China Railways JF


The China Railways JF class is a name given to a group of classes of steam locomotives for freight trains with "Mikado" wheel arrangement operated by the China Railway. Originally designated ㄇㄎ壹 class by the China Railways in 1951, the present name was assigned to them in 1959.

Composition

The JF group of classes is made up of twenty different classes of 2-8-2 steam locomotives:
The locomotives were used across the Chinese railway system, and were in service on the national railway system until 1996 when the railway began retiring the units; on industrial rail networks some locomotives remained in use until the last JF locomotive, No. 2368, was last used in mainline service in March 2005. The last JF locomotive, No. 2446, was last reported in use was in March 2007. No. 886, was restored to operating condition in 2006 at the Beipiao Mining Railway, and was last reported in storage in working order. Several of the class have been preserved.

Preservation

JF1

JF2

JF3

JF6

JF9

JF11

JF51