The Ch'ŏngnyŏnjŏl Kinyŏm-class is composed of two groups of Bo-Bo electric locomotives operated by the Korean State Railway on passenger and freight trains throughout North Korea.
#4048 on the Kŭmgangsan Ch'ŏngnyŏn line
4054 on display at the 3 Revolutions Museum
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The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly called the State Rail. Its headquarters are in P'yŏngyang. The current
Chongnyonjol Kinyom-class locomotive
…The Ch'ŏngnyŏnjŏl Kinyŏm-class (Korean: 청년절기념, "Youth Day Memorial") is composed of two groups of Bo-Bo electric locomotives operated by the Korean State Railway on passenger and freight trains throughout North Korea. In 1981, the Korean State Railway took delivery of seven Francorail-MTE CSE26-21 diesel locomotives…
Ceremony commemorating the completion of the electrification of the Yangdŏk–Sinch'ang section of the P'yŏngwŏn Line in 1948.
A Japanese-built Purŏp'a (부러파) class locomotive in the DPRK during the Korean War.
The ruins of steam locomotive Matei 10, destroyed during the Korean War, at Changdan in 1976.
The Japanese-made electric locomotives inherited from Sentetsu played a key early role in reviving and implementing electrification plans.