tarboat's photos with the keyword: anshan

Electric locomotives in the semi roundhouse at the Anshan steelworks. these were manufactured either at Hennigsdorf in East Germany or the Skoda works in Czechoslovakia. The larger locomotives were used to move trains of iron ore from the opencast mines some distance away. whilst the rest were to be found in the mines and around the steelworks. The electric system encircled the city of Anshan and until 1990 provided a local passenger service.

SY 0441 leads the loaded slag ladles onto the tipping banks at the Anshan steelworks. The excavator in the foreground was used to load lorries with slag once it has cooled and solidified.

Slag ladles on the move at the Anshan steelworks in north-east China. At the time we were told that the works employed around 250,000 people! It is certainly one of, if not the, largest steelworks in the world.

Sparks fly on this wet day as Anshan tram 1002 cuts across a road intersection in Anshan City under the watchful eye of the policeman on his stand at the left edge of the shot. Sadly the tram system in Anshan has since been abandoned and the tracks removed.

On a grey day with snow pending XK2 No.51 (Davenport 2482 of 1943) shunts a coach from the internal works service at the electric locomotive depot of the Anshan steelworks. This is one of five of these US built locomotives that saw service at Anshan. Today it is plinthed near Heping Bridge, Anshan. A close relation to this locomotive can be seen in this image .

On a grey day with snow pending XK2 No.51 (Davenport 2482 of 1943) shunts a coach from the internal works service at the electric locomotive depot of the Anshan steelworks. This is one of five of these US built locomotives that saw service at Anshan. Today it is plinthed near Heping Bridge, Anshan. A close relation to this locomotive can be seen in this image .

Back in 1992 access was available to the slag banks at the massive Anshan steelworks. SY 0441 leads the loaded slag ladles on a dull afternoon. The excavator in the foreground was used to load lorries with slag once it has cooled and solidified.

Slag tipping at the Anshan Steelworks in Liaoning Province, North-East China - October 1992. The locomotive is SY No.1555.