China Railways JF

Chinese steam locomotive series

JF1-1861 - previously North China Transport ミカイ1861.

| 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)
| Specifications

Gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Sources:[1][2] 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

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"New National Big Mika" type JF1-1299 (ex Manchukuo National ミカイ1299) at Harbin, 1984 A 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:

* 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[broken anchor] \- 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

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JF1-1191 and JF1-304 at the China Railway Museum JF2-2525 at Shenyang Railway Museum JF6-3022 at former Datong Railway Museum, 1999 JF51-738 at China Railway Museum

### JF1

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* 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.

### JF2

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* JF2-2525: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum.

### JF3

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* JF3-2558: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum.

### JF6

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* JF6-3022: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.
* JF6-3329: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum.

### JF9

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* JF9-3673: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.

### JF11

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* JF11-3773: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.
* JF11-3787: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.

### JF51

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* JF51-738: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.

## References

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1. ^ a b 解放型蒸汽机车, www.zztl.com (in Chinese), archived from the original on 25 December 2008
2. ^ "JF1(ミカイ)形蒸気機関車", www.kuroganerail.jp (in Japanese), archived from the original on 2008-04-20, retrieved 2012-06-28
3. ^ "甘肃高校学生零距离研究古蒸汽火车". sd.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
4. ^ 老吴主播, "淮南车间里的解放型蒸汽机车", Sina Weibo (in Chinese)

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