Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1948
KCR No. 23 was one of twelve ( Nos 21-32 ) ex British War Department locomotives shipped to Hong Kong between December 1946 and March 1948 to alleviate the acute shortage of engines following the end of the 2nd world war. They were phased out progressively between 1957 and 63 being replaced by twelve diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering and General Motors. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1947
KCR No. 26 was one of twelve ( Nos 21-32 ) ex British War Department locomotives shipped to Hong Kong between December 1946 and March 1948 to alleviate the acute shortage of engines following the end of the 2nd world war. They were phased out progressively between 1957 and 63 being replaced by twelve diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering and General Motors. <Read more ...>
Kowloon Canton Railway, group photo at a railway siding, probably HKU students (Boris Milenko, wearing a “HKU” shirt), two priests wearing black robes (left), and a young Chinese boy in school uniform (background), 1938. <Read more ...>
Tai Po Market Railway Station, photo taken estimated prior to 1950. I must have seen it in the early 1950s while travelling to and from Canton, but any memory of its appearance is long gone. There are other recent photos, but I know which one to vote if invited to a contest.
