The Beijing (), mostly referred to as BJ, is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive used in the

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. It is named after the capital city of China,

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. BJ were made in two different versions, a standard version and a kou'an (port) version. , a diesel electric locomotive based on DF7B, has a similar appearance to the Beijing locomotive.

North Korea

From 2002 the

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has received a number of BJ class locomotives second-hand from China. They are used mostly for heavy shunting and on local freight trains around P'yŏngyang. At least 33 have been delivered, numbered in the 내연301 - 내연333 series (내연 = ''Naeyŏn'', "internal combustion"); most are still painted in their original Chinese blue livery, but a few have been repainted into the standard

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n scheme of light blue over dark green, and at least one, 내연310, is painted in a scheme identical to the Chinese green livery used on Chinese DF4 locomotives.

Gallery

File:Typ Beijing (Beijing Hauptbahnhof).jpg, BJ at Beijing Railway Station File:Beijing Diesel locomotive 1002.jpg, BJ 1002 at Manzhouli Railway Station File:Beijing Diesel locomotive 3001.jpg, BJ 3001 at Beijing Erqi Locomotive Factory File:Beijing 3003 locomotive 20111007.jpg, BJ 3003 at the China Railway Museum File:BJ2007 at Shidu Railway Station (dsc 4006).jpg, BJ 2007 at Shidu station in Fangshan District, Beijing File:中国铁路北京型6001号内燃机车.jpg, BJ 6001 (built type EQJ1)

References

BJ Locomotives of North Korea B-B locomotives Standard-gauge locomotives of China Standard-gauge locomotives of North Korea Railway locomotives introduced in 1970 {{PRChina-rail-transport-stub