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China Railways TH1
🇨🇳 China ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1908· class of 22 Chinese 4-6-0 locomotives
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what is it?
The China Railways TH1 class steam locomotive was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the China Railway. Originally built for the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), some were also operated by the Manchukuo National Railway. The "Teho" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were called "Ten-Wheeler".
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908–1912
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29075772, Wikipedia: China Railways TH1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.