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
2-8-2wheel 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]
Composition
"New National Big Mika"type JF1-1299 (ex Manchukuo National ミカイ1299) at Harbin, 1984A dumped JF6 Steam Locomotive in
Heshan,
Laibin, 2014
The JF group of classes is made up of twenty different classes of 2-8-2 steam locomotives:
JF2 - 41 engines inherited from the South Manchuria Railway;
JF3 - 150 engines built in
Czechoslovakia and inherited from the Manchukuo National Railway;
JF4 - 15 engines inherited from the South Manchuria Railway;
JF5 - inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the
Jichang Railway
JF6 - around 475 engines; 5 built new after 1950, rest inherited from the South Manchuria Railway, the Manchukuo National Railway, and North China Transport;
JF7 - originally built for the
Jingfeng Railway, inherited from North China Transport;
JF8 - originally built for the
Huainan Railway, inherited from the Central China Railway;
JF9 - 38 engines of the
Sentetsu Mikasa class, inherited from the Central China Railway;
The locomotives were used across the Chinese railway system, and were in service on the national railway system until 1996; on industrial rail networks some locomotives remained in use until the early 2000s. Several of the class have been preserved.
Preservation
JF1-1191 and JF1-304 at the China Railway MuseumJF2-2525 at Shenyang Railway MuseumJF6-3022 at former Datong Railway Museum, 1999
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
2-8-2wheel 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]
Composition
"New National Big Mika"type JF1-1299 (ex Manchukuo National ミカイ1299) at Harbin, 1984A dumped JF6 Steam Locomotive in
Heshan,
Laibin, 2014
The JF group of classes is made up of twenty different classes of 2-8-2 steam locomotives:
JF2 - 41 engines inherited from the South Manchuria Railway;
JF3 - 150 engines built in
Czechoslovakia and inherited from the Manchukuo National Railway;
JF4 - 15 engines inherited from the South Manchuria Railway;
JF5 - inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the
Jichang Railway
JF6 - around 475 engines; 5 built new after 1950, rest inherited from the South Manchuria Railway, the Manchukuo National Railway, and North China Transport;
JF7 - originally built for the
Jingfeng Railway, inherited from North China Transport;
JF8 - originally built for the
Huainan Railway, inherited from the Central China Railway;
JF9 - 38 engines of the
Sentetsu Mikasa class, inherited from the Central China Railway;
The locomotives were used across the Chinese railway system, and were in service on the national railway system until 1996; on industrial rail networks some locomotives remained in use until the early 2000s. Several of the class have been preserved.
Preservation
JF1-1191 and JF1-304 at the China Railway MuseumJF2-2525 at Shenyang Railway MuseumJF6-3022 at former Datong Railway Museum, 1999