Invention and Engineering

China Railways SL6

The China Railways SL6 (勝利6, Shènglì, "victory") is the People's Republic's designation for a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific" superheated two-cylinder passenger steam locomotives operated by the China Railway. Originally built for the South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu), the Manchukuo National Railway, the Central China Railway and the North China Transportation Company by several Japanese manufacturers between 1934 and 1940, they were the most numerous class of steam passenger locomotive in China, with 422 eventually built.

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• ▸DBK Historic Railway
• ▸Coronation of George IV
• ▸Economic history of World War I

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