JGR Class 7400

The JGR Class 7400 (originally the Hokkaido Government Railway Class B1) was a 2-6-0 Mogul-type steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1896 to 1925.
==History==
The Class 7400 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Hokkaido Government Railway, with a total of three locomotives manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1896. These were classified as the Class B1 locomotives and numbered 1 through 3; these were the first locomotives to operate on the Hokkaido Government Railway. These were later reclassified as the Class Ea with their numbers unchanged.
The locomotives were reclassified as the Class 7400 in 1909 when a formal rule regarding standardized classification of locomotives was enacted; the locomotives were thus renumbered 7400 through 7402. The locomotives were initially used around Asahikawa; in their later careers they were used as shunting locomotives in Notsukeushi (now Kitami). The locomotives were all retired by 1925, with none sold to private railroads. No Class 7400s have been preserved.
==Trivia==
*Baldwin's model number for this locomotive was 8-26-D.
==References==
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