D51768 steam locomotive in Shimonoseki Ichiriyama Park(D51768号 蒸気機関車 下関市 一里山公園)

D51768 steam locomotive

Preserved in Shimonoseki Ichiriyama Park on a hill about 5 km from Shimonoseki Station.

D51 type steam locomotive has been popularized by the nickname of "Degoichi", and since the first car was born in 1936 as a representative locomotive in Japan, 1,115 were produced and passengers, cargo after the war He was active as a flower form of transportation.

This D51768 was made in Kawasaki Vehicle Co., Ltd. in February 1943, it was placed in the Shimonoseki agency district as a seed, and the mileage for the San-in main line passenger and cargo transportation is 1,114,000 kilometers .

· Overall length 19,500 mm
· Maximum width 2,780 mm
· Maximum height 3,980 mm
· Locomotive weight 77.7 t
· Charcoal water weight 47.4 t
· Drive wheel diameter 1,400 mm
· Maximum horse power 1, 675 PS
· Maximum speed 75 km / h

(Quoted from description of Shimonoseki city, Google automatic translation)

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