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Friday, January 25th 2008, 6:53pm

K8. Railroad

Railroad equipment of Japan and armored Trains of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Source of the IJA armored trains data is http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Rooijen10" (Mar 22nd 2009, 6:31pm)


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Friday, January 25th 2008, 6:54pm

Improvised Armored Train

Service: 1922-

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Friday, January 25th 2008, 6:55pm

Special Armored Train

Service: 1933-

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Friday, January 25th 2008, 6:56pm

Type 94 Armored Train

Service: 1934-

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Friday, January 25th 2008, 6:56pm

Locomotive numbering system (from Wiki)

Steam Locomotive: Number of Driving axles-Class-Running number
Electric Locomotive: E(lectric)-Number of Driving axles-Class-Running number
Diesel Locomotives: D(iesel)-Number of Driving axles-Class-Running number

Electric: All classes of electric locomotives begin with the letter "E" for "electric"
Diesel: All classes of diesel locomotives begin with the letter "D" for "Diesel".

Number of driving axles (Unpowered axles such as leading and trailing axles or axles of tenders are disregarded)
- 2 axles – B
- 3 axles – C
- 4 axles – D
- 5 axles – E
- 6 axles – F
- 7 axles – G
- 8 axles – H
etc

Steam Locomotive Classes
- 10–49 – Tank locomotives
- 50–99 – Tender locomotives

Example: D51 498

Electric Locomotive Classes
- 10–39 - Locomotives with maximum speed 85 km/h or less
- 40–49 - Locomotives for rack railway
- 50–99 - Locomotives with maximum speed exceeding 85 km/h

Example: EH50 031

Diesel Locomotive Classes
- 10–49 - Locomotives with maximum speed 85 km/h or less
- 50–99 - Locomotives with maximum speed exceeding 85 km/h

Example: DD13 001

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Thursday, June 11th 2009, 1:25pm

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