# China Railways JF

The China Railways JF (Chinese: 解放; pinyin: Jiěfàng; lit. 'Liberation') class is a name given to a group of classes of steam locomotives for freight trains with 2-8-2 wheel arrangement operated by the China Railway. Originally designated ㄇㄎ壹 (MK1) class by the China Railways in 1951, the present name was assigned to them in 1959.

## Composition

The JF group of classes is made up of twenty different classes of 2-8-2 steam locomotives:
* JF1 - 2027 engines; 455 built new after 1950, rest inherited from South Manchuria Railway, Manchukuo National Railway, North China Transport, Central China Railway, and private railways;
* JF2 - 41 engines inherited from the South Manchuria Railway;
* JF3 - 150 engines built in Czechoslovakia and inherited from the Manchukuo National Railway;
* JF4 - 15 engines inherited from the South Manchuria Railway;
* JF5 - inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the Jichang Railway
* JF6 - around 475 engines; 5 built new after 1950, rest inherited from the South Manchuria Railway, the Manchukuo National Railway, and North China Transport;
* JF7 - originally built for the Jingfeng Railway, inherited from North China Transport;
* JF8 - originally built for the Huainan Railway, inherited from the Central China Railway;
* JF9 - 38 engines of the Sentetsu Mikasa class, inherited from the Central China Railway;
* JF10 - 30 engines, US Army Transportation Corps S200 class, given to China as postwar reconstruction aid from the UNRRA;
* JF11 - 70 engines inherited from the Central China Railway, originally built for the Jinpu Railway and the Zhegan Railway;
* JF12 - 46 engines inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the Jingsui Railway as Class 300;
* JF13 - inherited from North China Transport, built in Czechoslovakia in 1939;
* JF15 - 6 engines inherited from the Manchukuo National Railway, originally built for the Jihai Railway;
* JF16 - 18 engines inherited from Central China Railway and the Manchukuo National Railway;
* JF17 - inherited from North China Transport, originally built for the Jiaoji Railway;
* JF18 - around 14 engines inherited from South Manchuria Railway;
* JF21 - inherited from the Central China Railway, originally built for the Yuehan Railway.
* JF51 - inherited from the Kunming–Haiphong railway.
The locomotives were used across the Chinese railway system, and were in service on the national railway system until 1996; on industrial rail networks some locomotives remained in use until the early 2000s. Several of the class have been preserved.

## Preservation
### JF$_1$

* JF$_1$-194: is preserved at Lanzhou Jiaotong University
* JF$_1$-304, JF$_1$-1191, JF$_1$-2101, JF$_1$-2121, JF$_1$-4101: are preserved at the China Railway Museum.
* JF$_1$-522: is preserved at Zhan Tianyou Park, Harbin.
* JF$_1$-747: is preserved at Huainan Servicing Workshop, Hefei Locomotive Depot, Shanghai Railway Bureau.
* JF$_1$-886: is preserved at Hengdaohezi Locomotive Depot, Mudanjiang.
* ㄇㄎ1-1115: is preserved at Dandong Korean War Memorial Hall.
* JF$_1$-1861: is preserved at Manzhouli.
* JF$_1$-2023: is preserved at Linglong Park, Beijing
* JF$_1$-2102: is preserved at CSR Sifang Co Ltd.

### JF$_2$

* JF$_2$-2525: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum.

### JF$_3$

* JF$_3$-2558: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum.

### JF$_6$

* JF$_6$-3022: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.
* JF$_6$-3329: is preserved at Shenyang Railway Museum.

### JF$_9$

* JF$_9$-3673: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.

### JF$_{11}$

* JF$_{11}$-3773: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.
* JF$_{11}$-3787: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.

### JF$_{51}$

* JF$_{51}$-738: is preserved at the China Railway Museum.