Line is of meter gage; rails of Vignoles section are 31 ft 6 in. long carried on 12 steel ties; there are 80 steam locomotives and seven rail cars in service; five of latter, constructed by Decauville and used on lines in Indo-China, are equipped with mechanical transmission, power being supplied by Saurer 130-bhp Diesel engines; two rail cars are of Michelin type and run on mountain or Yunnan section.


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    Title :

    Haiphong-Yunnan Fu Railway


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 147 , n 3832


    Publication date :

    1939


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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