China Railways RM
RM 人民 Type and origin Power type Steam Builder CSR Sifang Co Ltd. Serial number RM 1001 - 1258 Build date 1958-1966 Total produced ~258 Rebuild date None Number rebuilt None
Performance figures Maximum speed 110 km/h (68 mph) Power output 1,397 hp (1,042 kW) (at wheels )
Career Operators China Railway Number in class 258 Numbers 1001-1258 Retired 1980-1999 Preserved 2 Scrapped 1982-2005 Disposition 2 preserved, remainder scrapped
The China Railways RM (Chinese: Chinese : 人民 ; pinyin : rén mín ; lit. 'people' ) type steam locomotive was a type of 4-6-2 mainline general purpose steam locomotive . They were built from 1958-1966 with a total of 258 built they were numbered 1001-1258 . The first Locomotives were retired and scrapped in the 1980’s with the last ones retired between 1990 and 1999 .
Preservation
RM-1001
RM-1163 at
Aioi ,
Hyogo in
Japan which was later scrapped in 2006.
In fiction
In the 2016 animated film Thomas & Friends: The Great Race , the 2018 animated film Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! and Thomas & Friends Series 22, 23 and 24, a Chinese character named Yong Bao was based on the RM Class.[3]
See also
Notes
^ However someone think it is not RM.[2]
References
Steam
Standard gauge Narrow gauge
C2
DK51
FN51
JF51
KD51
KD52
KD55
MG51
MG52
PL51
PL52
RJ
SN
TH55
XK51 (1)
XK51 (2)
YC
Diesel
Diesel hydraulic Diesel electric
Electric
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