Saebyŏl-class locomotive

Saebyŏl

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-hydraulic
Builder	Kim Chong-t'ae Works North Korea

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Couplers	AAR knuckle

Performance figures
Power output	249 kW (334 hp)

Career
Operators	Korean State Railway
Class	새별3000 Saebyŏl-3000
Number in class	≥227
Numbers	새별3001 - 새별3227

The Saebyŏl-class (Korean: 새별 Saebyŏl, "New Star") is a medium-duty diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive built by the Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works for the Korean State Railway.^[1]

The Saebyŏl-class locomotives have a centrecab body design, with a full-width cab offset from the centre towards the rear of the locomotive and external walkways along the engine compartment hoods, and are slightly larger than the Red Flag-class shunters.^[1] They are powered by a 249 kilowatts (334 hp) diesel engine with a hydrokinetic transmission, and have a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement.^[2]

Numbered in the 3000 series, they are painted overall dark green with a yellow stripe. Possibly over 200 have been built; they are used primarily for shunting works in mainline stations in North Korea, and can frequently seen on the P'yŏngŭi Line and other mainlines.^[1] The class name, if written in Hanja, is 新星. In this case, these hanja are read as saebyŏl (새별, "New Star"; however, the Soviet-built K62 (M62)-class locomotives have the class name Sinsŏng (신성, "Nova"), which are written with the same hanja.^[1] In practice this is not an issue, as the use of Chinese characters to write Korean is officially discouraged in the DPRK.

Electric shunters

An unknown number of Saebyŏl-class diesel shunters have been converted to 3,000 V DC electric operation by the removal of the diesel engine and the addition of pantographs and other necessary equipment; this work was carried out at the Kim Chong-t'ae Works. The rebuilt units retain their original number and paint.

References

1 2 3 4 Kokubu, Hayato. 将軍様の鉄道 (in Japanese). Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō. ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6.
↑ "【原创】朝鲜铁路机车车辆概况一览 -- 一介书生" [[Original] Korea List of railway rolling stock before - scholar]. cchere.com (in Chinese). July 2, 2013.

Korean State Railway Standard-Gauge Motive Power

Electric locomotives	100 150 170 200 300 500 0000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000-5100-5200-5300 5400 6000 7000 90000 Chŏngiha Chŏngidu Chŏngisŏ Kanghaenggun Škoda 22E₂

Diesel locomotives	100 150 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 3000 8000 Red Flag CSE26-21

Steam locomotives	100 150 400 424 475 500 6000 8000 8100 FD20 Ol49 TKt48

Electric multiple units	100 150 500 900 1000 Juche

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