SY (Shang You - Aiming High) Class 2-8-2 was widely used in heavy industry - steel works, mines etc. This is the only class of steam locomotives still being produced in China. Take an example of SY 1772, it was built in October 1999 at Tangshan Works.

	Banker SY1493 at Chengde - Winter 1998. Photo by Robin Gibbons.
	SY0859, 0569 at Guangzhou Steel Works, Guangdong Province - July 1999. Photo by Jacob Wong.
	SY0734 at Guangzhou Steel Works, Guangdong Province - July 1999. Photo by Jacob Wong.
	SY0734 at Guangzhou Steam Works, Guangdong Province - July 1999. Photo by Jacob Wong.
	SY0859 at Guangzhou Steel Works, Xilang, Guangzhou - May 2000. Photo by Rick Wong.
	SY0859 at Guangzhou Steel Works, Xilang (opposite Guangzhou metro terminus, Xi Lang Station), Guangzhou - May 2000. Photo by Rick Wong.
	General arrangement for SY.