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China Railways JF13
🇨🇳 China ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 1939· class of 45 Chinese 2-8-2 locomotives
what is it?
The China Railways JF13 (解放13, Jiěfàng, "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway, built by the Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia in 1939. These locomotives were originally built for the North China Transportation Company, which had been formed in 1938 to operate railways in the collaborationist Provisional Government of the Republic of China during the Japanese occupation of China. A total of 45 were delivered to NCTC, which designated them Mikaha (ミカハ) 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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Weighs about as much as 24 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.2 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
- 1939
- retired
- 1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- Škoda Works
- operators
- North China Transportation Company, China State Railway Group
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 22.2 m
- weight
- 147 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42851121, Wikipedia: China Railways JF13 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.