#2334
China Railways FD
🇨🇳 China ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1931· class of Chinese 2-10-2 locomotives – ex Soviet FD class
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. China Railways FD-1979 steam locomotive: Siyuwj· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The China Railways FD class of locomotives were 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" type steam locomotives of the FD locomotive type imported from the Soviet Union and regauged for use in China.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- 29.1 m long: about 6 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
- 1931–1958
- retired
- 1985
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1,054
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 29.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5099863, Wikipedia: China Railways FD (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.