The China Railways QJ 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 locomo
QJ-6200 on display at the China Railways exposition in Sakuragicho, Yokohama, Japan, August 1982
Soviet class OR21-1, 1953. An intended successor to the class OR18, the OR21 served as a basis for the Chinese QJ design.
Prototype locomotive HP-1001 in Tangshan, 1958
Works diagram of the China Railways QJ locomotive
The Iowa Interstate Railroad is a Class II regional railroad operating in the central United States. The railroad is owned by Railroad Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
China Railways QJ
…lines in China in 2010. Two engines withdrawn from use in China, numbers 6988 and 7081 (both former Jitong Railway), were originally acquired by the Iowa Interstate Railroad in 2006 and later donated to Central States Steam Preservation Association. A third, number 7040 (re-numbered to 2008), was acquired by the Lexington…
Iowa City Depot, once part of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, now on IAIS line.
Two trains meet near Altoona, Iowa. At left, train 707 is led by an EMD GP38-2. At right, train 710 is also led by a GP38-2.
Slug #651 coupled to GP38-2 #721
IAIS #708 crossing the Government Bridge at the Mississippi River, southbound from Davenport, Iowa into Rock Island, Illinois