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Power type Steam Configuration 2-8-2		Total produced 1916 Driver dia. 1,370 mm (53.94 in)

Builder Dalian, Qishuyan, Datong, Beijing 7th Feb works Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in)

The China railways JS class (Chinese: 建设; pinyin: Jiàn Shè; literally: "Construction or Development") was a type of 2-8-2 tender steam locomotive manufactured for use on mainline freight trains, as well as for heavy shunting.

History

The JS class was developed at the Dalian locomotive works; the design used the chassis design of the China Railways JF class, with a new boiler type., The first locomotive was produced in 1957; subsequently Dalian work and Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works produced over 1000 of the class, Datong locomotive works, and the Beijing 7th Feb works also manufactured vehicles. By 1965 1,135 vehicles had been made.

A second production phase began in 1981; Datong produced 358 locomotives by 1986. In 1986 a revised 'B' specification was introduced, and 434 units of this type were made; construction ended in 1988. the second tranche of locomotives received numbers from 8001 upwards. By the end of production 1916 units have been produced of both series combined.

In the late 1980s the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad of Iowa, USA bought a JS type locomotive for $355,000, number JS-8419.

Numbering

Locomotives produced from 1957 to 1965 were numbered JS-5001 to JS-6135. Starting at 5001 avoided overlapping the numbers of the various types of JF occupying the 1 - 4100 (approx) range. Locomotives produced at Datong in the early 1980s were numbered JS-6201 to JS-6558; after the introduction of the revised 'B' specification the locomotives were numbered JS-8001 to JS-8423. A small number of locomotives operating outside the scope of the ministry of railways (industrial railways) received different number designations.

5000 Series

JS-5001: is preserved at the China Railway Museum

JS-5003: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum

JS-5039: is preserved at Beijing Exhibition Center

JS-5301: is preserved at Taiyuan Locomotive Depot, Taiyuan Railway Bureau

JS-5342: is preserved at Weifang Railway Station

6000 Series

JS-6023: is preserved at China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group Co.,Ltd

JS-6244: is preserved at Nanchang Fenghuangzhou Park(Now renamed JS-6289)

JS-6499: is preserved at Hainan Railway Museum

JS-6532: is preserved at Nanjing Railway Vacational Technical College

JS-6533: is preserved at Shandong Architecture University(Now renamed JS-5610)

8000 Series

JS-8010: is preserved at Central South University(Now renamed JS-1953)

JS-8024: is preserved at Jinhua Vocational Technical College

JS-8077: is preserved at Zhengzhou Century Amusement Park(Now renamed JS-8001)

JS-8145: is preserved at Xuhui Riverside Park, Shanghai

JS-8239: is preserved at Gongchangling Iron, Liaoyang

JS-8260: is preserved at Songhu Railway's Jiangwan Station Former Site, Shanghai

JS-8284: is preserved at Liuzhou Railway Vacational Technical College

JS-8297: is preserved at Nanxiang Power Locomotive Maintenance Base, Shanghai Railway Bureau

JS-8316: is preserved at Yuanzhou District NO.6 Middle School, Guyuan

JS-8325: is preserved at Tianjin Railway Vacational Technical College

JS-8328: is preserved at Southwest Jiaotong University

JS-8343: is preserved at Yantai Railway Station

JS-8347: is preserved at Hangzhou Baita Park

JS-8376: is preserved at Liuzhou Locomotive Depot, Nanning Railway Bureau(Now renamed JS-1939)

JS-8401: is preserved at Hangzhou Jiangshu Railway Heritage Park

JS-8406: is preserved at Hangzhou Paradise

JS-8422: is preserved at Tianjin Binhai Xinjiayuan Railway Cultural Recreation Street

References

China Railways JS Wikipedia

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