JNR Class D61
The Class D61 is a class of six 2-8-4 steam locomotive built by the Japanese National Railways in 1960 and 1961. However the locomotives are not built new they were rebuilds of former D51 Mikado’s between 1960 and 1961. They were renumbered D61 1-D61 6 were rebuilt by the JNR Shop’s between 1960 and 1961 they were retired in 1975.
The D61 was a rebuild of the JNR Class D51, which had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement., one Class D61, D61 3 rebuilt from D51 181 in 1960, is preserved in a park in Rumoi, Hokkaido.
