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operated by the

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. is one of the National Coal Board steam locomotives used by China Railways built mostly by

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between 1960 and 2024.

History

The JS was developed at the Dalian locomotive works 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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of Iowa, USA bought JS-8419 for $355,000.

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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Preservation

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

(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,

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

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*JS-8343: is preserved at

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*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 Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in Iowa, USA *JS-8422: is preserved at Tianjin Binhai Xinjiayuan Railway Cultural Recreation Street

References

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