page_title: JNR Class D51
section_title: Taiwan Railways Administration DT650
hierarchical_section_title: JNR Class D51 / Service outside Japan / Taiwan Railways Administration DT650
caption_attribution_description: English: The Taiwanese steam locomotive DT668 on trial run. 日本語: 動態復元されたDT668号機の試運転
context_page_description: The Class D51 is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways, the Japanese National Railways, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizo, Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo, Mitsubishi, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries from 1936 to 1945, 1950 to 1951 the JNR D51’s were numbered D51-D51 954 D51 1001-D51 1161 a total of 1115 D51’s were built between 1936 and 1951. In 1945 30 JNR D51’s were left behind at Sakhalin by Japan when Soviet Union took over Sakhalin the Soviet Railways then renumbered them D51-1-D51-30 in 1946. From 1936 to 1944 32 D51’s were shipped to Taiwan and were renumbered DT651-682 later in 1951 Kisha Seizō and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built 3 and 2 more engines numbered DT683-685 and 686-687. In 1950 Mitsubishi built two Identical locomotives similar to the D51’s but except for the gauge they were classification as Mika7 for the Korean National Railways in 1950 numbered 1701-1702 however both engines were scrapped in 1965.
context_section_description: From 1936 to 1944, Kawasaki, Kisha Seizō and Hitachi had built 32 D51s for Imperial Taiwan Railway. After World War II, they were taken over by Taiwan Railways Administration, and were classified DT650. In 1951, Kisha Seizō built three DT650s and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built two DT650s for Taiwan Railways Administration.
caption: DT668 on a trial run in Taiwan in November 2011
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