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China Railways SN
🇨🇳 China ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1924· class of Chinese narrow-gauge 0-10-0 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340757: User:Vmenkov· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SN-23 (SIK 04-E0812-129): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_04-E0812-129 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. SN-23 in China Railway Museum 01: Siyuwj· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SN-23 in China Railway Museum 02: Siyuwj· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SN-23 in China Railway Museum 03: Siyuwj· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SN-23 in China Railway Museum 04: Siyuwj· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SN-23 in China Railway Museum 05: Siyuwj· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340657: User:Vmenkov· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340658: User:Vmenkov· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340659: User:Vmenkov· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The China Railways SN class was a series of 0-10-0 tender locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Gebishi Railway, transporting passengers and goods between Gejiu City and Shiping County. The locomotives served on this line until its closure in 1990. At least three members of the class are known to be preserved.
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 6 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
- 1924–1929
- retired
- 1990
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Mengzi–Baoxiu Railway, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 600 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- length
- 8.8 m
- weight
- 38.8 t
- nicknames
- Kun-rail-ten-wheeled
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42005497, Wikipedia: China Railways SN (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.