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China Railways JS
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 1957· class of Chinese 2-8-2 locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. JS 5001: choo chin nian· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. JS-5151 (Xi'ang): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. China Railways JS 8284 20160503 01: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. China Railways JS 8376 20150614: Changzhensky· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The China Railways JS (Chinese: 建设; pinyin: Jiàn Shè; lit. 'Construction or Development') are a type of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives, they were manufactured for use on mainline freight trains, passenger trains, as well as for heavy shunting.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 23.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 67 years (1957–2024).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957–1988
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 2024
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1,916
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd., CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd., CRRC Datong Co., Ltd., CRRC Beijing Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- operators
- China State Railway Group, Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad, Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 23.4 m
- weight
- 104 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5099872, Wikipedia: China Railways JS (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.