Thanks everyone, particularly those who who contributed their own photos to the competition. The high quality of the entries and the wide variety of styles and...
Mr.Kong Xian Ke who is a tour guide at Chengde reports; The Chengde steelworks will start to use 4 additional new diesels from around July 15, 2003. After the...
In planning my trip for later in the year, I have been made aware that there is a group of around 60 planning to be there be for 5 days starting from 2...
Hello all, Appologies if this has already been covered, i will be in China during the same week as the national (?) public holiday period in early October. I...
Dear photo competition participant, voters and group members, thank you very much for the positive feedback. I suggest to start a "second edition" of the...
Hello, This e-mail has got nothing to do with steam! 1) I just want to tell you that I`ve added a new section to my homepage : http://www.qj-country.de/mytrips...
Hello to all! What's the current situation on the Wangdu - Baihe NG system South of BJ ? Is it definitly closed / dieselized ? Does anybody know a bit more...
Hello Alex! Wangdu - Baihe was built in 1959. Length: 46 km. Staff in November 2001: 387 persons (130 retired, but still paid from the railway), Freight:...
Hello, I just have banned the following member because of posting SPAM : jennifertollen4@... This member joined only a few days ago and was approved as...
Hello, This is just a recommendation of a book. I have just got a copy of a Japanese book titled "Iron Wheel of the Mainland" (ISBN4-87112-323-5, published on...
Florian: Will rules permit photos that are not contemporary? I have shots (China rail) dating back to 1986. These include older classes like RM, SL, JF, KD Ron...
As per my report from Dec 2002 posted on Rob's website, the line was closed at this time. I got a colleague to phone from our Shanghai office in Feb/March and...
Hello Alex & the rest of the gang, Wangdu is still operating on a very low level, 1 train per week or sometimes none for a month. 2 steam locomotives are...
Florian This proves that it is worth moderating the members. We only got one spam message before you stopped them. Keep up the good work. If you ever need...
Hello, I just received the information that the Tianjin Salt Railway was closed recently. Apparently the local authorities used the possibility to shut the...
I expect many of you already know but 21st Century Steam has at long last been published. Judging by the feedback so far it has been well worth the...
... Of course, non-contemporary pics are welcome, too. In the last contest, there were two "older" pics (from Nancha and Muling) as well. By the way : a group...
I think being "anonymus" would be good ... From: "Florian Menius" <webmaster@...> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003 10:04 pm Subject: AW: [Steam_in_China]...
Anonymous posting would not permit the use of a "copyright" notice embedded into the picture, which many of us find important when posting to the internet....
John, Given that a copyright notice can be 'painted' out in seconds, I doubt the inclusion of such a notice would give much protection. I would prefer an...
There are other ways of establishing copyright than putting a notice on each individual picture. For example, a prominent notice on the web page: "All images...
In the United States, you can apply for Federal copyroght protection of photos and of books containing photos, by contacting the Library of Congress and asking...
Raymond Lillie
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A suggestion would be to have the next photo contest limited to photos taken in the 12 months prior to the contest. Perhaps a second contest could be for...
I am currently planning a 3 week trip to the Jitong line in late November, early December. The guide we plan to use has advised me of a large group of about...
Hello All, In case you haven't heard, on Robin Gibbons' "Railways of China" website is a news item dated July 6 about a previously unknown QJ operation on the...
