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China Railways KD7
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1946· class of Chinese steam locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KD7-641 in Shanghai Railway Museum (January 2007): carpkazu· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The China Railways KD7 are a type of 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives. The KD7 locomotives were built in the United States and supplied to China by UNRRA as part of the post war rehabilitation effort in 1946. China received 160 locos while others of the same design went to Belgium as NMBS/SNCB Type 29.
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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 897 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 25 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1946–1990).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946–1947
- in service from
- 1946
- retired
- 1990
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 160
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 897 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 20.3 m
- weight
- 152 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30632149, Wikipedia: China Railways KD7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.