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JNR Class C57
Class of 201 Japanese 4-6-2 locomotives From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Class C57 (C57形) is a type of 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in Japan from 1937 to 1947. A total of 201 Class C57 locomotives were built and designed by Hideo Shima.[1][2] Another 14 Class C57 locomotives were built for export to Taiwan in 1942 and 1953.[citation needed]
The class was withdrawn from regular passenger service in December 1975.[2] The locomotives were numbered C57 1–C57 201 in Japan the TRA CT270 were numbered CT271–CT284.
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Preserved examples and Static Display
Japan
As of 2014[update], 32 Class C57 locomotives have been preserved in Japan, of which two, C57 1 and C57 180, are preserved in working order.[3]
C57 1

As of 2014, C57 1 was operated by JR West and based at Shimonoseki Depot.[3] As of 2018, it makes regular runs on the Yamaguchi line between Shin-Yamaguchi and Tsuwano[4] The service was suspended following the July 2018 heavy rains, with C57 1 making guest appearance as the leisure train locomotive at the Kyoto Railway Museum during the forced break. The service is set to resume at the end of September 2018.
C57 180
C57 180 was restored to working order by JR East, and hauls special event trains on JR East lines mainly between Niigata, Aizu-Wakamatsu, and Kōriyama.
- C57 11
- C57 26 in Gyoda, Saitama, July 2011
- C57 128 in Otsu, Shiga, October 2013
- C57 186 in Koganei, Tokyo, November 2011
- C57 201 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido
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Taiwan
- CT271: Preserved at Shyh-jia.
- CT273: Preserved at Changhua Roundhouse.
- CT278: Preserved at Ershui.
- CT284: Preserved at Yilan sports park.
- CT271 at Lovers Lake Park
- CT273 in Yilan, Taiwan
- CT271 at Ershui
- CT284 at Yilan Park
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