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The Korean State Railway is the operating arm of the Ministry of Railways of North Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 철도성; MR: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk Ch'ŏldosŏng), commonly called the State Rail (Korean: 국철; MR: Kukch'ŏl) [1] and has its headquarters at P'yŏngyang. The current Minister of Railways is ...
After the partition of Korea in 1945, the station was located in North Korea, where it was operated by the Korean State Railway as part of the northern section of the Gyeongwon Line until September 1950. [2] It was closed in 1950 due to the Korean War, but was restored and reopened as a museum in 1988.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
Wŏnsan station (Korean: 원산역) is a railway station located in Yangji-dong, Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It is on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. [1] Locomotive and freight car maintenance facilities are located here. [2]
Kŭmgangsan Electric Railway DeHaNi class 3rd class electric railcar with baggage compartment, different to the DeHaNi 100 class. DeRoHaNi class 2nd/3rd class electric railcar with baggage compartment, preserved in Korean State Railway markings at the P'yŏngyang Railway Museum.
Like the Matei class, which was the largest of all Sentetsu's freight locomotives, the Pashiko class had a firegrate area of 6.2 m 2 (67 sq ft), and like the Pashishi and its related classes, it was designed to use lignite abundant in Korea, which is less efficient than anthracite and thus requires a large heating area, and featured a ...
Starting in 1967, the Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Factory in Voroshilovgrad, USSR (now Luhansk, Ukraine), began production of 64 K62-class variants of the M62 for the Korean State Railway. [4] The Kim Chong-t'ae works subsequently reverse-engineered these locomotives, along with their diesel engines and other components imported from the USSR. [5]
Map of North Korean railroads. Rail transport in North Korea is provided by Korean State Railway (조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 철도성, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk Ch'ŏldosŏng) which is the only rail operator in North Korea.