JNR Class C12/Preservation

Thirty-one JNR Class C12 locomotives have been preserved.
==Preserved==
The following Class C12 locomotives have been preserved:
===Aichi Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 69 	Nippon Sharyo	10 February 1934 	296 	27 March 1974 	Anjo-shi Sogo Undo Park, Anjō, Japan	Displayed indoors within fence; group-only visits within fence, cab open during maintenance days
 	C12 230	Nippon Sharyo	18 September 1939	749 	5 July 1974 	Nishio Park, Nishio, Japan 	Displayed indoors within fence; appeared in video to commemorate the JNR's 100th anniversary
===Chiba Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 287	Nippon Sharyo	26 September 1940	1489 	12 June 1974 	Kimitsushi Obitsu Community Center, Kimitsu, Japan	Displayed under shelter
===Ehime Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
 	C12 231	Nippon Sharyo	20 September 1939	750 	28 May 1970 	Uchiko Station, Uchiko, Shikoku, Japan	Displayed outdoors
 	C12 259	Hitachi 	16 September 1940	1286 	11 December 1968	Wareikōen, Uwajima, Shikoku, Japan 	Displayed under shelter; cab open for public viewing
===Fukuoka Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 222	Nippon Sharyo	30 August 1939 	741 	2 August 1972 	Kokura General Rolling Stock Center, Kitakyushu, Kyushu, Japan	Displayed outdoors, displayed next to KuHa 481-256; viewing possible on depot open days
 	C12 241	Hitachi 	22 July 1940 	1268 	26 July 1974 	Kisha Club, Nōgata, Kyushu, Japan 	Displayed under shelter; relocated from Takamori Station in 2020
===Fukushima Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 60	Kisha Seizō 	20 March 1934 	1219 	14 March 1972 	Iino Learning Center, Fukushima, Japan	Displayed outdoors within fence
===Gifu Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
 	C12 244	Hitachi 	30 July 1940 	1271 	27 November 1973 	Akechi Station, Ena, Japan 	Operable using compressed air, coupled to caboose Yo 18080; restoration to operation considered
 	C12 74 	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	12 March 1934 	137 	22 September 1972	Ena City Central Library, Ena, Japan	Displayed under shelter within fence; only preserved Mitsubishi-built Class C12
 	C12 163	Nippon Sharyo 	8 July 1937 	483 	15 March 1971 	Kamiasō Station, Hichisō, Japan 	Displayed indoors; tours within facility available on request
===Gunma Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
 	C12 49	Kawasaki Sharyō	24 March 1934 	1466 	17 October 1968	Kiryugaoka Amusement Park, Kiryu, Japan	Displayed under shelter; cab open for public viewing
===Hokkaido===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 2 	Kisha Seizō 	24 December 1932 	1183 	October 1969 	Mikasa Railway Memorial Hall, Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan	Displayed indoors in same compound as 59609, ED76 505 and DD13 353, cab open for public viewing; formerly preserved at Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo
 	C12 6 	Kisha Seizō 	6 February 1932 	1187 	24 April 1973 	Otaru City General Museum, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan 	Displayed outdoors
===Ibaraki Prefecture===
	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
	C12 187	Nippon Sharyo	27 July 1938 	589 	28 November 1970	Hitachi-Daigo Station, Daigo, Japan	Displayed outdoors within fence
===Miyazaki Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 64	Kisha Seizō 	30 March 1934 	1223 	8 January 1975	Imamachitetsudo Memorial Park, Miyakonojō, Kyushu, Japan	Displayed under shelter within fence
===Nagano Prefecture===
	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
	C12 67 	Hitachi 	1 December 1933 	518 	27 April 1973 	Chino Station, Chino, Japan 	Displayed under shelter within fence; accessible via north exit of station
	C12 171	Nippon Sharyo	29 March 1938 	573 	27 April 1973 	Asunaro Park, Shimosuwa, Japan 	Displayed under shelter; cab open for public viewing
	C12 199	Nippon Sharyo	14 October 1938 	656 	18 July 1974 	Naraigonbee Dai 2 Yuryo Parking Lot, Shiojiri, Japan	Displayed outdoors within fence
===Nagasaki Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C1206 	Nippon Sharyo	3 July 1949 	1532 	18 June 1968 	Reikyū Shrine, Shimabara, Kyushu, Japan	Ex-Shimabara Railway, displayed outdoors; wearing number plates of C1201
===Niigata Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
 	C12 88	Kisha Seizō 	26 December 1934 	1252 	23 October 1972	C12 SL Park, Itoigawa, Japan	Displayed outdoors within fence
===Osaka Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 38	Hitachi 	18 August 1933 	496 	20 March 1974 	Kyōei Kōgyō, Osaka, Japan	Displayed indoors on company grounds; may not be viewed from inside premises but can be viewed from road
===Saitama Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 29	Hitachi 	28 February 1933 	470 	June 1969 	Yamamaru Jidō Kōen, Saitama, Japan 	Displayed outdoors within fence
 	C12 85	Kisha Seizō 	31 August 1934 	1249 	June 1969 	Wako Shiritsu Daiyon Elementary School, Wako, Japan	Displayed outdoors within fence within school compound, cab open; permission from school required to view locomotive up close
===Shizuoka Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
 	C12 164	Nippon Sharyo	12 July 1937 	484 	20 September 1973	Shin-Kanaya Station roundhouse, Shimada, Japan	Displayed on turntable, owned by Japan National Trust; Ōigawa Railway to restore locomotive to operational condition
 	C12 208	Nippon Sharyo	31 July 1939 	727 	31 March 1975 	Senzu Station, Kawanehon, Japan 	Displayed outdoors; cosmetically modified to resemble Percy from Thomas & Friends, displayed next to 49616
===Tochigi Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 66	Hitachi 	29 November 1933 	517 	14 May 1972 	Mōka Station, Mooka, Japan	Operational, mainline certified; based on the Mōka Railway
===Tokushima Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 280	Nippon Sharyo	28 July 1947 	1482 	24 May 1973 	Komatsushima Station Park, Komatsushima, Shikoku, Japan	Displayed outdoors within fence; coupled to passenger car OHaFu 50 272
===Tottori Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 167	Nippon Sharyo	20 March 1938 	569 	12 June 1974 	Wakasa Station, Wakasa, Japan	Operable using compressed air; fundraising underway to restore locomotive to fully-operational condition
===Yamanashi Prefecture===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Location 	Notes
 	C12 5 	Kisha Seizō 	3 February 1933 	1186 	30 April 1970 	Nirasaki Central Park, Nirasaki, Japan	Displayed outdoors
===Outside Japan===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
 	CK124 	Nippon Sharyo 	1936 	Unknown 	2 June 1979 	Changhua Roundhouse, Chnaghua, Taiwan	Ex-C12 4, operational, mainline certified; restored to operational condition in 2000
 	131-428	Kawasaki Sharyō	27 January 1936 	1619 	August 1945 (JNR)c.1991 (VNR)	Da Lat Station, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam 	Ex-C12 119; preserved outdoors
==Formerly preserved==
The following Class C12 locomotives were preserved in the past but have since been scrapped:
===Kagoshima Prefecture===
Image	Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Last location 	Notes
 	C12 225	Nippon Sharyo	7 September 1939 	744 	8 February 1975	Kirishima Plateau National Recreation Areas, Kirishima, Kyushu, Japan	Displayed outdoors; removed April 2008 and scrapped due to neglect, number plates preserved at JR Kyushu's Kagoshima Works
===Tokyo===
Image	Number	Manufacturer	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn	Last location 	Notes
 	C12 7 	Kisha Seizō 	10 February 1933 	1188 	4 June 1970 	Togoshi Park, Tokyo, Japan	Displayed outdoors; scrapped October 1991 due to severe deterioration and lack of funds to maintain locomotive, some parts bought by Ōigawa Railway to maintain C12 164
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