B20 10 Working Condition 1946 - 1972

B20_10 was manufactured at the Tateyama Heavy Industries Co. during 1946. In 1949, B20_10 went into the Kagoshima depot's inside shunting operation. B20_10 was active at Kagoshima depot until moving to Umekoji. B20_1 retired during October 1967 at Otaru-Chikko depot, B20_10 was the sole surviver of class B20 for a long time. During those days, B20_10's class-number name plate was on a poor handwritten painted board. But after that, it was moved to Umekoji and a new metal plate was added. B20_10's registration was briefly crossed off during March 1979. But in 2002, it was restored to the present time. Consult please Class B20

Biographic Data Chart Date Depot Application Dec 1946 Tateyama Co. Manufacture May 1947 Himeji Deployment Jun 1949 Kagoshima Transferred 05 Sep 1972 Umekoji Transferred 28 Mar 1979 JNR, Umekoji Deregistered 1979 - 2002 Umekoji Museum Exhibited 12 Oct 2002 Umekoji Museum Restored

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