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China Railways GJ
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Chengdu Co., Ltd.· from 1958· Class of steam locomotives
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- 1. Gongjian 1019: Peter Van den Bossche from Mechelen, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The China Railways GJ (Chinese: 工建; pinyin: Gōng jiàn; lit. 'construction worker') locomotives were a class of 122 0-6-0T "Switcher" type steam locomotives built for industrial and shunting uses.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1961
- in service from
- 1958
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 122
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Chengdu Co., Ltd.
- designer
- Dalian locomotive works
- operators
- China State Railway Group, Korean State Railway
- top speed
- 64 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4552441, Wikipedia: China Railways GJ (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.