District 18 News
Written by King Lu Nuo
2019-12-31 20:02
Last updated: 2019-12-31 20:02The No. 313 car card, which has a history of nearly 100 years, is referred to as Hong Kong's "last remaining steam train card". Since then, many citizens and railway fans have been very concerned about its whereabouts. A few years ago, the Government started the renovation and improvement works of the Hong Kong Railway Museum, which included a comprehensive restoration of the No. 313 car card, and is expected to be transferred to the Railway Museum for permanent display. On the early morning of the New Year's Eve (31st), a citizen photographed a transport vehicle to carry out a transportation test on Anfu Road, Tai Po. Does it mean that the vehicle card is about to meet tourists?
The Hong Kong Railway Museum, completed in 1985, has different train cards for visitors to take pictures. According to the documents submitted by the Home Affairs Bureau to the Legislative Council in 2017, the Bureau proposes to update the museum between 2017 and 2019 to update the permanent exhibition with 14.95 million yuan, of which 6 million yuan is used for repairs, repairs and installations. Historical vehicle number 313.
Car No. 313 has a long history. It is known that it served between 1921 and 1959. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation donated the carriage to the Urban Council in 1989. The Urban Council received it and exhibited it in the Tsim Sha Tsui Science Museum Park . In 1996, due to the need to build a history museum in the park, the No. 313 car card was transported to the roadside of Chaguoling, and it was only covered with canvas as it was discarded. In the past, it has been reported that the car card has become a place for drug abuse. After ten years of "self-destruction", the trucks have been in disrepair for a long time, and they are broken and have a lot of rust.
The LCSD website pointed out that because the old train cards were exhibited in outdoor environments for a long time, the carriage shells made of steel materials would inevitably appear rust, peeling paint, and even structural damage. Therefore, the department ’s metal cultural relics repairers needed to Responsible for the proper restoration and maintenance of these large cultural relics. Car No. 313 is also one of the projects. The information on the website shows that the No. 313 truck is expected to be repaired by the end of 2018 and will be transferred to the Railway Museum for permanent display. Therefore, many citizens and railway fans are paying close attention to the time when this nearly one hundred-year-old truck will officially enter.
The truck driver is too long to enter the museum
Earlier, some citizens photographed that a road closure sign was erected near Anfu Road, Tai Po, indicating that in order to support the transportation of train cards, Anfu Road will be closed in a few days. The Facebook page "Tai Po Traffic" also filmed about 2 am this morning under the arrangement of the transportation company, museum staff and police, and the transportation vehicle was launched for testing on On Fu Road. It can be seen from the photo that a tractor is dragging an empty large iron frame and is trying to enter the railway museum area. However, according to the administrator of "Tai Po Transportation", because the truck was too long, and the museum had to turn backwards to enter the museum, the nearby barbed wire and surrounding walls were not enough to allow the vehicle to turn in. Therefore, the test was announced by 3 am. It is estimated that The delivery project will be postponed, and when the train card 313 will be officially delivered, it is still unknown.
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