Benxi Steel (US Army) 0-6-0T No. XK2 28(1430)
Benxi, Liaoning, China 		Location: Benxi Steel Works
Status: Preserved
Posted: Mar 23, 2025 @ 13:03:04 by Russell Newman
Here are some technical details on the XK2 Class (United States Army Transportation Corps S100) 0-6-0T locomotives working in China. The XK2 Class 0-6-0T works at a boiler Pressure of 14.5 bar / 211 psi, Cylinders, Diameter/Stroke is at 430 mm x 610 mm, and the Driving Wheel Diameter is 1370 mm. The Overall Weight of the locomotive is 54 Tons and they can carry 1.1 Tons of Coal and 5500 Liters of Water in their side tanks. The United States Army Transportation Corps S100 0-6-0T locomotives were all classed as XK2’s on China Rail and were all built in the United States of America between 1942 to 1944 by the Davenport Locomotive Works in Illinois, H.K. Porter in New York and the Vulcan Ironworks in Pennsylvania. Around 20 of the S100 locomotives were exported to China during 1944. XK28 then Numbered No. 1430 which was built by H.K. Porter in 1943 was sent initially to the UK where it had been loaned to the Ministry of Fuel and Power and would have then been sent to China in 1944.
Posted: May 8, 2021 @ 13:05:26 by Russell Newman
The XK2 Class is a United States Army Transportation Corps S100 or USA 0-6-0T. Built to fit within the British loading gauge numbers of them were sent to the UK, Europe and other parts of the world during the second world war from 1942 to 1944. Like the S160 2-8-0 round 20 S100 USA Dock Tank Locos were sent to China from 1945 and were classed as XK2 on China Rail and were put to work on the Hangzhou Nanchang Railway in eastern China. But as more powerful Chinese built Steam Locomotives took over many of the S100 0-6-0T’s later found their way into industrial service, especially in the steel industry in North, East China at Steelworks at Anshan and Benxi. The last USA Tank locos in China came out service in the early 1990’s and only two survived. XK2 28 originally United States Army Transportation Corps No. 1430 is one of them and worked at Benxi Steel Works until 1992 and was placed into storage at Benxi along with several other steam locomotives ever since. But who knows it could be a candidate for preservation overseas or elsewhere in China some day?