China Railways JF

Specifications
Specifications
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Alco, Kawasaki, Hitachi, Sifang works, Dalian works, Qiqihar works, Shenyang works
Total produced	~2000 (1918-45); 455 (1952-60)

解放
JF
解放; JF
	JF1-1861 - previously North China Transport ミカイ1861.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Alco, Kawasaki, Hitachi, Sifang works, Dalian works, Qiqihar works, Shenyang works
Total produced	~2000 (1918-45); 455 (1952-60)
Gauge
Specifications
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
	Sources: except where noted

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]

Composition

The JF group of classes is made up of twenty different classes of 2-8-2 steam locomotives:

JF1 - 2027 engines; 455 built new after 1950, rest inherited from South Manchuria Railway, Manchukuo National Railway, North China Transport, Central China Railway, and private railways;
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;
JF10 - 30 engines, US Army Transportation Corps S200 class, given to China as postwar reconstruction aid from the UNRRA;
JF11 - 70 engines inherited from the Central China Railway, originally built for the Jinpu Railway and the Zhegan Railway;
JF12 - 46 engines inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the Jingsui Railway as Class 300;
JF13 - inherited from North China Transport, built in Czechoslovakia in 1939;
JF15 - 6 engines inherited from the Manchukuo National Railway, originally built for the Jihai Railway;
JF16 - 18 engines inherited from Central China Railway and the Manchukuo National Railway;
JF17 - inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the Jiaoji Railway;
JF18 - around 14 engines inherited from South Manchuria Railway;
JF21 - inherited from the Central China Railway, originally built for the Yuehan Railway.
JF51 - inherited from the Kunming–Haiphong 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

JF₁-194: is preserved at Lanzhou Jiaotong University^[3]
JF₁-304, JF₁-1191, JF₁-2101, JF₁-2121, JF₁-4101: are preserved at the China Railway Museum.
JF₁-522: is preserved at Zhan Tianyou Park, Harbin.
JF₁-747: is preserved at Huainan Servicing Workshop, Hefei Locomotive Depot, Shanghai Railway Bureau.^[4]
JF₁-886: is preserved at Hengdaohezi Locomotive Depot, Mudanjiang.
ㄇㄎ1-1115: is preserved at Dandong Korean War Memorial Hall.
JF₁-1861: is preserved at Manzhouli.
JF₁-2023: is preserved at Linglong Park, Beijing
JF₁-2102: is preserved at CSR Sifang Co Ltd.