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.

History

The JS was developed at the Dalian locomotive works[4] by combining the chassis of the China Railways JF with a new boiler.[3][6] 1135[5] locomotives were produced from 1957[4] to 1965[5] at Dalian, Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, Datong locomotive works, and the Beijing 7th Feb works. Dalian and Qishuyan manufactured over one thousand.[4]

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]

In the late 1980s, the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad of Iowa, US, bought JS-8419 for $355,000.[7]

The last JS class, JS 8089 that operated at Sandaoling, was retired from service on 15 January 2024.[8]

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.[3]

Preservation

5000 Series

JS-5039 in Beijing Exhibition Center
  • JS-5001: is preserved at the China Railway Museum[9]
  • 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 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[10]
  • JS-6532: is preserved at Nanjing Railway Vacational Technical College
  • JS-6533: is preserved at Shandong Architecture University (Now renamed JS-5610)

8000 Series

Liuzhou Railway Vacational Technical College's JS-8284[11]
  • 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, Shanghai
  • JS-8239: is preserved at Gongchangling Iron, Liaoyang
  • JS-8260: is preserved at Songhu Railway's Jiangwan Station Former Site, Shanghai
  • JS-8284: is preserved at Liuzhou Railway Vacational Technical College[11]
  • JS-8297: is preserved at Nanxiang Power Locomotive Maintenance Base, Shanghai Railway Bureau
  • JS-8316: is preserved at Yuanzhou District NO.6 Middle School, Guyuan
  • JS-8325: is preserved at Tianjin Railway Vacational Technical College
  • JS-8328: is preserved at Southwest Jiaotong University[12]
  • 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)[13]
  • 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[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 新中国制造的蒸汽机车, www.kepu.net (in Chinese)
  2. ^ a b c "建设（JS）型5001号蒸汽机车" ['Construction' class steam locomotive, JS-5001], www.china.com.cn (in Chinese)
  3. ^ a b c d e Cotterill, Duncan (7 September 2015). "JS Class 2-8-2". Railography. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e 建设型蒸汽机车 [Construction type steam locomotive], www.zztl.com (in Chinese), archived from the original on 23 December 2008
  5. ^ a b c Nozawa, Eiji (2015). "JS class steam locomotive". Kurogane No Michi. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  6. ^ Cotterill, Duncan (7 September 2015). "JF Class 2-8-2". Railography. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  7. ^ 在美國的中國建設型蒸汽機車 [Construction class steam locomotive in the USA], www.readingtimes.com.tw (in Chinese)
  8. ^ 沙湖-sta. "中国最后的蒸汽火车退役了。_哔哩哔哩_bilibili". www.bilibili.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  9. ^ "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
  10. ^ "Guangzhou Railway Museum open to the public starting May 18 | GDToday". www.newsgd.com. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  11. ^ a b Sources:
  12. ^ "国内首个高校机车博物园 在西南交大开园", scnews.newssc.org (in Chinese)
  13. ^ Sources:
  14. ^ "火车文化博物馆滨海欣嘉园火车文化休闲街开放", www.tianjinwe.com (in Chinese)
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Railways_JS
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