The report from our latest trip to China has just been uploaded to the Tractive Efforts website. Main destinations were the SY worked mine railways at...
Apparently there was an item on Chinese TV news this morning about the opening of the new base tunnel on 30 March. Too late I thought! Then it occurred to me...
Next spring I have the intention to travel in Western China to have a look at all the new railways build and in construction. I like to see a link to acurate...
78 locomotives on order from GE USA (C38ACHe) will be NJ2 class. What are the details of the NJ1 and how many are there? What classification will the 300 GE...
Hello Currently bouncing some emails off the chinese newsgroups and attempting to dechipher the results. Here is a quick update on the status of the older...
Hello Currently bouncing some emails off the chinese newsgroups and attempting to dechipher the results. Here is a quick update on the status of the older...
The last posting has goaded my into action.. To post a pic that is. I have put it in the Photo section with my name, John Brouwer. It shows an ND2 in a small...
Hello I've been told West German Henschel NY6-0010 worked L803 from Beijing Nan for the stations last day before closure! Pity I was not there! Thanks Mark...
Hello, before taking a short look on "google-earth". Now they offer a lot of new and clear satelittle pictures many places in China. I realised a localine wich...
an online-article in german language could be found on http://www.sueddeutsche.de/reise/artikel/101/79022/ There are also some pics, e.g. with an DF4A oder B,...
The railway officials announced the timetable into the occupied Tibet: 1)Beijing--Lahsa T27 ,Dep Beijing xi 21:30,The 3rd-day 20:58 arrive Lahsa,All...
Hello, I have seen the Chinese english news talk about some new stamps issued for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. They also talk about some other commemorative...
A photo report on CJBB ( http://www.railwayfan.net/dispbbs.asp? boardID=2&ID=33335&page=6 ) shows, that the new line is open now, the old tracks abandoned....
Hasea board shows quite recent pictures of the Tianzhu Pass line. It seems whether Duncan`s information some months ago was correct: northbound trains still...
Thanks for that Florian, It's definitely Tianzhu although it was page 13 before there was anything I recognised. There was a noticeable lack of SS1s on the ...
Maybe someone can answer my headlight/rear light question? 1) The Bachmann SS9g model has a red+yellow(green) rear light. My first conclusion a production...
The illustrated report from my recent trip to photograph diesels and electrics on the Lanzhou - Wuweinan, Beijing - Chengde, Beijing - Longhua, Beijing -...
Hello, Doing some private research, I recently came across a JMY380B loco lettered "Taihang" (used at the new steelworks at Tianjin). My questions: 1) Does...
Florian, "50 years of China's loco and rolling stock industry" has some info on JMY380s (std and narrow gauge) and TH1, 2 and 9. The THs are shown also as...
http://www.railwayfan.net/dispbbs.asp? boardid=2&replyid=155834&id=38616&page=2&skin=0&Star=1 shows that production of SS3BGs (for Huaihua and Kunming depots)...