China Railways JF21

what is it?

The China Railways JF21 (解放21, Jiěfàng, "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway, built by the American Locomotive Company in the United States in 1937. These locomotives were originally built for the Yuehan Railway, and after the establishment of the Japanese puppet government of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, 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. After the end of the Pacific War, these locomotives were passed on to the Republic of China Railway.

who runs it

GRGuangdong–Hankou RailwayCentral China RailwayChina State Railway Group

base stats

• weight 136 tin working order

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 89 years ago, in 1937.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏21 m long: about 5 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

1937

status

retired

number built

—

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

American Locomotive Company

operators

Guangdong–Hankou Railway, Central China Railway, China State Railway Group

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-8-2

length

21 m

weight

136 t

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