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- 1947-04-01 - 1948-12-31 (Creation)
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CNRRA / 390
Hongkong, China -- April 1947
following a one-third-mile run from the trainship Beljeanne, which brought 47 locomotives and their 26-ton tenders to Hongkong from the United States as part of UNRRA's China railroad rehabilitation program Locomotive unloading operation, largest in Far East history, is now in progress (Photo by 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-0801-0011-1-31: The former Japanese crane ship Seishu Maru with its crane mid-air, nears 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 nears the tracks of the Kowloon-Canton railway yard.