Friday 17 March 2017

JF -1191 Jie Fang “Liberation” "ZHU DE" locomotive

JF-1191
Jie Fang “Liberation” 1-4-1 mainline general purpose steam locomotive.

Total produced in China  455 (1952-60)
1918 - 1945  Japanese
1952 - 1960  Chinese

Chinese General Zhu De class train JF-1191 was built in Japan in 1942 and renamed after capture in October 1946. Zhu De was head of state in 1975-76.

The first 20 units were built in the USA in 1918, with another 2000 units built in Japan and China for use in Japanese-occupied northeast China and Korea. After the wars over 400 more units were made in China for domestic use. Some were in service until c. 1995.

Length     22.63 m
Loco weight     103.85 tonnes
Maximum speed     80 km/h
Power output     1,152 kW
Tractive effort     240.3 kN

Their service life on mainline routes ended in 1996, but some continued lives in industrial locations.

Jie Fang “Liberation” 1-4-1