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KNR Pureo7-100 class locomotives
Korea under Japanese rule ·built by Nippon Sharyo· from 1928· 2-6-2 steam locomotive
what is it?
The Pureo7-100 class (Korean: 푸러7-100) consisted of a single steam tank locomotive with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement, which the Korean National Railroad operated 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 this one; 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
base stats
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- in service from
- 1928
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Korea under Japanese rule
- builders
- Nippon Sharyo
- operators
- Chōsen Gyeongnam 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.
Sources: Wikidata Q48851313, Wikipedia: KNR Pureo7-100 class locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.