By Via a reader tip, does anyone know where this locomotive is located?:
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8:47 pm on September 30th, 2009 1
It’s at Imjin Pavilion, Imjingak, the Imjin River train station near the DMZ.
here’s an S&S article about it: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41655
and another: http://www.korea.net/news/News/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20061117008&part=106&SearchDay=
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October 1st, 2009 at 5:48 am
Leon you got another one. You are closing the gap on Mark.
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12:47 am on October 1st, 2009 2
Actually, Dora Station
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:02 am
There is a KORAIL train museum at Dorasan but I’m fairly certain this particular train is at Imjin.
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:17 am
Here come the big guns. The engine is named “Cheol Ma”, meaning iron horse.
IMAGE: http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/topnews/picture?channelId=5003¤tPic=44&picId=10745707
CAPTION: A boy runs past a steam locomotive named “Cheol Ma”, meaning “Iron Horse”, on display in front of the old Imjin River Bridge in Paju, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Seoul, July 5, 2009. According to local media, its last ride was on December 31, 1950 during the Korean War. Carrying military supplies for the allied forces of South Korea, it was departed to Shinuiju in North Korea but it would confront the Chinese army. South Korea and its allies blew it up to avoid it from being used by the North. The steam locomotive was left at Jangdan station in the demilitarized zone almost for 60 years. North Korea test-fired missiles on Saturday, stepping up its saber-rattling and further stoking regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA MILITARY TRANSPORT)
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3:41 am on October 1st, 2009 3
I think this train used to be located near the JSA (I vaguely remember seeing it there many years ago).
In any case, I saw it again last fall. Although I’m pretty sure I saw it at Imgin-gak, it might have been at Dorasan Station (I went to both places on the same day).
There used to be a much better preserved train at Imjin-gak (don’t know if its still there, but if it isn’t I would be suspicious of the motives for replacing a perfectly well preserved train for one that appears to have been bombed). Apparently, it’s name was/is also Cheol Ma.
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/Dmz/pmj010.jpg
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