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The first steam locomotive in China is thought to be a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge 0-4-0T engine used on the Shanghai-Wusong railway.Towards the end of the 19th century concessions obtained from the Qing dynasty enabled foreign powers (Germany, Russia, France and Great Britain) to build railways in China, and they introduced a variety of foreign-built machines.
From the late 1980s and through the 1990s the class were replaced by diesel locomotives. Steam traction officially ended on the Chinese national rail network in 2002, but a few units remained in use up to 2003 on minor lines. [1] The locomotives were also used on large passenger trains, when their high tractive power was advantageous. [11]
Steam locomotives of Hong Kong (2 P) Pages in category "Steam locomotives of China" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total.
The final steam locomotive built in China for use on national railways was SY-1772, completed at Tangshan, in October 1999. [12] After the end of commercial steam operations on Chinese main lines in 2005, some SYs still remained in service for some industrial firms, such as the Sandaoling Coal Mine Railway in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous ...
The JS was developed at the Dalian locomotive works [4] by combining the chassis of the China Railways JF with a new boiler. [3] [6] 1135 [5] locomotives were produced from 1957 [4] to 1965 [5] at Dalian, Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, Datong locomotive works, and the Beijing 7th Feb works. Dalian and Qishuyan manufactured over ...
The Class KF (聯盟型, 'Confederation class', re-designated "ㄎㄈ" or "KF") was a 4-8-4 mainline passenger steam locomotive type built in the United Kingdom by the Vulcan Foundry for the railways of China. Between 1935 and 1936, 24 locomotives were built for the Guangzhou–Hankou Railway, designated as the 600 series. [1]
The China Railways RM (Chinese: 人民; pinyin: rén mín; lit. 'people') type steam locomotive was a type of 4-6-2 mainline general purpose steam locomotive.They were built from 1958-1966 with a total of 258 built they were numbered 1001-1258 .
The China Railways JF (Chinese: 解放; pinyin: Jiěfàng; lit. 'Liberation') class is a name given to a group of classes of steam locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-2 wheel arrangement operated by the China Railway. Originally designated ㄇㄎ壹 (MK1) class by the China Railways in 1951, the present name was assigned to them in 1959. [1]