what is it?
The China Railways AM2 class steam locomotive was a class of 4-4-0 "Eight-Wheeler" type steam locomotives operated by China Railways. The engines were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the United States in 1897. These locomotives were originally built for the Imperial Railroad of North China, which later became known as the Peking−Mukden Railway, and subsequently the Beining Railway; at the time of their introduction, they counted amongst the most modern locomotives of the time.
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.8 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
- 1897
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Beijing–Harbin railway, North China Transportation Company, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.8 m
- weight
- 92.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42851129, Wikipedia: China Railways AM2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.