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Chōsen Railway Class 630
Builder's photo of Chōsen Railway Class 630 no. 632
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Kisha Seizō, Nippon Sharyō Build date 1930 Total produced 5
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2T Gauge 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) Driver dia. 940 mm (37 in) Length 8,634 mm (339.9 in) Width 2,134 mm (84.0 in) Height 3,150 mm (124 in) Total weight 28.50 t (28.05 long tons)
Performance figures Tractive effort 32.46 kN (7,300 lbf)
Career Operators Chōsen Railway Korean State Railway Class Chōsen Railway: 630 Number in class >5 Numbers Chōsen Railway: 630-63? Delivered 1930

The Class 630 was a class of steam tank locomotives with 2-6-2 wheel arrangement operated by the Chōsen Railway in colonial Korea. The first five were built for the company by Kisha Seizō of Japan for use on the railway's Hwanghae Line; they were numbered 630 through 634 (works numbers 1113-1117); these were joined by an unknown number built by Nippon Sharyō in the same year.

After the Liberation and partition of Korea, these locomotives were taken over by the Korean State Railway of North Korea, and were likely scrapped after the conversion of the Hwanghae Line network to standard gauge in 1973. Their KSR numbering is unknown.

Class 655

The Class 655 was a class of three 2-6-2T tank locomotives built by Kisha Seizō for the Chōsen Railway in 1935 (works numbers 1302-1304). Numbered 655 through 657, they were nearly identical to the Class 630 engines.

Like the Class 630, these were taken over by the Korean State Railway in 1948, but their subsequent fate is unknown.

References

1. ^ Yamada, Keitarō (1972). 汽車会社蒸気機関車製造史 [Manufacturing History of Kisha Kaisha Steam Locomotives] (in Japanese). Nagoya: Kōyūsha.
2. Byeon, Seong-u (1999). 한국철도차량 100년사 [Korean Railways Rolling Stock Centennial] (in Korean). Seoul: Korea Rolling Stock Technical Corp.

v t e Motive power of the Chōsen Railway
Steam locomotives	630 655 660 700 810 900
Diesel locomotives	D

v t e Korean State Railway locomotives and rolling stock
Locomotives	Steam (Tender) Degaha→8100 Koroha Madŏha→7100 Madŏdu→7200 Migaha (ex-Mantetsu)→6000+6100 Migaha (ex-Sentetsu)→6100 Migadu→6200 Migasŏ→6300 Miganŏ→6400 Migayu→6600 Mogaha Paruha Pasiha Pasidu Pasisŏ (ex-Sentetsu) Pasisŏ (ex-Mantetsu) Pasinŏ Pasio Pasiyu Sigŭha Soriyu Tŏuha Tŏudu Tŏusŏ Tŏunŏ Tŏuo Tŏuyu 150 424 475 [cs] 8000 8500 Ol49 Steam (Tank) Purŏha→1100 Purŏdu→1200 Purŏsŏ (ex-Sentetsu)→1300 Purŏsŏ (ex-Mantetsu)→1300 Purŏnŏ→1400 Purŏo→1500 Purŏyu→1600 Purŏch'i→1700 Purŏp'a→1800 Sadaha 100 4110 Electric 100 150 170 200 300 500 0000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000-5100-5200-5300 5400 6000 7000 90000 Chŏngiha Chŏngidu Chŏngisŏ Chŏngi5 Kanghaenggun Diesel 100 150 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 3000 8000 Red Flag CSE26-21 DF8B
Railcars & trainsets	Electric 100 150 500 900 1000 Juche unknown 6 car EMU Petrol Keha
Narrow-gauge locomotives	Steam 400 500 600 (630) (655) (660) (700) (900) 1500 Diesel (D) Electric Charyŏk Kaengsaeng Chŏnginŏ Ch'ŏngnyŏnjŏl Kinyŏm

• Locomotives of Korea under Japanese rule
• Locomotives of North Korea
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1930
• 2-6-2 locomotives
• Kisha Seizo locomotives
• Nippon Sharyo locomotives
• Narrow gauge steam locomotives of Korea
• Chōsen Railway