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China Railways QJ
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 1956· class of c.4700 Chinese 2-10-2 locomotives
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- 1. Triple headed mainline steam in Illinois: Sean Lamb ( User:Slambo )· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. China Railways QJ 6200(2): Shellparakeet· CC0
what is it?
The China Railways QJ (Chinese: 前进; pinyin: Qián Jìn; lit. 'To go forward" or "to advance') is a class of 2-10-2 type steam locomotives used primarily for heavy freight trains. They were introduced in 1956 by the Dalian Locomotive Works, and all of the production locomotives were built by the Datong Locomotive Works.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- 16.3 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
- 1956–1988
- number built
- 4,717
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd., CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., CRRC Datong Co., Ltd.
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 16.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q772816, Wikipedia: China Railways QJ (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.