JNR Class D62

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The Class D62 (D62形) is a type of 2-8-4 wheel arrangement steam locomotive built by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1950 and 1951. They were designed by Hideo Shima and rebuilt at Hamamatsu Works between 1950 and 1951. 20 Class D62s were rebuilt from the earlier Class D52, which had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.

List of D62 locomotives

Preservation

No examples of the class have been preserved.

In popular culture

The D62 is the model upon which the Transformers character Astrotrain is based.

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