The China Railways KD7 are a type of "Consolidation" type steam locomotives. The KD7 locomotives were built in the United States and supplied to China by UNRRA as part of the post war rehabilitation effort in 1946. China received 160 locos while others of the same design went to Belgium as NMBS/SNCB Type 29.KD7 Class 2-8-0s, Railography
In the late 1970s, China began retiring the KD7's and replacing them with JS classes, the last KD7 was used in mainline service in 1988.
At least four KD7s are thought to have been preserved. KD7 534 is at Beijing Railway Museum, KD7 587 is at Shanghai History Museum杭州一蒸汽机车成展品 and KD7 641 is at Shanghai Railway Museum and KD7 513 at the Datong Locomotive Works Museum.山西大同：“蒸汽机车展品”几成巨型垃圾(图) A fifth loco, KD7 511, was reported to be under restoration in Hangzhou in 2002.Hangzhou (Unspecified) Museum, Railography
In 1989, the Arizona-based Grand Canyon Railway (GCR) was looking into acquiring and importing some of the KD7 class 2-8-0s to haul their tourist excursion trains, but they quickly backed out of the deal, due to the Tiananmen Square massacre complicating the exporting process.
See also China Railways KD6 China Railways JF10 NMBS/SNCB Type 29
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