JŽ class 62

what is it?

The Jugoslovenske Železnice (JŽ; Yugoslavian Railways) class 62 was a class formed of 106 ex–United States Army Transportation Corps S100 Class 0-6-0T steam locomotives, purchased surplus after the Second World War, plus about 90 similar examples built by Đuro Đaković of Slavonski Brod, Croatia, between 1952 and 1961. These Yugoslav-built examples differ in minor details, but principally the use of plate frames instead of bar frames, resulting in a higher boiler pitch. This in turn leads to distinct shoulder on the steam pipes (the American-built examples having straight steam pipes) and smaller domes which have a flat top so they are not higher than the cab roof.

who runs it

Yugoslav Railways

base stats

• built 90made 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 74 years ago, in 1952.

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

spec sheet

built

1952

status

preserved

number built

90

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Đuro Đaković, H.K. Porter, Inc., Davenport Locomotive Works, Vulcan Iron Works

operators

Yugoslav Railways

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

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

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