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The type C56 steam locomotive was one of the most popular SLs as simple and sturdy in the prewar Japan.
160 were produced for the Ministry of Railways during 1935/1939 and 90 of them (numbered 1 to 90) were sent to Thai and Burma during the war.


C5615 in 1936


C5617 in 1936


C5617(Thai 715) in 2003


Two sets were returned to Japan in 1979.

C5631 at Yasukuni Shrine in 2016


C5644 of Ohigawa Railway in Thai color in 2008


C5644 in original color of black


There are still more in Thai and Burma.
 
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46 recruits of IJA 5th Railway Regiment for Indochina at Osaka Port on March 25, 1941.
They were to be engaged in construction of Thai-Burma Railway together with 9th Railway Regiment later.



Test or opening run on the Sittaung Bridge in Burma circa October, 1943.
Locomotive type unknown.
 
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