Kaitak Reclamation 1923 - Temporary Railway Locomotives after typhoon

Between 17 - 23 August 1923 a strong typhoon hit Hong Kong. Reclamation works, then in progress for the Kai Tak Land Investment Co. at Kowloon Bay, were hit by strong winds demolishing most of the temporary structures. Steam locomotives used on a temporary railway were buried under piles of debris. Is unlikely that the engines were seriously damaged and almost certainly lived to see another day in full steam. The locomotives were 3ft in gauge and appear to be of American manufacture.  The locomotives in this picture do not appear to be new and it is possible they had been used several years earlier on the Tai Tam Reservoir Dam project, completed in  October 1917.