Anybody out there? Everyone preoccupied with steam? A few DF4B snippets from the Chinese websites: 1. It seems that after a break of 5 or 6 years CNR may be...
Hi Bruce, Still out here, but having some trouble accessing the Chinese websites at the moment (despite broadband). Very interesting about the Beijing bureau...
Bruce What body shell do the new build DF4B's have, is it the old style, or the same as DF4E? The DF4E is a more angular design isn't it, like DF4C. thanks ...
Folks, The new Ziyang DF4Bs are the standard shape and appear to be marked for Tianjin depot. A bit surprising because this may not be the main freight depot...
Hello again, Thanks Bruce - curiouser and curiouser! As far as I understand it, Tianjin is an exclusively passenger depot and its recent allocation was as...
Hi Robin, A sad sight - location looks like Jing Jing? On a happier note, there was a feature on one the Chinese sites (can't remember which) a week or two ago...
Rick and I got arrested last Saturday at Zhuzhou Bei while we were photographing the JingGuang main line. We were standing on what appeared to be a public...
Hello everyone, I think Robin is absolutely right: it is largely down to whether police and other officials are used to seeing rail enthusiasts. I had a...
... Quite agree, before our trip we joined this group and posted a few messages. We and had great success with the Nanjing fans showing us around. It made our...
Robin, A frustrating experience. With my present connections I'm pleased I was not with you! Can you perhaps give us a few more details? 1. Were you on a...
We took a taxi to the bridge over the throat of the mashalling yard (Zhuzhou Bei) and found our way down to a road parallet and next to the JingGuang mainline....
A HK enthusiast has posted pics of his recent visit to Zhuzhou Bei http://www.hasea.com/cgi-bin/lb5000/topic.cgi? forum=15&topic=3795&show=0 ... yard ... to ...
Further to Phil Wormald's post. We took L807 from Beijing to Changping with the NY7. On arrival at Changping we were rather dismayed to see a military train...
I've posted my September 2004 trip report on my website: http://www.railography.co.uk/zzcn.htm It's mainly steam but there are plenty of diesel and electric ...
Hello all, What is everyones opinion on the design roots of the 240ZJ power unit that appeared in production models from 1969? The GANZ-Mavag import of 1958...
http://www.railwayfan.org/ccj/bbs/cgi-bin/topic.cgi? forum=15&topic=900&start=0&show=0 has some photos of DJ1 and SS4 double units at Chawu near Beijing on the...
http://www.railwayfan.org/ccj/bbs/cgi-bin/topic.cgi? forum=15&topic=897&start=0&show=0 Also shows new DF4DDs 0050/0051 owned by the Shougang Mining DIvision...
Robin, Duncan and others (the silent majority?), An interesting thread. The two new DF4DDs seemed to be on a passenger train. Anything on this? When I visited...
I was going to say that sounded like a question for Bruce. Changjiang is so slow these days that I have given up trying to get back into the post for the...
At http://www.f15.parsimony.net/forum25608/messages/432700.htm you can see russian tank cars in China. Are the cars running on russian bogies with standard...
More DF8B being built now by Qishuyan: DF8B-0091 - 0096 (Yanzhou depot Ji'nan bureau) DF8B-0097 - 0102 (Xinxiang depot Zhengzhou bureau) DF8B-0103 - 0112...
Message by Phil Wormald, posted on World-Rail-Gen Newsgoup. Might be of interest to group members. Florian "78 full width body locos with single driving cab...
Some notes & questions generated on a trip with a group of kettle bashers in October. 10/10/04 Train K279 1700 hours Beijing – Yichang Shiyan SS8 0111, ...
Dave, Sorry for the delay, this reply has been on my 'to do' list for a little while. If DF4s 0029 and 0038 are in blue or blue and cream livery they are ...
Fuxin owns (at least) three types of sg electric locos: class IVP (LEW 1949/50) Bo-Bo class EL1 (LEW 1950/51) Bo-Bo-Bo Skoda Bo-Bo-Bo The EL1 are, together...
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