#1972
China Railways JF5
🇨🇳 China ·built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing· from 1923· class of steam locomotives
what is it?
The China Railways JF5 (解放5, Jiěfàng, "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway, originally built by Kawasaki in Japan in 1923 for the Jichang Railway.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 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
- 1923
- retired
- 1990
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kisha Seizo
- operators
- Manchukuo National Railway, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 81.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39060266, Wikipedia: China Railways JF5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.