C62 Swallow

1948 · JNR Class C62 · Work 31 of 1,871

C62 Swallow, 1948, JNR Class C62

The Japanese C62 express locomotive with the swallow emblem on its smoke deflector, running along a coastal line with Mount Fuji rising in the distance.

What it was used for
Japanese National Railways expresses on the Tokaido and Sanyo lines.
What was new
The heaviest steam locomotive ever built in Japan — and already a piece of transition when delivered: ten years later construction of the Shinkansen began on the same route.