Visit to ChinaPage 1October - November 1987
B.Rumary, 25 Kingscombe, Gurney Slade, Nr.Bath, BA3 4TH, ENGLAND
CHINA - October-November 1987
Locomotive builder abbreviations
China= built by an unknown Chinese works
KB= ?
LEW= VEB Lokomotivbau-Elektrotechnische Werke “Hans Beimler”, Hennigsdorf, DDR.
Mavag= Magyar Állami Vas-, Acél- és Gépgyárak (MAVAG), Budapest, Hungary.
Poland= built by unknown works, Poland
Reºia= Uzinele de Fier i Domeniile din Reia Societate Anonimã Reia, Romania.
(later: Combinatul Metalurgic)
Škoda= Škoda Werk, Plzeò, Czechoslovakia.
SZZ= Shi Zhia Zhiang Works, China
USSR= built by unknown works, Russia
m= builders number found on the motion.
Locomotive information written in italics is from other sources (previous visits, other visitors, etc.), and was not obtained during these visits.
26/10/1987
Narrow Gauge Locomotive Works, Harbin
This works mostly repairs locos for the forestry railways in Manchuria. We were told that they build about 40-70 new steam locos a year. However it is possible that these are assembled here from parts built elsewhere. It is also possible that at least some of these "new" locos are in fact rebuilds. The some of the locos we saw under repair were being stripped right down and being completely rebuilt, and these rebuilds might be officially classed as new locos. 202 and other locos were under repair in the works, with Z6-01012 being steamed. 05, 007 & 50010 were at the s.g. connection, waiting to be loaded onto main-line wagons for shipment their destination. Also there was Kh4-02, which was dumped in a very rusty condition.
762mm (2' 6")
Kp4-020-8-0PolandDer.
050-8-0
0070-8-0
2020-8-0Rep.
500100-8-0
Z6-010120-8-0IS
0-8-0Rep.
0-8-0Rep.
27/10/1987
Forestry railway, Shonzihua, near Yichun
We were told that this line has the following statistics:-
300km of route - longest line c100km. Built 1950
14 steam locos (Nos. 12-25) and 2 diesels.
400+ timber wagons; 7 passenger coaches; 14 PW wagons
260,000 cubic metres of timber produced per year
762mm
120-8-0
130-8-0
140-8-0
150-8-0
160-8-0
190-8-0
0210-8-0
230-8-0
Forestry railway, Yuhua, near Yichun
150km of track, with 9 steam locos. The dismantled locos were dumped at the railway's works, near the narrow gauge station.
762mm
010-8-0
040-8-0
060-8-0Rep
070-8-0
080-8-0
090-8-0
0100-8-0SZZ64.001
0-8-0OKDsm.
0-6-0DDsm
01 4wDMR
28/10/1987
Timber yard, Meixi, between Yichun & Nancha
762mm ?
Three small 4wE's were seen working in this large yard.
Timber yard, Da Fan, between Yichun & Nancha
762mm ?
Two small 4wE's were seen dumped OOU near the main gate. One other loco was seen at work, further inside the yard.
29/10/1987
Forestry railway, Langxiang
This line runs on the south bank of the river, for some distance west of the town, before turning south into the mountains. On this stretch the China Rail mainline to Harbin runs parallel to the forestry line, on the north bank of the river.
762mm
*020-8-0
0220-8-0
0280-8-0
0330-8-0
0340-8-0
There are also at least two bus-type passenger railcars, plus some small motors for track work and other duties.
30/10/1987
Forestry railway, Tieli, between Nancha & Harbin
We rode out on this line for about 40km and saw timber trains coming in as well as a bus-type passenger railcar. We were given the following information about the line:-
230km of track, built by the Japanese in 1940-42
15 steam and 16 diesels (diesels are probably mostly railcars)
420 wagons and 10 passenger coaches
15 kg/m rail weight; 500,000 cubic metres of timber per year.
762mm
B0310230-8-0ChinaK65-45
02-010430-8-0
Z13-010440-8-0Mavag65731952
02-010470-8-0
02-010490-8-0
02-0B310670-8-0SZZ
2/11/1987
Fushun Mining Administration, Fushun
This big industrial complex is based on coal mining, mostly from the opencast West Open Pit Mine. This pit is 6.6km long, 2km wide, and 300m deep and was started in 1914. The coal seam is 40-120m thick, with an average of 118m, and production is about 3,600,000 tonnes per year. The rail system has over 500km of track, with electric locos used for the main work, and steam mostly used for maintenance work.
The main loco workshops are the Steel Checking Factory, where there are steam and electric shops and sheds. There is also a steam service point, with watering and coaling facilities, at Xin Sheng Qiao.
1435mm
KD6-4732-8-0Alco702991942OOU
KD6-4782-8-0Lima82071943
KD6-4892-8-0Lima
DK5-240?2-10-0Reºia?Der
DK5-2492-10-0Reºia?Der
YJ 1782-6-2
SY 01522-8-21969
SY 06282-8-21973
SY 07142-8-2 1972?
SY 13272-8-21984
SY 14002-8-21985
SY 14522-8-21986
027Bo-Bo-BoE
035Bo-Bo-BoE
54Bo-BoE
103Bo-Bo-BoE
104Bo-Bo-BoE? 0400121? 1972
126Bo-Bo-BoE
132Bo-Bo-BoE? 0400300? 1975
153Bo-Bo-BoE
601Bo-BoE
801Bo-BoE
1003Bo-BoE
1012Bo-BoE
1017Bo-BoE
1116Bo-BoEDer
1122Bo-BoE
1125Bo-BoE
1138Bo-BoE
1141Bo-BoEDer
1147Bo-BoE
1150Bo-BoE
1152Bo-BoE
1207Bo-BoE
1209Bo-BoEDer
1212Bo-BoE
1216Bo-BoE
1218Bo-BoE
1220Bo-BoE
1225Bo-BoE
1227Bo-BoE
1228Bo-BoE
1501Bo-Bo-BoE
1508Bo-Bo-BoEŠkoda
1530Bo-Bo-BoE
1534Bo-Bo-BoEŠkoda41881960
1536Bo-Bo-BoEŠkoda00831961
1537Bo-Bo-BoE
1602Bo-BoE
1703Bo-Bo-BoE
1708Bo-Bo-BoELEW92201960
1713Bo-Bo-BoE
1714Bo-Bo-BoELEW93541961
1715Bo-Bo-BoE
1717Bo-Bo-BoELEW93591961
1720Bo-Bo-BoE
1726Bo-Bo-BoELEW93681961
1727Bo-Bo-BoE
1730Bo-Bo-BoE
1731Bo-Bo-BoE
1734Bo-Bo-BoELEW16603 1980?
1801Bo-Bo-BoELEW?
NY1003 14090Bo-BoDLEW14090
NY1003 14094Bo-BoDLEW14094
4/11/1987
Anshan Steel Co.(ANGANG), Anshan
China's biggest iron & steel works, this was started by the Japanese, and by 1939 was the biggest steel works in the Japanese Empire. It now produces 6,000,000t of iron & steel a year.
1435mm
510-6-0TXK2
2-6-2Der
5292-8-2JF1?Der
PL2 2342-6-2Rep
PL2 2382-6-2
PL2 2442-6-21958
2-8-2JF? Der
JF 10182-8-2Der
JF1 5642-8-2Der
JF6 30302-8-2Rep
JF6 32352-8-2Der
JS 52482-8-2
JS 58012-8-2
JS 58062-8-21958
JS 58092-8-2
SY 01142-8-2
SY 01152-8-21974
SY 03072-8-2
SY 04332-8-2
SY 04362-8-2
SY 04402-8-21971
SY 05732-8-21972
SY 08372-8-2
SY 09002-8-2
SY 15052-8-2
121Bo-BoE
BD1 401Bo-BoE
407Bo-BoE
411Bo-BoE
414Bo-BoE
551Bo-BoE
552Bo-BoE
843Bo-BoEUSSR341956
861Bo-BoE? 860026?
863Bo-BoEUSSR?
865Bo-BoEUSSR?
1501Bo-Bo-BoE
1502Bo-Bo-BoE
1504Bo-Bo-BoE
1505Bo-Bo-BoE
7412Bo-BoELEW142391974
7420Bo-BoE
7422Bo-BoE
7425Bo-BoE
9002Bo-BoE
EL1-2Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-3Bo-Bo-BoELEW92131960
EL1-4Bo-Bo-BoELEW92171960
EL1-6Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-19Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-21Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-22Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-26Bo-Bo-BoELEW132421976?
EL2-117Bo-BoELEW93451961
EL2-118Bo-BoELEW93441961OOU
EL2-125Bo-BoELEW 13991
7247?
EL2-128Bo-BoE
KD-17 4wE*
KD-26 4wE*
4wE*
4wE*
Bo-BoDChina840111984JMY380B
001Bo-BoDChina011985JMY380R
002Bo-BoDChina021985JMY380R
003Bo-BoDChina031985JMY380R
004Bo-BoDChina041985JMY380RDer
013Bo-BoDChina0131987JMY380ZM
0020Bo-BoD1975DFH(2)?
0130Bo-BoD1979DFH(5)?
0177Bo-BoD1980DFH(5)
NY1003 17385Bo-BoDLEW17385
V1003 17392Bo-BoDLEW17392
V1003 17393Bo-BoDLEW173931980 Damaged
V1003 17395Bo-BoDLEW17395
V1003 17396Bo-BoDLEW17396
V1003 17397Bo-BoDLEW173971980
NY1003 17398Bo-BoDLEW17398
NY1003 17400Bo-BoDLEW17400
V1003 17402Bo-BoDLEW17402
*coke ovens locos.
5/11/1987
Anshan Steel Co.
1435mm
1501Bo-Bo-BoE
1502Bo-Bo-BoE
1504Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-25Bo-Bo-BoE
EL1-30Bo-Bo-BoE
EL2-128Bo-BoE
EL2-131Bo-BoE
NY1003 17399Bo-BoDLEW17399
V1003 17401Bo-BoDLEW17401
6/12/1987
Tangshan Loco Works, Tangshan
This works was started about 1881 and is still building steam locos. They build about 100 locos per year, mainly class SY. The SY2 class of metre gauge locos were built until 1985. Standard & metre gauge coaches are also built here, and repairs are carried out on diesel locos. During our visit the works was building SY class 282's of the 1580-90 batch and SY 1582, 1585 & 1589 were noted as just finished. The works shunters were YJ104 (2-6-2) and SY 1105 (2-8-2).
Tangshan Coal Mine, Tangshan
This mine consists of the Old & New Shafts. Old Shaft is in the south-west part of the city. There is a line of about 3-4km from there to the New Shaft, which is to the west-south-west of the city. There is a miner's passenger train over this line, consisting of three coaches, usually hauled by SY 0964. This loco has been fitted with a "skyline" casing and smoke deflectors! The loco shed and workshops are at Old Shaft and this appears to be used for coal winding, with New Shaft mainly used for material and man-hauling. The locos are in very good condition, and some carry "slogan" head-boards.
At Old Shaft is an extensive 450mm gauge system, which serves the wood yard and also connects with the underground system. The two diesels seen here are used on the surface lines, and are kept in a loco shed near the wood yard. There appear to be battery locos underground.
There is also an extensive 900mm gauge system at the New Shaft, which carries materials and serves the wood yard there. The narrow gauge loco shed is inside the wood yard, close to the point where the standard gauge line crosses the road.
1435mm
YJ 1382-6-2IS
YJ 2722-6-2IS
SY 03552-8-2IS
SY 09642-8-2IS
Old Shaft
450mm
1 4wDM*
24wDM*
4wBERep
*We were told that these locos were built "in Changzhou Province". This could mean that they were built by Chishuyen Rolling Stock Plant, Changchou, Kiangsu.
900mm
4wBEDsm
New Shaft
900mm
10-6-0D
7/11/1987
Tangshan Coal Mine
1435mm
YJ 1382-6-2IS
YJ 2722-6-2IS
YJ 2732-6-2
SY 00312-8-21967
SY 03552-8-2IS
SY 09642-8-2IS
New Shaft
900mm
10-6-0DChina
20-6-0DChina82.0261982CZ80
20-6-0DChina
130-6-0DChina82.0291982CZ80OOU
0-6-0DChina790131979CZ80
0-6-0DChinaDsm
0-6-0DChinaOOU
8 4wBEKB
76 4wBEKBOOU
4wBE
8/12/1987
Gao Pei Din
This town is about 80km south-west of Beijing, on the line to Shijiazhuang. The narrow gauge runs about 100km westerly to Yi Xan. This is not an open town, and we had some trouble with the local security people.
762mm
28140-8-0Rep
Kp-4 28270-8-0PolandIS
28360-8-0OOU
0-6-0DCZ80
9/11/1987
Capital Steel Works, Beijing
This works was built in the 1930's, but has obviously been modernised quite recently. We were told that a lot of new diesels have come here recently, and so there is much less steam working. However we saw classes XK13 and SY at work. The XK13's were working not far from the main gate, at the ingot casting plant. There were taking ingot moulds from the casting shed to the stripping shed, and bringing back empties, and the action was busy here. The SY's were on slag workings at the blast furnaces.
1435mm
XK13 1140-6-0TPoland? IS
XK13 1150-6-0TPoland? IS
XK13 1160-6-0TPoland? IS
XK13 1190-6-0TPoland? IS
XK13 1300-6-0TPoland? IS
XK13 1310-6-0TPoland? IS
SY 02622-8-2IS
SY 04782-8-2IS
0330Bo-BoD
V1003 17381Bo-BoDLEW17381
V1003 17880Bo-BoDLEW17880
V1003 17896Bo-BoDLEW17896