China Railways AM3Shanghai–Nanjing Railway Class 400 Locomotive number 401 of the Huning Railway
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder ALCo Build date 1923−1929 Total produced 26
Specifications Configuration: • Whyte 4-4-0 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in ) standard gauge Driver dia.2,000 mm (78.74 in) Length 17,340 mm (56 ft 10+ 5 ⁄8 in)Total weight 103.9 t (102.3 long tons; 114.5 short tons)
The China Railways AM3 class steam locomotive was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the China Railway , built by the American Locomotive Company in the United States between 1923 and 1929.[ 1]
Twenty-six of these locomotives were originally built for the Huning Railway .[ 1] After the establishment of the puppet government of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China during the Japanese occupation , they were operated by the Central China Railway , which had been created in 1939 to manage all railway operations in the territory of the collaborationist government by nationalising all privately owned railways in the territory.[ 2]
After the end of the Pacific War , these locomotives were passed on to the Republic of China Railway. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China , China Railways designated them ㄚㄇ3 (AM3) class in 1951; the class was retired in 1955.[ 1]
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