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Worldwide Narrow Gauges => Two Footers outside of the US => Topic started by: Glenn Christensen on January 15, 2015, 07:00:14 PM

Title: Baldwin 0-10-0s of the Gejiu Jijie 2ft branch between in Yunnan province China
Post by: Glenn Christensen on January 15, 2015, 07:00:14 PM

This link will take you to some good pictures of the branch in its later years.

http://www.kurogane-rail.jp/yunnan/esl23_p0.html (http://www.kurogane-rail.jp/yunnan/esl23_p0.html)


Best Regards,
Glenn

Title: Re: Baldwin 0-10-0s of the Gejiu Jijie 2ft branch between in Yunnan province China
Post by: john d Stone on January 15, 2015, 08:27:01 PM

Great find! I remember seeing a write-up on this operation in an issue of Locomotive and Railway Preservation magazine (I think that's the publication's name) back in the late 80's or early 90's. They are handsome brutes and their Baldwin lineage is quite evident. I wonder if any have survived? And also I am most enjoyable of the translation from Japanese.

Thanks, Glenn! 

Title: Re: Baldwin 0-10-0s of the Gejiu Jijie 2ft branch between in Yunnan province China
Post by: Philip Marshall on January 15, 2015, 09:01:37 PM

My understanding is that three of these 0-10-0s have been preserved, one (No. 23) in Beijing and two (Nos. 26 and 29) in Shanghai.

Field trip to China anyone? :)

P.S. I agree with John, the Japanese-to-English text translation is most enjoyable.
"Just you saw only this photograph you can not believe that this locomotive is 2ft gauge." !!!

Title: Re: Baldwin 0-10-0s of the Gejiu Jijie 2ft branch between in Yunnan province China
Post by: john d Stone on January 15, 2015, 09:54:08 PM

"But the man who is fishing are real Chinese man!"
Couldn't have said it better myself!
They appear to have air operated fire doors and screw reverse. At 45 tons, they're up there in the steel mill 0-4-0T weight class!

Title: Re: Baldwin 0-10-0s of the Gejiu Jijie 2ft branch between in Yunnan province China
Post by: Steve Smith on January 17, 2015, 12:09:09 AM

Reminds me of an item in Readers Digest many, many years ago, about a man from China who was upset about something that went awry on an American train. His outburst ended with, "You no more fit run railroad than God's sake. That's all I hope."