New ES59ACi China GE on test in the US. Look like the Chinese locos are both powering while the two AC6000 are on dynamic braking, very impressive clip and...
Antwerp, Belgium, 08/09/2008, Hello, A new (?) discovery on Ourail: SS3C 0001 in Guiyang depot: http://www.ourail.com/viewthread.php?tid=25648&extra=page%3D1 ...
Hello group, I'm new here and I'd like to say hello to everybody. I'm since some years a reading member in the Steam in China group, but I'm also very ...
Welcome to the group Olaf, In early October 2006 there were about 12 freights in daylight (6 each way) plus a number of light engine movements (helpers...
Antwerp, Belgium, 10/09/2008, Hello, I was there in August 2007, and there were even more trains during daylight hours than the twelve Duncan mentioned...! But...
Hello Everyone, I have a Fotopic website dedicated to Chinese steam, however, in the last few days i have added two new collections to the site which maybe of...
Hello all, Just one word to remind you about the Turpan - Kuerla line which in summer 2007 had westbound freights with 3 locos at the front and one pushing,...
Thanks for this information. Can you tell me please (dumb question, I know), but are they running all those units without MU controls ?? Sees like that negates...
Antwerp, Belgium, 16/09/2008, Hello Duncan and all the others, Well, you might laugh, but I actually used a rather cheap microphone...! ;-) Because I'm a big...
Antwerp, Belgium, 16/09/2008, Hello, English translations for the linked page in Dutch in my previous email: http://www.quasarelectronics.com/173.628.htm ...
Antwerp, Belgium, 16/09/2008, Hello, By the way, maybe I should also mention that the sound quality of the original recordings is better than what you get to...
Hello, I photographed, what i think is a DF1, locomotive at Sujiatun locomotive depot in October 1999. This is the only time i have ever seen this class of...
Brian, All This is a DFH1 (Hydraulic). Ducan Cotterill's site (link below) has another picture. Duncan doesn't mention a DF1 class, although the class referred...
The classification DF and DF1 is more or less exchangeable. Most (not all!) locos of this class had running numbers 1201 to DF19xx. It is your personal choice...
Hello All, I have updated my Chinese Industrial Diesel and Electric collection with images at Fuxin in October 2002. The most recent pictures maybe viewed at ...
Here are some recent workings observed on a couple of recent unplanned off the cuff trips around the Peoples Republic to have a browse. MONDAY 28th JULY 2008 ...
Rare photo! I cannot offer specifics on these yellow ND2s but in case you don't have the background to the type here's some info out there on the web... 387 of...
DF4 0008 has been working freights on the Beijing - Chifeng line yesterday and today. Earliest example I've seen or heard of for a long time. Duncan...
Seems the French meter gauge railway in Yunnan China has got, at least for the moment, a stay of execution. In fact the opposite as the service has actually...
Finally got around to putting some traction photos online. Here's a link for the Chinese locos set. Early days yet but I hope to continue putting up more soon....
CCTV are currently showing a series of 30 minute English language programmes on the Chinese Eastern Railway. There's a lot of political and social history as...
Do we know what ZJ stands for in power unit type identifications? Having a chat with someone who believes the 280ZJ is a Dalian product but I was once told by...
The report from my latest trip to China is now available on the Railography website http://www.railography.co.uk/reports/2008/20081005-cn.htm The main...
Thanks for sharing Duncan. Re the 37E electrics at Fushun, both Clark and Rakov refer to these as 21E. Pritchard uses 37E. Presumably 37E is from the actual ...
The report from my latest trip to China is now available at ... http://www.railography.co.uk/reports/2008/20081115-cn.htm We managed to get to Huanan during...
Antwerp, Belgium, 11/12/2008, Hello, I'm selling one of my brand new Bachmann China ND2's. The seller who sold it to me sent me a wrong item by mistake,...
Today I spotted HXD30198 and SS9-0001 both on passengers entering Shanghai Nan Zhan. HXD3 is usually a heavy freight electric, quite surprising to see them on...