JGR Class 3380

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JGR Class 3380
Class 3380 locomotive in service on the San'yō Railway as no. 126, prior to nationalization
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderSanyō Railway
Build date1906
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-2T
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.1,270 mm (4 ft 2 in)
Length10.846 m (35 ft 7.0 in)
Loco weight39.35 t
Fuel capacity1.94 t
Water cap.6.71 m3 (1,773 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area1.58 m2 (17 sq ft)
Boiler pressure12.7 kg/cm2 (181 lbf/in2)
Heating surface91.1 m2 (981 sq ft)
Cylindersfour (Vauclain compound)
High-pressure cylinder29.2 cm × 55.9 cm (11 in × 22 in)
Low-pressure cylinder48.3 cm × 55.9 cm (19 in × 22 in)
Valve gearStephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort8,100kg (single), 5,930kg (double)
Career
Retired1925
DispositionAll scrapped

The JGR Class 3380 consisted of four Vauclain compound 2-6-2T wheel arrangement steam locomotives of the Japanese Government Railways. They were built by the San'yō Railway as numbers 125-128 and inherited by the JGR under nationalization in 1907. They continued to serve on the San'yō Main Line until 1919, when they were sent to Hokkaido. All four were scrapped in 1925.

Accidents[edit]

No. 3382 was involved in an accident in Kobe on 28 November 1918 when it pushed two other locomotives into the harbor due to incorrectly set brakes.

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