Friday 17 March 2017

JF6 -3022 Jie Fang “Liberation" locomotive

JF6-3022
Jie Fang “Liberation 6” type 2-8-2 mainline general  purpose locomotive designed in Japan and built in Japan and China.
The PRC supplied 70 units to North Korea during the 1950-1953 war; and another 50 units to Viet Nam during the US war, becoming the GP6 locomotive.
Length 21.2 m
Maximum speed     80 km/h
Power output     938 kW
Tractive effort 240.3 kN 
Total produced  ~475