The China Railways JS () are a type of

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tender steam locomotive manufactured for use on mainline freight trains, as well as for heavy shunting.

History

The JS was developed at the

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by combining the chassis of the China Railways JF with a new boiler. 1135 locomotives were produced from 1957 to 1965 at Dalian, Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, Datong locomotive works, and the Beijing 7th Feb works. Dalian and Qishuyan manufactured over one thousand. A second tranche was produced from 1981 to 1988. 358 were manufactured by Datong from 1981 to 1986. 434 of a revised 'B' specification were manufactured from 1986 to 1988,. The second tranche received numbers starting from 8001. In total, 1,916 JS locomotives of all types were produced. In the late 1980s, the

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, US, bought JS-8419 for $355,000. The last JS class, JS 8089 that operated at Sandaoling, was retired from service on 15 January 2024.

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.

Gallery

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's JS-8419 File:JS-5151 (Xi'ang).jpg, JS-5151 File:Central South University Railway Campus12.jpg, JS-1953 in Central South University File:China Railways JS 8376 20150614.jpg, JS-8376 in Liuzhou Locomotive Depot File:JS-8401 locomotive in Hangzhou Baita Park.jpg, JS-8347 in Hangzhou Baita Park

Preservation

5000 Series

*JS-5001: is preserved at the

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*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 JS 6500 at the Guangzhou Railway Museum

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-6500: is preserved at Guangzhou 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,

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*JS-8239: is preserved at Gongchangling Iron,

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*JS-8260: is preserved at Songhu Railway's Jiangwan Station Former Site, Shanghai *JS-8284: is preserved at Liuzhou Railway Vacational Technical CollegeSources: * * *JS-8297: is preserved at Nanxiang Power Locomotive Maintenance Base,

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

Guyuan Guyuan ( zh, c=固原, p=Gùyuán ), formerly known as Xihaigu ( zh, links= , c=西海固, p=xīhǎigù, Xiao'erjing: قُ‌يُوًا شِ) or Dayuan (), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republi ...

*JS-8325: is preserved at Tianjin Railway Vacational Technical College *JS-8328: is preserved at

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*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)Sources: * * *JS-8401: is preserved at Hangzhou Jiangshu Railway Heritage Park *JS-8406: is preserved at Hangzhou Paradise *JS-8419: is operational at the

in Iowa, USA *JS-8422: is preserved at Tianjin Binhai Xinjiayuan Railway Cultural Recreation Street

References

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