The China Railways KD7 type steam locomotive was a type of 2-8-0 mainline general purpose steam locomotive. KD7 locomotives were built in the

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and supplied to China by

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as part of the post war rehabilitation effort in 1946. China received 160 locos while others of the same design went to

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as NMBS/SNCB Type 29. At least four KD7s are thought to have been preserved. KD7 534 is at

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, KD7 587 is at

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and KD7 641 is at Shanghai Railway Museum and KD7 513 at the Datong Locomotive Works Museum. A fifth loco, KD7 511, was reported to be under restoration in Hangzhou in 2002.Hangzhou (Unspecified) Museum
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