China Railways PL2

Specifications
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,370 mm (53.94 in)
Length	18.226 m (59 ft 9.6 in)
Loco weight	68 t (66.9 long tons; 75.0 short tons)
Tender weight	22.5 t (22.1 long tons; 24.8 short tons)
Tender cap.	6 t (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short tons) (coal),; 18 m3 (636 cu ft) (water)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	500 mm × 610 mm (19.685 in × 24.016 in); bore x stroke

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Nippon Sharyō; Tangshan Railway Vehicle?
Serial number	プレニ 1- 20(SMR); PL2 31 - 50, and various other numbers(CR)
Build date	1935; 1958-1959?

China Railways PL2; Mantetsu Pureni(プレニ)
	PL2 248, Kiraku-yama park, Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki, Japan, March 2018
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Nippon Sharyō; Tangshan Railway Vehicle?
Serial number	プレニ 1- 20(SMR); PL2 31 - 50, and various other numbers(CR)
Build date	1935; 1958-1959?
Specifications
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,370 mm (53.94 in)
Length	18.226 m (59 ft 9.6 in)
Loco weight	68 t (66.9 long tons; 75.0 short tons)
Tender weight	22.5 t (22.1 long tons; 24.8 short tons)
Tender cap.	6 t (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short tons) (coal),; 18 m3 (636 cu ft) (water)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	500 mm × 610 mm (19.685 in × 24.016 in); bore x stroke
Performance figures
Maximum speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Career
Operators	South Manchuria Railway; China Railway

The PL2 class 2-6-2 is one of the industrial locomotives used by China Railway, originally built in 1935 by Nippon Sharyō for the South Manchuria Railway, which designated them Pureni (プレニ) class.^[1]

After the war, Pureni class locomotives were taken over by the China Railway, becoming class ㄆㄌ2 in 1951, later PL2 in 1959, numbers 31–50.^[1]^[2]

Preservation

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