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CNRRA / 389
Hongkong, China -- April 1947
The unloading of 47 such locomotives and their 26-ton tenders, brought to Hongkong from the United States on the trainship Beljeanne as part of UNRRA's China railroad rehabilitation program -- largest locomotive shipment ever unloaded in the Far East -- is now in progress (Photo by Charlie Leong)
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
Vehicles -- China
Railroad locomotives -- China -- Hong Kong
Shipping -- China -- Hong Kong
Railroad construction & maintenance -- China
Hoisting machinery
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Original of: S-0801-0011-1-32: The former Japanese crane ship Seishu Maru begins the one-third-mile run to the tracks of the Kowloon-Canton railway yard
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With a 160-ton UNRRA railroad locomotive suspended in mid-air by its powerful crane, the former Japanese crane ship Seishu Maru begins the one-third-mile run to the tracks of the Kowloon-Canton railway yard.