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China Railways SL8
🇯🇵 Japan ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 1937· class of steam locomotives operated by the China Railway
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SL8 815 (SIK 03-056193): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-056193 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The China Railways SL8 (勝利8, Shènglì, "victory") class steam locomotive was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway. They were originally built for the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu) and the Manchukuo National Railway between 1937 and 1940.
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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.7 m long: about 5 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
- 1937–1940
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd., Hitachi
- operators
- South Manchuria Railway, Manchukuo National Railway, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 24.7 m
- weight
- 115 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29075761, Wikipedia: China Railways SL8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.