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China Railways JF2
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1924· class of Chinese 3-cylinder 2-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. JF2-2525 (Dampflokomotivmuseum Shenyang): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The China Railways JF2 (解放2, Jiěfàng, "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives for goods trains operated by the China Railway. They were originally built for the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu) by several American and Japanese manufacturers, as well as by Mantetsu's Shahekou Works, between 1924 and 1932.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924–1932
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo, CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.
- operators
- South Manchuria Railway, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 101 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 116 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29075790, Wikipedia: China Railways JF2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.