REVIEWS 2 YEARS PROGRESS IN RR CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700020112-3
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: November 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Transportation -Rail
Daily newspapers
:dew York; Pcng Kong; China
i7 ~7u1 - 9 Oct 1951
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
R_EVZ_EWS 2 YEARS PROGRESS
IN RR CONSTRUCTION~TRPIVSPORT PERFORMANCE
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A ~ealew of the peat 2 years of xaflway reconstruction and opera-
t~an shows 22,600 kilometers now in operation, three important new
-.;zojecca in the course of conatructfon, and transportation achieve-
mente that have contributed. substantially to the military efforts and
economic prosperity of the countrye
The Ministry of Railways and the National Committee of the Railway
Workeia Ir.bor Union ,Jointly aponaored in Peipin?; a 20-day exhibition
preesntfng six a.apectt~ of re.ilway accomplishment and operation.
Tha T'u_*ig-P?u 1~ELe in Sh~.naf ie now open for its full length fol-
lowing completion, on 2 !inguat 1951, of the section between Yuan-p'ing
and Shu.o-haien, which includes four tunnels and grades up to 2.7 per-
cent between Tuan-chia-ling and Ning-wu.
Slow progress on construction of tl;a bung-Hai extension from Pao-
ck:~ to Tin-chow is blamed on irresponsibility of engineering author-
iti~a and cupidity of contractors,
A Northeast railways loeomotf~re and crew completed. a run of 1,008
kSlomatasa in one 2~-hour period. A locomotive a~tonsw fromaShaotrain
of 51: f'sefgh' L:ara, 561 me~era long weighing 1,835 ~
kuan to Cantor.N A locomotfve and crew hauled a train of 66 freight
cars, 800 met~ra long and 261 tons above ,3tandaxd assigned load, from
Shanghai to Soochow,
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d.eFelop;nent of tha'_ailwaya under the;.preeent .government and. t e ea
RR DEVEIAFMENT CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY -- New York, Hua-ch'iao Jih-
pao, 9 oct 51
P>iping, 29 September (Hain-hue) -- The second anniversary of the eatablieh-
mant of the People?a Republic of,Ohfna~::~a being used as an occasion to note the
h b ri of this
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Y.o~~~~F~ a ~,~k
., - tc?ca? olC tc:].o~~tera _.. 1=n(:,th.
t~;r,r. ':he x3centLy completed ..rast.e:?ation of t?he Yu?n-p?ing--Shoo-halm
~~,,.._c,~ ,-,r ;.;,v T?u~{;-p'u lies in 5h~.na1, all the previously existing lines on
m,_.ll?i.d .^.r~ cn Hainsn are now in oporation. Thaaa amount to over 22,000
3:.nce t:?? .:1d~ile of 1950, new construction has baen at~ut~hounngk~r?8 line,
Cdh ~::. -T;: ;~?-r.:;ot. _ec ti or. of th5 Lu:.g-Hai line. on the Ch eng-
,, _.: ,. ~;,; ? ;:::~r.--Cher.-z:n-kit?-n ~+ect:or, of the Hunan-Kwangei line. The first of
:,. j..,..~-;y,._~_. .=,,.?v :i'ffir,??lt tsrrain but work there ie being paehed vigorously.
Ot: ,_, _s-co::d.. ,-'aiaa era row op3re.ting between Ch-u?>F3]cing and Yung-ch?uan, and
?, n~:,nn~.t '.o fin.eh the fire .1i the waq to Ch?eng-tu during 1952, On the
,~~~,,? ..,~ - -.. y;.:~; began r~.Lnntng t:~rotigh to Nan-ning in March 1951, it is
;,, Nnramber 1951. These three pro,}
..- : ..;_~}?.c;_ty~;cn system has baen able to move minerals, foals, agricul-
;,I.. ?!-r,,,,;7~_~i.w-! r^o3uc' , bes:dea me:~ting military dem=nda. Between
4OG OOG ?.ones o. coa~] (Gboue the same =mount as during
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