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.
20 Class D62s were rebuilt from the earlier Class D52, which had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.[1] Following the launch of the Class D62, other 2-8-2 locomotives (Class D50 and Class D51) were also converted to 2-8-4, becoming Class D60 and Class D61, respectively.
Preservation
No examples of the class have been preserved.[2]
In popular culture
The D62 is the model upon which the Transformers character Astrotrain is based.[3]
See also
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