JNR Class C63

The JNR Class C63 was a proposed 2-6-2 Prairie-type steam locomotive that was to be operated by the Japanese National Railways.
==History==
The C63 locomotives were developed starting from approximately 1955 when the increase in electrification was not the biggest of the JNR's concerns, along with the company being inexperienced with diesel locomotives. Design drawings were completed in 1956 with a prototype to be built.
However, in 1958, the JNR introduced the Power Modernization Plan, which planned to completely eliminate the steam locomotive in 15 years from approximately 1960; with the introduction of said plan, the C63 was cancelled before a single prototype was built. The number plate that was to go on locomotive C63 1 survives and is displayed at the Kyoto Railway Museum.
Due to no examples ever being built, the C63 is popularly known as The Phantom Locomotive among Japanese railfans.
==References==
*Wikipedia.org
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