Taiwan railway was started during the Qing(Ching) Dynasty in 1887 by the then Governor General Liu Ming-chuang. The first run locomotive in Taiwan - Sail Clouds in 1887 the manufacturing industry Hohenzollern had produced the 2 cars of this class. Then Taiwan railway was started 2 Hohenzollern and other 6 locomotives. Sail Clouds had been used to 1924 and now this is kept in Taiwan New Prak. The oldest locomotive in Taiwan is not this. In Taiwan the oldest locomotive is #9. #9 was made with Avonside of England in 1871. When a railway opened in Japan in 1871, it was used between Tokyo and Yokohama. After that, it was sent in Taiwan from Japan.
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