| Number of Railway Locomotives at the Year-end | ||||||||
| Unit: unit | ||||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | ||
| Number of Locomotives Owned by National Railways | 9854 | 11772 | 13592 | 15146 | 14472 | 14955 | ||
| Steam Locomotives | 7828 | 7674 | 6279 | 4347 | 601 | 381 | ||
| Qianjin Model | 2772 | 4429 | 4188 | 2985 | 261 | 174 | ||
| Jianshe Model | 1092 | 1216 | 1644 | 1329 | 340 | 207 | ||
| Diesel Locomotives | 1805 | 3511 | 5680 | 8282 | 10355 | 10598 | ||
| Dongfeng Model IV | 326 | 955 | 2351 | 4362 | 5623 | 6302 | ||
| Electric Locomotives | 221 | 587 | 1633 | 2517 | 3516 | 3976 | ||
| Shaoshan Model I | 154 | 505 | 816 | 814 | 800 | 793 | ||
| Number of Locomotives Owned by Local Railways | 325 | 368 | 378 | 398 | 327 | 348 | ||
| Steam Locomotives | 211 | 239 | 253 | 260 | 159 | 167 | ||
| Diesel Locomotives | 114 | 129 | 125 | 129 | 168 | 181 | ||
| Number of Locomotives Owned by Joint-venture Railways | 454 | 453 | ||||||
| Steam Locomotives | 151 | 151 | ||||||
| Diesel Locomotives | 303 | 302 | ||||||