JNR Class D52

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	JNR Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Build date	1943-1946
Total produced	285

Class D52
Class D52
	Preserved D52 235 in Sagamihara, January 2011
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	JNR Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Build date	1943-1946
Total produced	285
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-2 (1-D-1) Mikado
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length	21,105 mm (69 ft 2.9 in)
Height	3,982 mm (13 ft 0.8 in)
Loco weight	85.13 t (93.84 short tons; 83.79 long tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Tractive effort	190.1 kN (42,700 lbf)
Operators
Career
Operators	JNR
Numbers	D52 1-D52 152, D52 198-D52 238, D52 333-D52 384, D52 393-D52 423, D52 443-D52 468
Retired	24 December 1972
Disposition	Six preserved; remainder scrapped

The Class D52 is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways (Now Japanese National Railways) and various manufacturers: Kisha Seizo, Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from 1943 to 1946. The name consists of a "D" for the four sets of driving wheels and the class number 52 for tender locomotives that the numbers 50 through 99 were assigned to under the 1928 locomotive classification rule.

Preserved examples

Most of the D52s have been scrapped. However, six locomotives have been preserved.

D52 1 was scrapped in early March 2026 due to severe corrosion.^{[citation needed]}

D52 1, at JR Freight Hiroshima Depot [scrapped, due to corrosion]
D52 70 is semi-operational and runs on a short line, on compressed air, at a park in Yamakita, Kanagawa.
D52 72, in Gotemba, Shizuoka
D52 136, in Numazu, Shizuoka
D52 235, in Kanuma Park, Sagamihara, Kanagawa^[1]
D52 403, in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa^[1]
D52 468, at the Kyoto Railway Museum, Kyoto^[2]

1 2 "屋鋪要の保存蒸機撮りつぶし" [Yashiki Kaname's Preserved Steam Loco Photo Record]. Rail Magazine. Vol. 25, no. 300. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. September 2008. p. 21.
↑ 梅小路蒸気機関車館｜蒸気機関車群 D52形468号機 Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) Retrieved on August 22, 2009.

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