2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CNR XK13-3858: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Shougang XK13-115: Thomas533r· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The China Railways XK13 was a class of 0-6-0T "Switcher" type tank locomotive class of the China Railway. It belongs to the so-called industrial tank locomotives and is one of two classes of this type that Poland exported to China in the late 1950s/early 1960s.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.1 m long: about 2 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
- 1958–1960
- number built
- 82
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Fablok
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 44 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q112246344, Wikipedia: China Railways XK13 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.