Japanese Railway has 10 Live Steam locomotive. In Japan, a steam locomotive is called 'SL'.They are operating focusing on a weekend and weekday on vacation season.

This page are information about japanese SL for overseas railfan. I want you to use reference of a next travel.
8620
8620 are tender type locomotive for main route and local express trains.
They called "HACHIROKU"
They was manufactured 732 locomotive by Japan National railway(JNR) in 1914-1929.

Before 1930, Steam locomotive type name was only a number.

Now 2 locomotive live in Japan.
They are the oldest steam locomotive while live.

Vital Statistics
Weight: 83.33t
Length: 16,765 mm
Height: 3,785 mm
Wheel 2-6-0/1C
Wheel Length: 1,600 mm
Gauge 1,067mm
Fuel: Coal
Boiler Pressure: 13.0 kg/cm2

MUMEKOUJI Stearm Locomotive Museum
8630

He join SL preservation project at UMEKOUJI Steam Locomotive Museum in 1972.
He live now.UMEKOUJI has operation for exhibition 3 time a every day. But C61-2, D51-200, and 8630 change operation every other month
UMEKOUJI UMEKOUJI UMEKOUJI
MJR Kyusyu
58654

58654 retired in 1975.He disply at YATAKE in Kumamoto.JR Kyusyu repaired at 1988. His boiler was made newly. He became the construction locomotive on the documents.

He reoperation with in KUMAMOTO and MIYACH. But in 2005, He was a big problem occurred, and he can not operation longtime.
JR Kyusyu took 400 million yen and repaired in 2009.

His home is KUMAMOTO. He has scheduled train "SL HITOYOSHI" between KUMAMOTO and HITOYOSHI within spring to autumn.
Please check operation schedule
SL HITOYOSHI SL HITOYOSHI SL HITOYOSHI
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