China Railways PL3

what is it?

The China Railways PL3 (プレニ3, Pureni, "pure") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-6-2T "Prairie" type steam locomotives for freight trains operated by the China Railway and the Chosen Government Railway (Sentetsu) in Korea. The "Pure" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement were called "Prairie". In all, Sentetsu owned 227 locomotives of all Pure classes, whilst privately owned railways owned another 52; 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

Chōsen Government RailwayGyeongchun LineKorea Railroad CorporationKorean State RailwaySouth Manchuria RailwayCEChinese Eastern RailwayChina State Railway GroupKNKorean National Railroad

base stats

• speed 75 km/htop speed
• weight 65.5 tin working order
• built 112made 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏10.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 11 years (1930–1941).

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

spec sheet

built

1930–1941

in service from

1930

retired

1941

status

preserved

number built

112

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Hitachi

operators

Chōsen Government Railway, Gyeongchun Line, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korean State Railway, South Manchuria Railway, Chinese Eastern Railway, China State Railway Group, Korean National Railroad

top speed

75 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-6-2

length

10.5 m

weight

65.5 t

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