Tangshan Railway Vehicle

Tangshan Railway Vehicle
唐山轨道客车

Type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Locomotive and rolling stock manufacturing
Founded	1881
Headquarters	Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China
Website	Official website

CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 唐山轨道客车), formerly known as Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, is a manufacturer of locomotives and rolling stock located in Tangshan, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. While Datong built mainline steam locomotives until 1988, Tangshan built steam for industrial use until 1999, becoming the last works in the world to build steam for non-tourist use.

Products

Steam locomotives

• "Rocket of China", first locomotive built in China (1881)
• SY (1958–1999) 2-8-2

Two tourist railways in the United States own Tangshan steam locomotives - The New York, Susquehanna and Western Technical and Historical Society and the Valley Railroad

Diesel locomotives

• DF5

Passenger coaches

• 25B
• 25G
• 25K
• 25T

Multiple units

• TSR09
• CRH3,^[1] a copy of the Siemens Velaro train set
• Two DMUs using Voith transmissions for suburban use with Ghana Railway Corporation.^[2]
• 20 DMU for Bangladesh (2011) ^[3]

Maglev Train^[4]

References

1. "Tangshan rolls out its first 350 km/h train". Railway Gazette International. 11 April 2008.
2. "DMUs shipped to Ghana". Railway Gazette International. 9 April 2009.
3. http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11360473-0-asc-s15.htm
4. "Tangshan begins maglev testing". Railway Gazette International. 27 June 2009.

External links

• Official website