Chōsen Railway Class 810
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.png) Builder's photo of Chōsen Railway Class 810 no. 812 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Class 810 was a class of steam tender locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-0 wheel arrangement operated by the Chōsen Railway in colonial Korea.[1][2]
The first four were built for the Chōsen Railway in 1935 by Kisha Seizō of Japan for use on the railway's Hambuk Line, intended to haul iron ore trains; they were numbered 810 through 813.[1] Work to convert this line was converted to standard gauge was completed on 1 May 1940,[3] after which the locomotives were transferred to the railway's Hwanghae Line, Suin Line, and Suryeo Line.
A second batch of four, numbers 814 through 817 were delivered by Kisha Seizō in 1936.[1][2]
