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KCR Steam Locmotive No.23 passing under Chatham Road Bridge

Submitted by Chinarail on Tue, 2020-04-28 11:32

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 ...>

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KCR Steam Locmotive No.26 on Turntable at Hung Hom

Submitted by Chinarail on Tue, 2020-04-28 11:32

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 ...>

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Passenger building for the Kowloon Ferry Hong Kong ca1920

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-04-14 03:05

Star Ferry bus terminal, two people entering a bus (think so). Date is estimated. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1922

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Boris Milenko with other HKU engineering students 1938, Kowloon and railway-003.jpg

Submitted by MichaelM on Sat, 2018-01-20 13:57

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 ...>

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Tai Po Market Railway Station - In Its brick and mortar days

Submitted by OldTimer on Sun, 2017-12-31 09:41

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.

Photo source: uwants.com - post #1779 by user albertytwong - http://www.uwants.com/viewthread.php?tid=14833421&page=119#pid212431598 <Read more ...>