China Railways JF3

what is it?

The China Railways JF3 (解放3, 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 1927–1930.

who runs it

MNManchukuo National RailwayChina State Railway Group

base stats

• weight 136 tin working order
• built 19made in total

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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏20.3 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

1927–1930

retired

1990

status

preserved

number built

19

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

Škoda Works

operators

Manchukuo National Railway, China State Railway Group

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-8-2

length

20.3 m

weight

136 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.