China Railways ET7
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The China Railways ET7 class of locomotives were a series of 90 0-8-0T machines for industrial use built by Fablok
of Poland.
Many units were still in work in the 1980s and some of the machines remained in use until the 1990s.
Fablok
Fablok is a Polish manufacturer of steam locomotives, based in Chrzanów. Until 1947 the official name was The First Factory of Locomotives in Poland Ltd. , Fablok being a widely used syllabic abbreviation of Fabryka Lokomotyw. It is now named "BUMAR - FABLOK S.A. "...
of Poland.
History
90 locomotives were built and exported to China between 1959 and 1961 for use on industrial sites, including steelworks.Many units were still in work in the 1980s and some of the machines remained in use until the 1990s.