JGR Class 2100

The JGR Class 2100 (and the similar Class 2120, 2400 and 2500), originally known as the JGR Class B6, are 0-6-2T Webb-type side tank steam locomotives built for the JGR from 1890 to 1905.
==History==
The 2100s were used mainly as freight locomotives and were mostly imported from the United Kingdom or Germany. The locomotives were retired in 1953 after sixty-three years of service. Some 2100s served in Taiwan as the CK80 Class, while some 2120s were sent to Manchuria. A number were converted into Class 2700, 2900 and 3500 locomotives which attempted to increase the water and coal capacity of the locomotives.
Six locomotives have survived into preservation; one, 2109, is operational. It previously hauled excursions on the Ōigawa Railway.
==Preservation==
The following Class 2100 locomotives have been preserved:
Number	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
2109 	Dübs & Co. 	October 1891 	2774 	June 1929 (JGR/Nippon Railway)16 May 1966 (Seinō)April 1975 (Ōigawa) 	Museum of Industrial Technology, Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan 	Operational, not mainline certified; ex-Nippon Railway, ex-Seinō Railway, ex-Ōigawa Railway
2221 	North British Locomotive Company	March 1905 	16739 	7 March 1960 	Ōme Railway Park, Ōme, Tokyo, Japan 	Displayed under shelter; park temporarily closed from 2023 to end-2025
2248 	North British Locomotive Company	1905 	16781 	1 September 1955 (JNR)26 September 1962 (Nitten)30 March 1973 (Sanbi) 	Railway Preservation Society of Japan, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan	Stored in warehouse, not open for public viewing; ex-Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., ex-Sanbi Unyu
2272 	North British Locomotive Company	1905 	16805 	7 July 1961 	Kanazawa General Rolling Stock Depot, Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan	Displayed under shelter; viewing possible on depot open days
2412 	Hanomag 	1904 	4151 	29 January 1948 (JGR)31 July 1968 (ISK) 	Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 	Displayed outdoors; ex-Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha
2649 	Baldwin Locomotive Works 	September 1905 	26541 	30 March 1935 (JGR)10 October 1964 (Meiji/Nitten)30 March 1973 (Sanbi)	Railway Preservation Society of Japan, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan	Stored in warehouse, not open for public viewing; ex-Meiji Sugar, ex-Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., ex-Sanbi Unyu
==Trivia==
* The locomotives were known as Ikazuchi (Thunder in Japanese) when originally manufactured.
==Gallery==
File:Hanomag 2412 at nagoya science museum dscn3927 by rlkitterman dcnh207-fullview.jpg|2412 at the Nagoya City Science Museum
File:JNR2272.jpg|2272 at the Kanazawa General Vehicle Depot Matto Honjo in 2014
File:2120 2221 in Ome Railway Park.jpg|2221 in Ome Railway Park
File:JGR 2221 2023.jpg
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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