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Greetings:
The top photo is a 24 inch gauge Baldwin 0-10-0 that ran until the early 1990s' on a railroad in south China. A sister locomotive is on display in Kuming?
The lower photo is a standard gauge Vulcan Iron Works 2-6-0 from a mining operation in Inner Mongolia. Lettering on the tender of this locomotive says: "Made in England", but this is incorrect, it was built at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. There was a Vulcan Locomotive Company in England, but they didn't build this locomotive.
I hope this helps.
J.David

Author:	ctjacks [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:	ID help requested for two Chinese steam engines
I am giving a slide show in a few weeks on my China trip, and I would like help identifying these two engines. The first is a narrow-gauge engine at the museum in Beijing, and the second is a display next to the shops in Daban. Thanks. Chris Jacks. [/img]

Author:	J.David [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ID help requested for two Chinese steam engines
Greetings: The top photo is a 24 inch gauge Baldwin 0-10-0 that ran until the early 1990s' on a railroad in south China. A sister locomotive is on display in Kuming? The lower photo is a standard gauge Vulcan Iron Works 2-6-0 from a mining operation in Inner Mongolia. Lettering on the tender of this locomotive says: "Made in England", but this is incorrect, it was built at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. There was a Vulcan Locomotive Company in England, but they didn't build this locomotive. I hope this helps. J.David

Author:	SR&RL No. 10 [ Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:32 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: ID help requested for two Chinese steam engines
For your first 2' guage engine, here's a link for the stats. If go back to to the home page they have a map of the route and towards the bottom of the page, some black and white photos of these 0-10-0 in service. http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/noz/yunnan/esl_sn23.html

Author:	survivingworldsteam [ Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:54 am ]
Post subject:	Re: ID help requested for two Chinese steam engines
J.David wrote: Greetings: The top photo is a 24 inch gauge Baldwin 0-10-0 that ran until the early 1990s' on a railroad in south China. A sister locomotive is on display in Kuming? The lower photo is a standard gauge Vulcan Iron Works 2-6-0 from a mining operation in Inner Mongolia. Lettering on the tender of this locomotive says: "Made in England", but this is incorrect, it was built at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. There was a Vulcan Locomotive Company in England, but they didn't build this locomotive. I hope this helps. J.David J. David; Thank you for your notes about the RN and YJ classes. To return the favor: I have three of the SN class 0-10-0 class locomotives listed: * The one in the Bejing Museum is #23, Baldwin 59262?/1924. * #29 is at Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, China. * #26, Baldwin 59299/1926 is at the Shanghai Railway Museum. I THINK this was the one that was stored at Kuming; I need to look at past reports. The 2-6-0 on display (MG8 4335) is now thought to be Vulcan Iron Works 2433/1918 from the Lung-Hai Rlwy. A shameless plug: pictures and details of the locomotives in the Bejing Museum, the 2-6-0, Shenyang Railway Museum as well as other locations in China are found on my Surviving World Steam Locomotive CD-ROM. -James Hefner Hebrews 10:20a Surviving World Steam Project

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