China Railways JS

The China railways JS class (Chinese: 建设; pinyin: Jiàn Shè; lit.: 'Construction or Development') was a type of 2-8-2 tender steam locomotive manufactured for use on mainline freight trains, as well as for heavy shunting.

JS 建设 JianShe
JS 5001 at the Beijing Railway Museum
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Dalian, Qishuyan, Datong, Beijing 7th Feb works Total produced 1916[1][2][3]
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,370 mm (53.94 in) Minimum curve 145 m (476 ft) Wheelbase 4.419 m (14 ft 5.98 in) (fixed) 10.192 m (33 ft 5.3 in) (locoo) 20.487 m (67 ft 2.6 in) (total loco+tender) Length total: ≈23 m (75 ft 6 in) (loco + tender) Width 3.332 m (10 ft 11.18 in) Height ≈4.7 m (15 ft 5.04 in) Adhesive weight 79.78 t (78.52 long tons; 87.94 short tons) (adhesive weight) Loco weight ≈103 t (101 long tons; 114 short tons) (91.3 t (89.9 long tons; 100.6 short tons) empty) Tender weight 32 t (31.5 long tons; 35.3 short tons) (empty) Tender cap. 17 t (16.7 long tons; 18.7 short tons) (coal), 35 m^3 (1,200 cu ft) (water) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 5.08 m^2 (54.7 sq ft) Boiler pressure 15 atm (1,500 kPa; 220 psi) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 580 mm × 710 mm (22.835 in × 27.953 in) bore x stroke
Performance figures Maximum speed 85 km/h (53 mph) Power output 2,270 hp (1,690 kW) (at rail) Tractive effort ≈250 kN (56,000 lbf) (247.7 kN or 55,700 lbf,[1] 261.5 kN or 58,800 lbf[4])
Sources:[4][5] except where noted

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, 1916 JS locomotives of all types were produced.[1][2]

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

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]

Gallery

• 
  Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad's JS-8419
• 
  JS-5151
• 
  JS-1953 in Central South University
• 
  JS-8376 in Liuzhou Locomotive Depot
• 
  Hangzhou Baita Park's JS-8347

Preservation

5000 Series

JS-5039 in Beijing Exhibition Center

• JS-5001: is preserved at the China Railway Museum[8]
• 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

Liuzhou Railway Vacational Technical College's JS-8284[9]

• 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[9]
• 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[10]
• 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)[11]
• JS-8401: is preserved at Hangzhou Jiangshu Railway Heritage Park
• JS-8406: is preserved at Hangzhou Paradise
• JS-8419: is preserved at the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in the US
• JS-8422: is preserved at Tianjin Binhai Xinjiayuan Railway Cultural Recreation Street[12]

References

1. 新中国制造的蒸汽机车, www.kepu.net (in Chinese)
2. "建设（JS）型5001号蒸汽机车" ['Construction' class steam locomotive, JS-5001], www.china.com.cn (in Chinese)
3. Cotterill, Duncan (7 September 2015). "JS Class 2-8-2". Railography. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
4. 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. 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. "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
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10. "国内首个高校机车博物园 在西南交大开园", scnews.newssc.org (in Chinese)
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    • "柳州机务段"镇段之宝"蒸汽机车小别"宝座"两天后，经过21次重复的作业，终于昂首挺胸的回到自己的"宝座"。", weibo.com (in Chinese)
12. "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)