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China Railways C2
🇨🇳 China ·built by Shijiazhuang· from 1952· class of Chinese narrow gauge locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C2 at Jin Jiang Action Park: Jeremy Thompson· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Shibanxi-10-01: MBxd1· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The China Railways C2 is a type of 0-8-0 narrow-gauge steam locomotive built for the narrow-gauge Chinese network. They were built between 1952 and 1988 in several workshops across China and were based on the Russian Railway's class Pt-4. A total of 912 members of this class were built, with 87 being imports of the Russian Railway's Pt-4 class.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1988
- number built
- 912
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Shijiazhuang
- operators
- China State Railway Group
- top speed
- 35 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 762 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16078764, Wikipedia: China Railways C2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.