Number of Railway Locomotives at the Year-end
(unit)  
Item 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number of Locomotives Owned
by National Railways
15146 14472 14955 15159 15456 16066
Steam Locomotives 4347 601 381 109 94  
  Qianjin Model 2985 261 174 31 24  
  Jianshe Model 1329 340 207 78 70  
Diesel Locomotives 8282 10355 10598 10752 10778  
  Dongfeng Model IV 4362 5623 6302 6373 6411  
Electric Locomotives 2517 3516 3976 3876 4584  
  Shaoshan Model I 814 800 793 749 707  
Number of Locomotives Owned
by Local Railways
398 327 348 357 359 352
Steam Locomotives 260 159 167 141 131  
Diesel Locomotives 129 168 181 216 228  
Number of Locomotives Owned
by Joint-venture Railways
  454 453 510 505 604
Steam Locomotives   151 151 124 118  
Diesel Locomotives   303 302 344 349  
Electric Locomotives       42 38