The China Railways FD class of locomotives were 2-10-2 steam locomotives of the Russian FD locomotive

Steam locomotive FD

The russian locomotive class FD FD from Felix Dzerzhinsky, russian: ФД from Феликс Дзержинский was a soviet russian main freight steam locomotive type. Between 1932 to 1942 years 3213 locomotives were built.- History :...

 type imported from Russia and regauged for use in China.

History

The FD class locomotives were imported from Russia from 1958 to provide main line freight motive power for the chinese railways. Over 1000 units were acquired and remained in service until 1985.

When imported the class were designated YH (YouHao meaning 'friendship'), but after the breakdown of Sino-Soviet relations during the Cultural revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

 (see Sino–Soviet split) the class were renamed FX (FanXiu meaning 'anti-revisionist

Anti-Revisionist

In the Marxist–Leninist movement, anti-revisionism refers to a doctrine which upholds the line of theory and practice associated with Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, and usually either Mao Zedong or Enver Hoxha as well...

'). In 1971 the class were returned to the original designation 'FD' of soviet russian origin (after Felix Dzerzhinsky).

Preservation

As of 2009 FD number 1979 is preserved at the Beijing Railway Museum

China Railway Museum

The China Railway Museum is a Chinese museum preserving locomotives built in the People's Republic of China since 1949. The museum offers a total exhibition space of 16500m² and 8 exhibition tracks....

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