The DF (Chinese: 东风; pinyin: Dōngfēng) was a type of diesel-electric locomotive used in the People's Republic of China.

It was the first common mixed-traffic diesel-electric locomotive in China and was used for both passenger and freight services.

[1] DF and DF3 were used in many parts of China but by the late 1980s, more modern diesels, such as the DF4B, had ousted them from primary routes.

[2] DFs have been manufactured by several factories: These three DF Locomotives were imported from China and were numbered 2006 -2008.

The main photo above depicts D16E - 2008 outside the Yen Vien Locomotive Workshop.