Overheated Locomotive - Kanetsuki Kansha

...In 1887, the first American locomotive was imported, and since then, American-made locomotives have gradually become more common, but small numbers are also imported from Germany and Switzerland. The first domestically produced locomotive was the 1B1-type saturated compound locomotive (860 type) manufactured at the Kobe Works of the Railway Bureau under the direction of the British railway inspector, RF Trevithick, in 1892. At the end of the Meiji period, the policy of domestic production and the development of the locomotive industry made it unnecessary to import, and in 1913, the first domestically produced superheated locomotive, the 1D-type 9600 type, was manufactured. Steam locomotives have been active for many years as a means of land transportation, and as the number of them increased, research was actively conducted to improve their performance in terms of traction force, speed, thermal efficiency, etc., and various types were devised and put into practical use. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "superheated locomotives" is listed below.

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…87年には，初めてアメリカ製機関車が輸入され，以後しだいにアメリカ製が多くなるが，ドイツ，スイスからも数は少ないが輸入されている。国産機関車は，92年鉄道監察方であったイギリス人，R.F.トレビシックの指導のもとに鉄道庁･神戸工場で1B1形飽和複式機関車(860形式)が製作されたのが最初で，明治の終りには，国内製作の方針と機関車工業の発達によって，輸入しなくてもすむようになり，1913年には国産で最初の過熱機関車1D形の9600形式が製造された。　蒸気機関車は，陸上交通機関の雄として長年にわたって活躍し，その両数の増大とともに，牽引力，速度，熱効率などの性能向上も盛んに研究され，いろいろなタイプのものが考案され実用化された。…

※「過熱機関車」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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