JGR Class 3500

The JGR Class 3500 was a 2-6-4T Adriatic-type side tank Vauclain compound steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1910 to 1922.
==History==
The Class 3500 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was a modification of various JGR Class 2100 locomotives. A total of five locomotives were modified at JGR's Kobe, Shimbashi and Takatori Works; these were the first conversions of the Class 2100 locomotives. It is speculated that Hikomatsu Iwasaki, an engineer for the JGR specializing in steam compounding, was heavily involved in the locomotive's design.
The locomotives were largely used around the Kinki and Chūgoku regions. The locomotives had a short service life, with all retired by 1922 as compound locomotives were regarded as troublesome to maintain. No Class 3500s have been preserved.
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