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built by the

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(JNR) in 1950 and 1951. They were designed by

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and rebuilt at Hamamatsu Works between 1950 and 1951. 20 Class D62s were rebuilt from the earlier

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built Class D52, which had a

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wheel arrangement.

List of D62 locomotives

*D62 1 rebuilt from D52 358 (March 1st 1950) *D62 2 rebuilt from D52 448 (March 2nd 1950) *D62 3 rebuilt from D52 401 (April 3rd 1950) *D62 4 rebuilt from D52 450 (May 4th 1950) *D62 5 rebuilt from D52 449 (June 5th 1950) *D62 6 rebuilt from D52 42 (July 6th 1950) *D62 7 rebuilt from D52 344 (August 7th 1950) *D62 8 rebuilt from D52 366 (September 19th) 1950 *D62 9 rebuilt from D52 94 (October 1st-20th 1950) *D62 10 rebuilt from D52 132 (November 3rd-30th 1950) *D62 11 rebuilt from D52 337 (January 1st-5th 1951) *D62 12 rebuilt from D52 397 (January 6th-15th 1951) *D62 13 rebuilt from D52 211 (January 19th-23rd 1951) *D62 14 rebuilt from D52 334 (February 1st-8th 1951) *D62 15 rebuilt from D52 377 (February 12th-19th 1951) *D62 16 rebuilt from D52 338 (February 25th-March 1st 1951) *D62 17 rebuilt from D52 343 (March 2nd-March 6th 1951) *D62 18 rebuilt from D52 360 (March 15th-March 20th 1951) *D62 19 rebuilt from D52 339 (March 21st-March 24th 1951) *D62 20 rebuilt from D52 462 (March 25th-31st 1951)

Preservation

No examples of the class have been preserved.

In popular culture

The D62 is the model upon which the ''

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List of D62 locomotives

Preservation

In popular culture

See also

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