Number of Railway Locomotives at the Year-end
(unit)
Item
1978 1985 1990 1995 1998 1999 2000
Number of Locomotives Owned by National Railways 9854 11772 13592 15146 15176 14480 14472
Steam Locomotives 7828 7674 6279 4347 2061 1015 601
Qianjin Model 2772 4429 4188 2985 1266 501 261
Jiefang Model 2019 1403 400 28 4
 
Jianshe Model 1092 1216 1644 1329 789 514 340
Diesel Locomotives 1805 3511 5680 8282 10004 10121 10355
Dongfeng Model 1 672 796 888 791

 
Dongfeng Model 2 130 131 130 120

 
Dongfeng Model 4 326 955 2351 4362 5745 6070 5623
Beijing Model 60 285 349 362 346
 
N D 2 Model
238 282 281

 
N D 5 Model
219 415 410 400
 
Electric Locomotives 221 587 1633 2517 3111 3344 4413
Shaoshan Model 1 154 505 816 814 814 800 800
Number of Locomotives Owned by Local Railways 325 368 378 398 386 358 327
Steam Locomotives 211 239 253 260 231 200 159
Diesel Locomotives 114 129 125 129 155 161 168