JGR Class 7700 (1903)

The JGR Class 7700 (originally the Hokkaido Railway Class C1) was a 2-6-0 Mogul-type steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1903 to 1927.
==History==
The Class 7700 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Hokkaido Railway, with a total of two locomotives manufactured at the Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1903. These were classified as the Class C1 locomotives and numbered 9 and 10.
The locomotives were reclassified as the Class 7700 in 1909 when a formal rule regarding standardized classification of locomotives was enacted; as there was already a Class 7700 locomotive however, the locomotives were numbered to continue on the numbering left off by the previous Class 7700s. As such, they were numbered 7712 and 7713. Despite sharing a designation, both earlier and later Class 7700s share close to nothing in common, with their only commonality being that they are both 2-6-0 tender locomotives. The last locomotives were retired in 1927, with none sold to private railroads. No Class 7700s have been preserved.
==References==
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