#1937
China Railways JF12
🇨🇳 China ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1922· steam locomotive
what is it?
The China Railways JF12 (解放12, Jiěfàng, "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway, built by the ALCO in the United States in 1922.
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.2 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
- 1922
- status
- retired
- number built
- 46
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- North China Transportation Company, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 20.2 m
- weight
- 136 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39060123, Wikipedia: China Railways JF12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.