This is a list of current and retired locomotives in the People's Republic of China.
Steam locomotives The first steam locomotive in China is thought to be a gauge engine used on the Shanghai-Wusong railway. Towards the end of the 19th century concessions obtained from the Qing dynasty enabled foreign powers (Germany, Russia, France and Great Britain) to build railways in China, and they introduced a variety of foreign-built machines. Later Japan gained control over Manchuria as a result of the Treaty of Portsmouth following the Russo-Japanese War and created the South Manchuria Railway from their acquisitions – resulting in Japanese as well as American locomotives being imported into the north-east of China.
After the end of the Second World War China came back under indigenous rule. Locomotives were imported from both the United States and Russia as well as other Communist bloc countries.
Production of steam locomotives continued into the late 20th century. However, steam motive power was supplanted by diesel and electric locomotives as early as the 1950s. The Chinese rail network has been increasingly electrified in the twentieth century.
Broad gauge ModelWheelarr.Build yearBuilderNumber builtOriginaloperatorOriginalclassPhotoNotes X 1898 Baldwin 121 Chinese Eastern Railway Chinese Eastern Railway Х classMNR ソリA class Retired 1945 in China. No. 180 is the only preserved broad gauge steam locomotive in China.
Standard gauge