16-19  Fixed Assets of National Railway Transport
        (100 million yuan)
Item 1990 1995 2000 2003 2004
           
  Original Value of Fixed Assets             1253.9 3613.6 5268.8 7872.3 8656.1
      Fixed Assets for Productive Purpose      1116.1 3526.0 5205.7 7784.0 8570.6
          Locomotives, Coaches and Freight Cars  312.1 776.9 816.8 1818.3 2009.5
          Lines                                  545.2 1850.7 2854.4 3691.2 4147.2
          Communications Lines                   19.5 43.2 0.2    
          Communications & Signaling Equipment  35.4 80.8 153.6    
          Buildings                              107.4 489.9 683.1 902.9 938.0
          Machinery and Power Equipment          47.7 84.0 143.6 221.6 252.4
          Conduction Equipment                   34.6 72.5 153.4 117.4 253.9
      Fixed Assets for Non-productive Purposes 106.8                  
      Unused Fixed Assets                      24.5 73.2 56.3 73.8 72.9
      Non-required Fixed Assets                1.0 2.1 1.4 5.8 5.2
      Sealed-up for Safekeeping and Leased     4.4 12.3 5.3 8.7 7.5
      Land                                     0.3                  
  Net Value of Fixed Assets                  889.3 2409.4 3830.1 5658.3 6288.0
  Depreciation of Fixed Assets               364.6 1204.1 1438.7 2214.0 2368.2
           
           
a) Since 1995, the fixed assets for productive purposes have changed to be the fixed assets in use, and included land and the fixed   
    assets for non-productive purpose.