The China Railways JF7 (解放7, ''Jiěfàng'', "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of
2-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the
China Railway, built by the
North British Locomotive Company and assembled by the Tangshan Arsenal,
as well as
American builders between 1913 and 1924.
Twenty-four of these locomotives were originally built for the Jingfeng Railway (also known as the Peking−Mukden Railway in English).
After the
Japanese established the
puppet Provisional Government of the Republic of China in 1938 (part of the
collaborationist Republic of China from 1940 to 1945), these and other privately owned railways in the territory of Provisional Government were nationalised to create the
North China Transportation Company (a subsidiary of the
South Manchuria Railway
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, which designated these the Mikana (ミカナ) class.
After the end of the
Pacific War, these locomotives were passed on to the Republic of China Railway. After the establishment of the
People's Republic of China
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, China Railways designated them ㄇㄎ7 (MK7) class in 1951, and subsequently 解放7 (JF7) class in 1959; they were numbered in the 3601–3650, though the total number of engines is unknown.
JF7-3608 was seen at
Yanzhou in 1981.
China Railways Steam Locomotive JF7 3608 at Yanzhow in 1981
_The Transport LibraryThe last of these locomotives were retired in 1990.
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