The 'Chinese Engine' at the NRM York

Chinese Government Railways Steam Locomotive 4-8-4 KF Class No 7

The Chinese locomotive is the largest single locomotive in the museum - over 15 foot tall and more than 93 feet long. These locos were the largest single-unit locomotives ever built in the UK. It was presented to the museum by the Chinese Government in 1981.

 

 

Steam Locomotive, Chinese Government Railways, KF7 class 4-8-4 No 607, designed by Colonel Kenneth Cantlie, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1935, withdrawn in 1981