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- 1946-03-01 - 1948-12-31 (Creation)
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CNRRA / 10
Shanghai, China -- March 1946
A total of 250 locomotives, 3,450 units of rolling stock and thousands of steel rails and wooden ties are also being shipped to China by UNRRA To assist in the difficult unloading operations, US Navy patrol craft diverted harbor traffic to avoid dangerous swaying which would have been caused by the heavy backwash of vessels passing close to the unloading ship (Photo by Wipperman)
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
Vehicles -- China
Railroad locomotives -- China -- Wusong
Shipping -- China -- Wusong
Railroad construction & maintenance -- China
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
RM
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Original of: S-0801-0011-1-34: A fully-assembled, 90-ton MacArthur type railroad locomotive is swung to the tracks at Shanghai's Woosung docks
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A fully-assembled, 90-ton MacArthur type railroad locomotive is swung to the tracks at Shanghai's Woosung docks to be used in UNRRA's rehabilitation of China's railroad.