Class of Chinese steam locomotives From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The China Railways JS (Chinese:建设; pinyin:Jiàn Shè; lit.'Construction or Development') are a type of 2-8-2 tender steam locomotive manufactured for use on mainline freight trains, as well as for heavy shunting.
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,.[3] The second tranche received numbers starting from 8001.[1][2][3]
In total, 1,916 JS locomotives of all types were produced.[1][2]
The last JS class, JS 8089 that operated at Sandaoling, was retired from service on 15 January 2024.[8]
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.[3]
"建设(JS)型5001号蒸汽机车"[Construction class steam locomotive, JS-5001], www.china-rail.org (in Chinese), China Railway Museum, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2012-06-27