JGR Class 2040

The JGR Class 2040 (originally the Hankaku Railway Class A6) was a 0-6-0T Switcher-type side tank steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1900 to 1922.
==History==
The Class 2040 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Hankaku Railway, with two locomotives built by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, better known as Hanomag. These were assigned the Class A6 and numbered 14 and 15, and were notable for their use of Allan straight link valve gear (a variation on the Stephenson valve gear).
After the Railway Nationalization Act was passed in 1909, the locomotives were renumbered the Class 2040. The locomotives were mainly used around Fukuchiyama and Shimonoseki before being retired by 1922. No Class 2040s have been preserved.
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