China Railways AM3

what is it?

The China Railways AM3 class steam locomotive was a class of 4-4-0 "Eight-Wheeler" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway, built by the American Locomotive Company in the United States between 1923 and 1929. Twenty-six of these locomotives were originally built for the Huning Railway. After the establishment of the puppet government of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China during the Japanese occupation, they were operated by the Central China Railway, which had been created in 1939 to manage all railway operations in the territory of the collaborationist government by nationalising all privately owned railways in the territory.

who runs it

SRShanghai–Nanjing RailwayCentral China RailwayChina State Railway Group

base stats

• weight 104 tin working order
• built 26made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 103 years ago, in 1923.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1923–1929

number built

26

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

American Locomotive Company

operators

Shanghai–Nanjing Railway, Central China Railway, China State Railway Group

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-4-0

length

17.3 m

weight

104 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.