China Railways JF

The China Railways JF (Chinese: 解放; pinyin: Jiěfàng; lit.

'Liberation') class is a name given to a group of classes of steam locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-2 wheel arrangement operated by the China Railway.

Originally designated ㄇㄎ壹 (MK1) class by the China Railways in 1951, the present name was assigned to them in 1959.

[1] The JF group of classes is made up of twenty different classes of 2-8-2 steam locomotives: The locomotives were used across the Chinese railway system, and were in service on the national railway system until 1996; on industrial rail networks some locomotives remained in use until the early 2000s.

Several of the class have been preserved.

"New National Big Mika" type JF1-1299 (ex Manchukuo National ミカイ1299) at Harbin, 1984
A dumped JF6 Steam Locomotive in Heshan , Laibin , 2014
JF1-1191 and JF1-304 at the China Railway Museum
JF2-2525 at Shenyang Railway Museum
JF6-3022 at former Datong Railway Museum, 1999
JF51-738 at China Railway Museum