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Rail Dump Car at the No.1 Cutting excavation site at Hung Hom

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-08-29 10:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

A  rail Dump Car utilized for the Hung Hom Bay Reclamation in 1909. A huge tract of land was being formed for the Kolwoon-Canton Railway's tracks, the Kowloon terminus as well as siding and a depot.

This particular picture show one car being loaded at the excavation site for a rail cutting at Hung Hom. The fill would then be transported  by rail and dumped into Hung Hom Bay for the KCR Reclamation..

Construction Work on the Kowloon-Canton Railway

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-08-29 10:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

This series of photos shows various operations in connection with the track bed formation for Kowloon-Canton Railway in Kowloon.

Hung Hom Bay - Reclamation for KCR ( & Electric Power Station)

Submitted by Chinarail on Thu, 2020-08-27 16:06
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

The scene of the Hung Hom Bay reclamation in 1909 where an extensive tract of land was being reclaimed from the sea for the Kowloon-Canton Railway’s tracks to a Kowloon terminus as well as for a railway depot, sidings and shunting yards. On the left of the photo are two buildings, one with a tall chimney stack, which was the site of Kowloon's first electricity plant, completed in 1903. 

1910 Opening of the Kowloon-Canton Railway

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2020-06-17 13:00
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

The tracks of the KCR were initially on Salisbury Road.

KCR Hall-Scott Motor Coach No.1

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-04-29 13:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922

In May 1921 KCR ordered two sets of motor railcars with trailers from the Hall-Scott Motor Car Company of San Francisco. The intention was to use them on local services in New Territories where passenger demand did not justify long passenger trains with heavy locomotives. 

KCR Hall-Scott Motor Coach - Engine Compartment

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-04-29 13:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922

The coaches were powered by 150 H.P six-cylinder internal combustion engines burning kerosene . The cylinders were 8 in. by 10 in. adapted for use by kerosene as a fuel. Th motor was equipped with a high-tension magneto and distributor with coil connected to two sets of spark plugs. The air compressor was  two-cylinder , water-cooled and powed directly from the engine. 

KCR Hall-Scott Motor Coach - Passenger Compartments

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-04-29 13:40

Each coach could accommodate between 60 and 80 passengers depending on whether configured for a combination 1st and 2nd Class or 2nd and 3rd class passenger seats.

Hall-Scott- Motor Coach with Trailer

Submitted by Chinarail on Wed, 2020-04-29 13:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1922

Each  powered car also came with a matching unpowered trailer coach. These units could also be connected up and towed by steam-locomotive passenger trains

Tai Po Market Station (Temporary Structure)

Submitted by Chinarail on Tue, 2020-04-28 14:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1911

The ornate Tai Po Market station building, which today serves as Hong Kong's Railway Museum, was not completed until 1913, two years after the railway had opened. For the first two years British soldiers encamped up in the New Territories  had to make do with a mat-shed station to shelter from the sun and rain.

KCR - Kowloon Canton Railway ( British Section) [1910-2007]

Submitted by Chinarail on Tue, 2020-04-28 13:37

Detailed planning and negotiations for construction and financing of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (“KCR”) commenced in 1905. The KCR (British Section), operating as a Hong Kong Government Department, was completed and formally opened on 1st October 1910. The Chinese Section ( “CKR”) running from the border at Lo Wu to Canton  was completed a year later opening on 5th October 1911.

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