The is a type of

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steam locomotive built by

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and

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(JNR)

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Works . The C classification indicates three sets of driving wheels. The C51 introduced diameter driving wheels to Japan. C51s raised the average speed on the

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from to . In 1930, a C51 hauled the first '' Tsubame'' (swallow) express, reducing travel time between and to 9 hours.

China Railway class SL9

To alleviate a severe motive power shortage, sixteen JGR Class C51 locomotives, C51 8, 28, 30, 33 - 35, 88, 95, 96, 116, 130 - 132, 173, 175, and 178, all equipped with a Sumiyama feedwater heater, were converted to standard gauge and sent to the Central China Railway in 1939, where they operated primarily between

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and

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, at first with their original JGR numbers, later as パシナ (''Pashina'') class. After the Liberation of China and the establishment of the People's Republic, these became

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class ㄆㄒ9 (''PX9'') in 1951, and reclassified as class SL9 (勝利9, ''Shènglì'', "victory") in 1959.中国蒸汽機車世紀集影 (Centennial Collection of Chinese Steam Locomotives), China Railway Publishing House, July 2001, (in Chinese)

Preserved examples

As of 2012, four Class C51 locomotives were preserved at various locations. * C51 5: At the

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(formerly preserved outdoors at the Ome Railway Park in Ome, Tokyo * C51 44: At Akita Depot in

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* C51 85: At Kagoshima Depot in

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* C51 239: At the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in

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China Railway class SL9

Preserved examples

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