Feast of Steam Locomotives at New Railway Museum

2002/12/01

Foreign enthusiasts were the first visitors to the China Railway Museum when it recently opened to the public close to the circular test track of the National Railway Test Center adjacent to the Airport Expressway, reported Beijing Morning Post. Old locomotives named after China's founding fathers, including Mao Zedong and Zhu De, were favorite choices among photographers.

The 16,500-square-meter museum, located in the city's east suburban area, also houses locomotives from Britain, the United States, Japan and Belgium which were bought by China between 1881 and 1979.



	Article featured in Beijing This Month, December 2002 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism