KNR Pureo7-300 class locomotives

what is it?

The Pureo7-300 class (Korean: 푸러7-300) was a class consisting of steam tank locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement operated by the Korean National Railroad in South Korea. The "Pureo" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie". In all, the Chosen Government Railway owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52 - including these; of these 279 locomotives, 169 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 110 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.

who runs it

Samcheok RailwayKorea Railroad Corporation

base stats

• built 2made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 88 years ago, in 1938.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1938

in service from

1938

number built

2

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

Korea under Japanese rule

builders

Kisha Seizo

operators

Samcheok Railway, Korea Railroad Corporation

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-6-2T

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.