Sentetsu Pashisa-class locomotive
Chosen Government Railway Pashisa class (パシサ) Korean National Railroad Pasi3 class (바시3) Korean State Railway Pasisŏ class (바시서) | |||||||||||||||
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The Pashisa class (パシサ) locomotives were a group of
In all, Sentetsu owned 144 locomotives of all Pashi classes, of which 141 survived the war; of these, 73 went to the Korean National Railroad in South Korea and 68 to the Korean State Railway in North Korea.[1]
Description
Along with the six
Postwar
The exact dispersal of the Pashisa-class locomotives between North and South after the
Korean National Railroad 파시3 (Pasi3) class
The Korean National Railroad likely received three of the six Pashisa-class locomotives; the identies of two are known for certain.[2] They were designated 파시3 (Pasi3) class,[3] and were used by the KNR on passenger trains until the end of the 1960s.
Korean State Railway 바시서 (Pasisŏ) class
The Korean State Railway is believed to have received three of the six Pashisa-class locomotives.[2] Little of their service lives is known, but they were initially designated 바시서 (Pasisŏ) class, and they were likely retired by the end of the 1960s.
Construction
Sentetsu running number | Postwar | |||||
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1923–1938 | 1938–1945 | Owner | Number | Builder | Year | Notes |
パシ957 | パシサ1 | ? | ? | Kawasaki | 1923 | |
パシ958 | パシサ2 | KNR | 파시3-2 | Kawasaki | 1923 | |
パシ959 | パシサ3 | ? | ? | Kawasaki | 1923 | |
パシ960 | パシサ4 | ? | ? | Kawasaki | 1923 | |
パシ961 | パシサ5 | ? | ? | Kawasaki | 1923 | |
パシ962 | パシサ6 | KNR | 파시3-6 | Kawasaki | 1923 | |
Total | 6 |
References
- ^ Hefner, James D. (28 August 1999). "North and South Korea Steam Locomotives". Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Korean National RR PC-3 4-6-2s". donsdepot.donrossgroup.net.
- ^ a b Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.