#1812
China Railways JF
🇨🇳 China ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1918· steam locomotive series
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Manzhouli Steam locomotive: leon li· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The China Railways JF (Chinese: 解放; pinyin: Jiěfàng; lit. 'Liberation') class is a name given to a group of classes of steam locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-2 "Mikado" wheel arrangement operated by the China Railway. Originally designated ㄇㄎ壹 (MK1) class by the China Railways in 1951, the present name was assigned to them in 1959.
who runs it
base stats
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Served for 89 years (1918–2007).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1960
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 2007
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2,000
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Hitachi, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd., CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5099871, Wikipedia: China Railways JF (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.