Looks like a Kitson 4-6-0 express engine in the livery of the KCR Chinese Section. Photo on page 114 Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) A History - Robert J Phillips
The train looks like travelling northbound on a curve near Wo Hop Shek and approaching Fanling Station. The Kitson 4-6-0 express engines served the KCR through trains in the 1930s, this photo was probably taken pre-war rather than in 1949.
Kitson 0-6-0 and 2-6-4ST Locomotives: Built in 1909 by Kitson & Co, these pulled the original wooden-bodied passenger coaches when the KCR British Section opened on October 1, 1910.
Operations: Expensive to run and physically demanding, they handled cross-border traffic to Guangzhou until replaced.
The Wo Hop Shek Branch Line was a 950-meter railway that operated from 1950 to 1983 to transport coffins and visitors from the Kowloon-Canton Railway main line to the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery in Fanling.
Checked against photos of KCR trains from the 1930s and appears to be from this decade. A large number of photos purchased post-war were in fact taken pre-war and this photo appears to be one of them. Updated.
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Are you sure
this is Hong Kong ? Looks like China to me.
Re: Photo
Source not known. Said to have been taken in Hong Kong. Contributors may be able to provide more information about the locomotive and carriages.
1949 KCR Train
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Looks like a Kitson 4-6-0 express engine in the livery of the KCR Chinese Section. Photo on page 114 Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) A History - Robert J Phillips
HK Urban Council Publication 1990
Not 1949?
The train looks like travelling northbound on a curve near Wo Hop Shek and approaching Fanling Station. The Kitson 4-6-0 express engines served the KCR through trains in the 1930s, this photo was probably taken pre-war rather than in 1949.
Steam Era (1910–1962)
https://gwulo.com/media/55507
Kitson 0-6-0 and 2-6-4ST Locomotives: Built in 1909 by Kitson & Co, these pulled the original wooden-bodied passenger coaches when the KCR British Section opened on October 1, 1910.
Operations: Expensive to run and physically demanding, they handled cross-border traffic to Guangzhou until replaced.
The Wo Hop Shek Branch Line…
The Wo Hop Shek Branch Line was a 950-meter railway that operated from 1950 to 1983 to transport coffins and visitors from the Kowloon-Canton Railway main line to the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery in Fanling.
Re: Photo
Thank you gentlemen.
Checked against photos of KCR trains from the 1930s and appears to be from this decade. A large number of photos purchased post-war were in fact taken pre-war and this photo appears to be one of them. Updated.