JGR Class 3150

The JGR Class 3150 (originally the JGR Class B7) was a 2-6-2T Prairie-type side tank steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1904 to 1922.
==History==
The Class 3150 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was designed by Richard Francis Trevithick (grandson of Richard Trevithick) and manufactured at JGR's own Kobe Works; Trevithick was an inspector at JGR at the time. Four locomotives were manufactured by 1904. The locomotives were essentially a locally-produced copy of the Class B5 locomotives also in use on the JGR at the time but featured modifications overseen by Trevithick such as Joy valve gear as opposed to Stephenson.
The locomotives were reclassified the Class 3150 and renumbered 3150 through 3153 after the establishment of a rule to standardize locomotive naming in 1909. The locomotives were retired in 1922, with none sold to private railroads. No Class 3150s have been preserved.
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