Kaiping light railroad

Route length:

5 km

Maximum slope :

55 ‰

		standard gauge Kaiping Tramway ^(s)
	0	Kaiping (Tangshan)

	5	Military camp

The Kaiping light railway was a 5 km long light railway with a gauge of 600 mm near Kaiping (Tangshan) in China .

History and route

The German-style light railway connected the Kaiping station of the standard gauge Kaiping Tramway ^(s) with a military camp 5 km away. There were gradients of up to 1:18 (5.5%) on the route. It was built in September 1900 to supply an infantry battalion. Extensive earthworks and rock blasting were necessary during construction. The protection of the railway systems against downpours required special care. The superstructure and the equipment had to be brought from Shanghai and dismantled during transport.

Individual evidence

^ Richard Hennig: The main routes of world traffic. Published by Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1913, p. 224.
^ Richard Hennig (editor: B. Weinstein): Railways of world traffic. JA Barth, Leipzig, 1909. pp. 110-111.
^ Victor Freiherr von Röll: Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Second edition, Volume 5, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin, 1914, p. 57.
^ Alfred Bernd Gottwaldt, Paul Dost, Walter Ess and Karl Sander: Heeresfeldbahnen: Construction and use of the military narrow-gauge railways in two world wars. Motorbuch Verlag, 1986. pp. 66-67.

[1] Richard Hennig: The main routes of world traffic. Published by Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1913, p. 224.

[2] Richard Hennig (editor: B. Weinstein): Railways of world traffic. JA Barth, Leipzig, 1909. pp. 110-111.

[Röll-3] Victor Freiherr von Röll: Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Second edition, Volume 5, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin, 1914, p. 57.

[4] Alfred Bernd Gottwaldt, Paul Dost, Walter Ess and Karl Sander: Heeresfeldbahnen: Construction and use of the military narrow-gauge railways in two world wars. Motorbuch Verlag, 1986. pp. 66-67.