Early Japanese Railways 1853

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Free, Dan.
   Early Japanese railways, 1853-1914: engineering triumphs that transformed Meiji-era Japan/Dan Free.
   p. cm.
   Includes bibliographical references and index.
   ISBN: 978-1-4629-0721-2 (ebook)
1. Railroads--Japan--History--19th century. 2.
Railroads--Japan--History--20th century. I. Title.
   HE3358.F74 2008
   385.0952’09034--dc22

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Higashi Kanagawa (East Kanagawa) station, shown here shortly after inauguration, was situated where the Yokohama Tetsudō departed the Tokaidō mainline on it’s route to the other terminal at Hachioji. It opened in 1908. The line was leased to the IJGR in 1910 and nationalized in 1917.

Locomotive number 6164 of a group of 18 members of the IJGR’s 6150 class is shown at the head of a passenger train. As it appears to be on a double-track segment of line, which was relatively scarce, the location is probably along the IJGR Tōkaidō line. The class was built by Baldwin and imported starting in 1897. The number it carries dates the photograph to after 1909.