JGR Class 1245

The JGR Class 1245 (originally the Shingu Railway Class 5) is a 0-6-0T Switcher-type side tank steam locomotive operated by the Japanese Government Railways from 1922 to 1936.
==History==
The Class 1245 was an early steam locomotive operated in Japan. The type was ordered by the Shingu Railway, with a single locomotive ordered from Orenstein & Koppel in 1922 and imported into Japan. The locomotive was classified as the Class 5 and numbered as such. Eleven more locomotives were ordered by various private railroads in Japan and delivered between 1922 and 1925.
After the Shingu Railway was nationalized in 1934, the locomotive was reclassified as the Class 1245 although it appears the locomotive was never actually renumbered. The other eleven locomotives in use on private railroads were also not renumbered. In their later lives, the locomotives were later used for industrial use on industrial railroads. The last locomotives on these private railroads were retired in 1969.
Three of the derivatives, Nippon Carbide 1 and 2 (ex-Kashima Sangu Railway 1 and 2) and Kawasaki Steel NUS2 (ex-Ibaraki Railway 3), are preserved, making this one of the most well-represented locomotive classes from the JGR era.
==Preservation==
The following Class 1245 locomotives have been preserved:
Number 	Manufacturer 	Date manufactured	Serial number	Date withdrawn 	Location 	Notes
Nippon Carbide 1 	Orenstein & Koppel	August 1923 	10580 	1 November 1937 (Kashima Sangu)June 1938 (Chitetsu)7 November 1969 (Nippon Carbide)	Uozushi Muraki Community Center, Uozu, Toyama, Japan 	Displayed indoors; ex-Kashima Sangu Railway, ex-Toyama Chihō Railway
Nippon Carbide 2 	Orenstein & Koppel	October 1923 	10613 	1 November 1937 (Kashima Sangu)June 1938 (Chitetsu)7 November 1969 (Nippon Carbide)	Gyōden Park Children's Center, Namerikawa, Tōyama, Japan 	Displayed under shelter; ex-Kashima Sangu Railway, ex-Toyama Chihō Railway
Kawasaki Steel NUS2	Orenstein & Koppel	May 1924 	10775 	28 October 1951 (Ibaraki)1 December 1966 (Kawasaki) 	Sodegaura Higashi Elementary School, Narashino, Chiba, Japan	Displayed under shelter; ex-Ibaraki Railway
==References==
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