On this day 30 years ago, to honor the 80th birthday of then-president Chiang Kaishek, the Kuanghua diesel multiple unit (DMU) express trains made their proud debut on Taiwan's railways. As the fastest trains running in western Taiwan, they cut the journey between Taipei and Kaohsiung to only 4 hours 40 minutes.
三十年前的這一天，為了慶祝當時的老總統蔣公八十華誕，柴油快車光華號堂堂加入台灣的列車行列，成為當時西部縱貫線最快的火車，飛奔台北與高雄之間只要四小時四十分。