| 16-17 Number of Railway Locomotives | |||||||
| (unit) | |||||||
| Item | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Number of Locomotives Owned by | 11770 | 13592 | 15146 | 14472 | 16547 | 18349 | 19590 |
| National Railways | |||||||
| Steam Locomotives | 7672 | 6279 | 4347 | 601 | 94 | 51 | |
| Qianjin Model | 4429 | 4188 | 2985 | 261 | 24 | 18 | |
| Jianshe Model | 1216 | 1644 | 1329 | 340 | 70 | 33 | |
| Diesel Locomotives | 3511 | 5680 | 8282 | 10355 | 11331 | 10041 | 10095 |
| Dongfeng Model IV | 955 | 2351 | 4362 | 5623 | 6443 | 5035 | 4820 |
| Electric Locomotives | 587 | 1633 | 2517 | 3516 | 5122 | 8257 | 9495 |
| Shaoshan Model I | 506 | 816 | 814 | 800 | 664 | 512 | 401 |
| Number of Locomotives Owned by | 386 | 389 | 408 | 327 | 348 | 279 | 295 |
| Local Railways | |||||||
| Steam Locomotives | 246 | 262 | 279 | 159 | 59 | 12 | 6 |
| Diesel Locomotives | 140 | 127 | 129 | 168 | 289 | 260 | 270 |
| Electric Locomotives | 7 | 19 | |||||
| Number of Locomotives Owned by | 454 | 578 | 803 | 836 | |||
| Joint-venture Railways | |||||||
| Steam Locomotives | 151 | 40 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Diesel Locomotives | 303 | 494 | 689 | 716 | |||
| Electric Locomotives | 44 | 105 | 111 | ||||