG

  C12 259, October 2011

See also

• Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification