... OK, we thought it reversed at Dashiqiao as it has extra time there in each direction, but 8 minutes not enough time to run loco around train. Or is there...
Hi Phil and everyone, I agree with Florian: the Quail atlas is the best source of this information. I find that it takes a bit of practice to identify which ...
There is a new online timetable at http://www.abkk.com/cn/train/search_station.asp, similar to train.tielu.org, but faster and with pinyin names. (Note that...
Folks, Recent website surfing produced the following snippets on new diesel deliveries in China: DF11G: Locos up to at least 0053 have been put into traffic...
... Standards differ quite a lot. examples: Liuzhou: extremly low (10Y category) Harbin & Jinzhou: medium (100Y) etc. Do you have special places of interest,...
Latest ND5 news from Diesel trip in China: NANJING: (195 locos), Freights north of Nanjing were 100% ND5 hauled. Temporary passenger train L601/2 running with...
About 85 photos from recent trip to China are on www.railwayfan.org site: http://www.railwayfan.org/ccj/bbs/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=8&topic=127&show=0 8 pages,...
Phil, Thanks for sharing the photos - I thoroughly enjoyed looking at them, and I'm glad you had a good trip. In response to your query:- DF8 0126 seen after...
... We had a day with the Nanjing rail fans. They think that the festival extras that run from Shanghai - Beijing are DF8B as far as Nanjing for ND5 forward. ...
Phil, As you know, the DF8Bs have a much wider sphere of operation than the original DF8s. The Shanghai freight depot at Nanxiang has a substantial allocation...
Dear Phil, the following URL will lead you to a comprehensive summary about the Lhasa rail link: http://home.c2i.net/schaefer/tibetrail.html Maybe of...
Folks, This morning's web surf on a Chinese site yielded the following interesting news snippets: 1. CSN Sifang is now producing 1m gauge DF21 Co-Co full-width...
http://www.hasea.com/cgi-bin/lb5000/topic.cgi? forum=3&topic=257&show=0 This post shows a DFH1 but a posting further down the page says the one at Shanhaiguan...
Hello everyone, I'm in the process of planning the itinerary for my next China visit, probably March 2005. It will be very much a mixed traction itinerary,...
Roy, Firstly, I know nothing of the "New Long Railroad" but I do know the whereabouts of some blue and cream DF4Bs if that's what you're after. Around the...
Dear Duncan, dear Roy, I do not know why my message, written on Saturday did not come through. Anyway, once again: Unfortunately, I could not find the post on...
Dear Roy, have searched for the NEW LONG railroad on Changjiang- without success. May you tell me the URL of the posting? With some Chinese characters, it will...
Dear Florian, Duncan, and everyone, Many thanks. The relevant URL is: http://chinacmw.398.cn/ccj/bbs/cgi-bin/topic.cgi? forum=9&topic=337&start=36&show=0 It is...
... Could the "New Long Railroad" be the line they are building to Lhasa in Tibet? It would certainly be both "new" and "long"! Brian Rumary, England ...
Dear Roy, As far as I understand the Changjiang report, the line is called "XinChang" Tielu und is situated somewhere in Heilongjiang, Jilin or Liaoning...
Folks, The "New Long Railway" is, I believe, the new JV line running south from Xinyi on the Xuzhou-Lianyunggang line, to Changxing west of Hangzhou. The older...
Dear Florian and everyone, Unfortunately the pictures only show that the deployment information is in the usual place - central lower bodyside, but none are...