In the "North-China Daily News" of July 1, it was stated in connection vith an order reported te have been placed with the Baldwin Locomotive Ca. and the American Locomotive Ca. for ten new locomotives for Chir.a, that these were the first completely American built locomotives to be built in this country.
The local office of Messrs. Andersen & Meyer point out that American built locomotives were first imported into China in 1897, the first batch numbering 22. Since that date. the number of American built locomotives has steadily increased, until at the end of 1934 there were eno less than 546 such locomotives operating on Chinese railways.
A number of the first American-built locomotives to be imported into this country are said still to be in operation.
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