JNR1 2-6-0 No. 8630
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 		Location: Kyoto Railway Museum
Status: Overhaul
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Posted: Oct 31, 2025 @ 02:10:47 by Yuki Taki
Please change status to Overhaul. 8630 went into the No.2 Service Shed last week where her boiler was lifted off the frames. The boiler is headed to Sappa Boiler in Osaka, while the chassis will be inspected and reassembled in Kyoto.
Posted: Apr 16, 2024 @ 09:04:58 by
Construction number is 129; cylinders are 470mm x 610mm
Posted: Dec 11, 2023 @ 04:12:40 by Achim
c/n is 129
Posted: Jun 29, 2017 @ 19:06:13 by YUKI TAKI
8630 is operational, albeit only within the Umekouji Depot premises. She is an unusual loco in Japan, in that she is equipped with a bell (just between her steam and sand domes). Also interesting to note that this locomotive belongs in the first batch of 52 Class 8620 2-6-0s introduced in 1914, which means that as-delivered, her running boards were not divided into two stages and she would have had the earlier, less sharply curved cab. Her cab and running boards are speculated to have been replaced by that of a retired member of her class at some point in her career.