Mike - I wish I could afford that much gear or carry the weight of it all! Actually I had three camera bodies in my bag plus two lenses but had absolutely no ...
Ian, Weihe. Have just been speaking with Jun about Weihe. Confirm that the passenger is not running at all this year. Also Weihe will be closed for one...
Happy New Year everyone, Great news from Ningxia, Bernd. I see the line uses QJ 2690, 2869 and 6545, all former Zhongwei locos. I haven't traced the origin of...
Stupendous shots, Duncan, thanks for sharing them. Makes the current day scene look pretty sad in comparison. ... . . . ... to China ... familiar QJs ... ...
Happy New Year everyone, I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at Duncan's 1984 pictures (including QJ 2690) - absolutely superb!! Re the GuDa railway: I have a...
QJ 2690 is a shadow of it's former self, very shabby now. Sad to see this loco in such a shape. If I have a) time and b) the scanner is repaired, I'll put a...
... Sorry Mike I must disagree with this-at least for the passengers. In my one and only visit to Teifa in late Nov 2002 (for 2.5 days) the pass locos stayed...
Mike, This is NOT a thankyou message. :-) Plan to arrive Weihe 18th Feb so Spring Festival shut down will be out of the way hopefully. Pity about the passenger...
Hi, Richard. Sadly this was not the case on 31/12. SY1749 worked the 07.50 Daming to Tiefa, then disappeared on the 09.16 Tiefa to Daqing. SY0643 arrived at 09...
Wishes for a steamy 2003 to everyone - and may the explorers find us a few more steam lines in China this year! I have a few previous sighting reports for the...
Ian I spent 2 full days in the Tiefa area on my first trip to China in Novmeber 2001, & despite prior adverse comments from other trippers I found it ok. the...
back to an old thread. Around tenyears ago I purchased a screen saver/wallpaper creator package from a group in USA called second nature. They have a...
On my recent visit to Handan I was presented with a booklet on the city by my guide who had been organised through China Travel Service Handan. This was on...
If anyone planning a visit to China would like to borrow my copy of the current Chinese railway timetable please e-mail me. Priority will be given to anyone...
Hi all, Being bored over Xmas I spent a bit of time surfing various Chinese steam web sites and was wondering if any of you can identify the JS location on the...
Of course, there is a narrow gauge railway in Handan. I thought it was diesel so I never visit this railway. I put a map among the other railways with no...
Sorry guys I seemed to have mailed the page not the site link.. der !!! Anyway page can be found at address below www.gxrail.i-p.com. Just click on the JS pic ...
I visited Guangzhou steelworks this past Thursday. We talked with various workers some of whom said there was still steam and some said there wasn't. After a...
I'm not sure this is news, but I noticed a pile of what looks like new rail at Dahuichang in December. It's not enough to build a new line or anything, but it...
Got a mail with news from Taiyuan steelworks. In autumn 2002 they had about 6 to 8 SYs for shunting duties and trips to the ash tip. Locos seen were SY 1605,...
Hello, some more information: Weiyuan coal mine: still running 2 trains per day - on paper. Mostly only the morning train is going. The parallel road is going...
I have now completed my trip report on the above places. This includes a map of Handan Steelworks and other information on Beitai Iron and Steelworks that I...
hello, Is there anyone here will be in WeiHe after Jan.7th? We are making TV episodes named Travelogue featuring the introduction of tourist/backpackers'...
Hi, At the risk of incurring the wrath of some members, the following idea has crossed my mind. With no steam passenger service at Weihe this year, anyone...
For Ian Bowskill Myself and three others will be at Weihe from about 19-22 Feb, having organised ourselves a visit through Li Weishu. I presume that the steam ...
Hello David (and the rest of the group), ... David, I am with my globe steam at Weihe at the moment and can give you this update: the passenger train at Weihe...
