China Railways JF8

China Railways JF8 (解放8)
Huainan Railway Class 300
China Railways JF8 (解放8); Huainan Railway Class 300
	Builder's photo of Huainan Railway No. 307
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Škoda Works
Build date	1935
Total produced	>7
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,321 mm (4 ft 4.0 in)
Length	17,925 mm (58 ft 9.7 in)
Total weight	103.89 t (102.25 long tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	Two, outside
Operators
Career
Operators	Huainan Railway,; Central China Railway,; China Railway
Class	HR: 300 series (1935−1939); CR: ㄇㄎ8 (1951−1959); CR: 解放8 (1959–end)
Number in class	>7
Numbers	HR: 301−307...; CR: 3651−3670
Disposition	All scrapped

Power typeSteam

Build date1935

The China Railways JF8 (解放8, Jiěfàng, "liberation") class steam locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives operated by the China Railway, originally built by the Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia in 1935 for the Huainan Railway.^{[citation needed]}

Postwar