JNR's steam locomotive 9600 class

9678 Jul.1970 Takasaki 1st Depot

From 1913 to 1925, the manufacturing industies, Kisha-Seizo, Kawasaki, and Japan National Railway Kokura Works, had produced the 770 cars of this class. The steam locomotives of the same class were used at China KD55 class and Taiwan DT580 class too. These had been used to 1976. Then now 48 cars are kept everywhere.

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Data of 9600 Class

Whell arrangement	2-8-0	Heating Surface(m2)	153.60
Loco. Weight in Working Order(t)	60.35	Capacity of Boiler Water(m3)	5.30
Weight on Driving Wheels(t)	52.73	Loading Capacity of Water(m3)	13.0
Tender Weight in Working Order(t)	34.5	Loading Capacity of Coal(t)	6.0
Max Axle Weight(t)	13.41	Height of Boiler Cube center(mm)	2,594
Diameter of Driving Wheel(mm)	1,250	Length(mm)	16,563
Cylinder Dimensions(mm)	508X610	Height(mm)	3,813
Boiler Pressure(kg/cm2)	13.00	Length of Locomotive(mm)	10,342
Grate Area(m2)	2.32	Length of Tender(mm)	6,221
Gauge	1,067mm(3'6")