China Railways JS

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 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

The China railways JS class (Chinese: 建设; pinyin: Jiàn Shè; literally: "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.

History

The JS class was developed at the Dalian locomotive works;^[4] the design used the chassis design of the China Railways JF class, with a new boiler type.,^[3][6] The first locomotive was produced in 1957; subsequently Dalian work and Qishuyan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works produced over 1000 of the class, Datong locomotive works, and the Beijing 7th Feb works also manufactured vehicles.^[4] By 1965 1,135 vehicles had been made.^[5]

A second production phase began in 1981; Datong produced 358 locomotives by 1986. In 1986 a revised 'B' specification was introduced, and 434 units of this type were made; construction ended in 1988.^[3] the second tranche of locomotives received numbers from 8001 upwards. By the end of production 1916 units have been produced of both series combined.^[1][2][3]

In the late 1980s the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad of Iowa, USA bought a JS type locomotive for $355,000, number JS-8419.^[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

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  Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad's JS-8419

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  JS-5151

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  JS-1953 in Central South University

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  JS-8376 in Liuzhou Locomotive Depot

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  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

• 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
• 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^[9]
• 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)
• JS-8401: is preserved at Hangzhou Jiangshu Railway Heritage Park
• JS-8406: is preserved at Hangzhou Paradise
• JS-8422: is preserved at Tianjin Binhai Xinjiayuan Railway Cultural Recreation Street^[10]

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. Duncan Cotterill, "JS Class 2-8-2", Railography
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. Sources:
   • 建設型煤水車式蒸汽機車, www.kurogane-rail.jp (in Chinese)
   • "JS(建設)形蒸気機関車", www.kurogane-rail.jp (in Japanese)
6. Duncan Cotterill, "JF Class 2-8-2", www.railography.co.uk
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)
9. "国内首个高校机车博物园 在西南交大开园", scnews.newssc.org (in Chinese)
10. "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)