China CCTV 9 (English language TV) had a report on its business news that GE has won a contract to supply China Rail with 300 new locos. GE has entered into a...
I couldn't find anything on the Main GE website or the GE China site. GE is supplying 78 locos for the Qinghai-Tibet line. EMD, formerly GM has a contract for...
Details of the new GE's are: 6000 hp Tier II 1 loco to be built in Erie 299 kits with decreasing GE content technology transfer 2007 - 2009 delivery Qishuyan...
Check the following link: http://www.hasea.com/cgi-bin/lb5000/topic.cgi? forum=36&topic=2620&start=12&show=0&man= ND2 0131 was seen very recently in Nanjing....
For those interested in Bachmann model trains, there was recently what seems to be a reedition of the long unavailable green DF4B. I could buy one in the...
Hello, A friend of Bruce Evans worked at Chengde for two weeks recently. He reports about the rail operation, too. Unfortunately he was not able to search...
Julien, Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, I didn't see any ND2s when I was in Nanjing earlier this year. Best wishes, Roy. ... year... ... most ... be...
I like to see a drawing or picture as http://www2.sjgods.sj.se/godsvagnar/last_val.html for the chineese railways. Also the same for electrifyed sections....
I have put a diagram in the Files section. The other outlines show the limits for structures, signals, platforms and for electrified track. Diagram is from...
Found, that ebay currently offers three copies of this excellent book: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8351371505&fromMakeTrack=true ...
Changcun Coal Mine (near Changzhi) recently got its first diesel: DF10D 0056. Also new in the area is DF10D 0014 which seems to belong to Changzhi Steelworks...
1) Can someone solve the following mystery of the DF11? As far as I know all DF11s (as well as the two DF9s) were built at Qishuyan. But recently I found an...
At http://daniel.nordling.nu/jvg/2004-09-27--10-04-Transsibiriska/5457.jpg and http://daniel.nordling.nu/jvg/2004-09-27--10-04- Transsibiriska/5458.jpg there...
MOR Kunming 1m Gauge ... Update on the status of the Chinese Ministry of Railways 1m gauge railway from Kunming, south east China to Vietnam line. DFH21s in...
Hello, First of all thanks for letting me become part of this exiting group! I wanted to share with you that news that yesterday Dec. 4th China exported out of...
There is a posting on Changjiang of a visit to Jiagedaqi depot and a trip on the train to Mohe. It is notable that the northern series of DF7Ds comes in both...
Hi, Thank you for letting me join the group. Does anybody know of any passenger car (& diesel) scale drawings? I wish to make some......wait for it.......Z...
Hi, I am attempting to model Chinese railways in Z scale. Twenty coach trains should be possible in a small space :-)) Does anybody have any helpful thoughts...
Hi Doug, Welcome to the group. You have certainly set yourself a challenge! In the absence of detailed drawings, you might find it helpful to access the...
... This is a third of one of the of the 78 new triple section locos for the Tibet line. The 6000 hp freight locos will follow at a later date. I believe the...
In the "trainorders.com" website they are "slagging off" the new locomotives as ugly. Have they seen their (US) locos recently ( and the ones they sent us [UK...
There are two types of of open wagon that I have seen in China: the C62A and the C16A. Does anyone know what the physical difference is between the C62A and ...