China Railways QJ

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The China Railways QJ (Chinese: 前进; pinyin: Qián Jìn; lit. 'To go forward" or "to advance') is a class of 2-10-2 type steam locomotives used primarily for heavy freight trains. They were introduced in 1956 by the Dalian Locomotive Works, and all of the production locomotives were built by the Datong Locomotive Works. The prototypes and early production of the class were designated HP (Chinese: 和平; pinyin: Hé Píng; lit. 'peace'), being redesignated as FD (Chinese: 反帝; pinyin: Fǎn Dì; lit. 'Anti-Imperialism') class during the Cultural Revolution, before becoming the QJ class in 1971. The class became the primary mainline freight locomotive on the Chinese rail network by the 1980s. Manufactured until 1988, a total of 4,717 were produced. Following the end of steam on the national Chinese railway network, many QJ locomotives were used on industrial lines, as well as on the Jitong railway, and the latter also phased out their QJs in 2005. Several members of the class have been preserved in several...

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