The Taipei-Keelung Railway holds the distinction of being the second successful line to be built in China, after the T'anghsu line. In fact, the first locomotives to service Taiwan were rebuilt from dismantled trains formerly used on the Wusung Railway.
台灣鐵路（初即北基鐵路）是僅次於唐胥鐵路後的中國第二條鐵路，最早的兩輛火車頭﹘﹘騰雲號與御風號﹘﹘還是從拆毀的淞滬鐵路上轉運來台使用的。