JGR Class 9500

The JGR Class 9500 (originally the Kyushu Railway Class 128) was a 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive built for the JGR in 1898.
==History==
The 9500s, originally known as the Class 128s, were used mainly as freight locomotives, hauling coal trains. Twelve locomotives were produced by the Schenectady Locomotive Company and imported into Japan in 1906. 
The locomotives were used solely in the Chikuhō area. The locomotives were later renamed to Class 9500 in 1909 with the establishment of a formal rule regarding locomotive naming. The locomotives were retired in 1931, with none being sold to private railways.
No locomotives survived into preservation; the introduction of the superheated steam locomotive considerably reduced the service lives of the Class 9500s. 
== Gallery ==
File:JGR 139.jpg|139 (later 9511) at an unknown date.
==References==
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