CHUNG-CHING/KUEI-YANG RAIL LINE, CHINA
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CHUNG-CHING/KUEI-YANG RAIL LINE
The Chung-ching/Kuei-yang Rail Line, located in southwestern China.,
is the northernmost link of a. rail system directly connecting the Szechwan
Basin with southeastern China and North Vietnam via. Liu-chou, China
(24 18N - 109 22E).. This rail line extends from Chung-ching (29 34N -
106 32E) southward to Kuei-ya,ng (26 35N - 106 42E), a, distance of approx-
imately 210 nm (Figure 1).
Construction of this rail line was started during 1958-59, but was
stopped or slowed during 1960-62. 0 photography of
other links of the rail system connecting the Szechwan Basin with south-
eastern China, and North Vietnam via. Liu-chou, China are in use, this entire
rail system may now be considered operable.
reveals that the rail line has been completed and is in use. As 511
The two longest bridges on the rail line are the 2,200 foot Chung-
ching Bridge over the Yangtze (Figure 8) and a 500 foot
six span deck-type bridge over the Wu Chiang (Figure 5). Rolling stock
was observed in several rail yards along the line including four such
rail yards shown in the attached Figures 3, 4, 6 and 7.
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ACIC. ONC-H-11 Szechwan Basin, Scale 1:1,000,000, 2nd Ed., March 1963
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AMS. Series L500, NG 48-8, Kuei-yang, Scale 1:250,000, 1st Ed.,April 1959
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AM. Series L500, NG 48-4, Tsun-i, Scale 1:250,000, 1st Ed., June 1965
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AMS. Series L500, NH 48-16, Tung-tzu, Scale 1:250,000, 1st Ed. December'1963
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