15-17    Number of Railway Locomotives at the Year-end
                 (unit)
Item 1978 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001
             
  Number of Locomotives Owned by       9854 11772 13592 15146 14472 14955
    National Railways                                                          
  Steam Locomotives                    7828 7674 6279 4347 601 381
          Qianjin Model                    2772 4429 4188 2985 261 174
          Jianshe Model                    1092 1216 1644 1329 340 207
  Diesel Locomotives                   1805 3511 5680 8282 10355 10598
          Dongfeng Model IV 326 955 2351 4362 5623 6302
  Electric Locomotives                 221 587 1633 2517 3516 3976
          Shaoshan Model I 154 505 816 814 800 793
  Number of Locomotives Owned by  325 368 378 398 327 348
    Local Railways                                                                   
  Steam Locomotives                  211 239 253 260 159 167
  Diesel Locomotives                 114 129 125 129 168 181
  Number of Locomotives Owned by  454 453
    Joint-venture Railways                           
  Steam Locomotives                  151 151
  Diesel Locomotives                 303 302