I have about 5 days to spend around Liuzhou-Hechi next month. Is Heshan--Laibin worth including or would the day be better spent in Liuzhou or Hechi? The...
Hello Chris, on my site you'll find the timetable for freight trains for Laibin - Heshan. You can be sure that there will be at least one train with steam...
Hi, I was in Yuzhou in October and can confirm that this is the terminus of the line. Coal will come in by truck. The station itself is boring. Bernd Bernd...
Fuxin - 11/29 & 11/30 Still going gangbusters. 17 different SYs seen in use over two days, all clean and three ex-works. At repair shop one being steamed, one...
I visited the Zhun Ge Er line for three days and found it a delight. Things are changing quickly, however, so I will make a bit of a report here instead of...
Can anyone tell me if the Beijing Railway Museum is open all the year round and if so, on which days of the week. From previous messages in the archive it...
The best way to get here is by locomotive, 32 km. If you can't talk your way onto a QJ, howver (there aren't any cabooses), it is 55 km by car. Start at the...
Hi, I've just completed an update of the Ji-Tong Travelguide for 2004, albeit a little late, and uploaded it as a .pdf-file to the files section of this...
Oops ! The last bus from Zhoujiawan leaves at 17.10, not at 19.10 as I typed wrongly. If you want to visit Haizita, the road to it is 8.8 km past the...
Message from +447970029096 Duncan Cotterill BJ3241 working again. Line difficult to phot due to wires but good shots around mines. Locos filthy but thrashed...
Hello everybody, following up a discussion some weeks ago I would like to know if one of the group members has experiences with digital cameras at low ...
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Hello, Regarding the use of the IBM microdrive: I never had to use it when it was very, very cold. But even with near zero temperatures it is obvious that the...
I've been using a pair of microdrives with my 10D around freezing with no problems. This included periods up several hours out in the cold. It may be a...
Three diesel instructors in the room next to mine here in the Daban Jiwuduan. No diesels in the near future here, but they have extra crews without much to...
... I have no personal experience of the Microdrives. However I should point out that these were once a good alternative to flash cards, as they gave much ...
Hello; some time ago, I allready launched some questions about a planned trip to China. With only two weeks left, I have some further questions. - I've read...
Hi:Dave If you want to visit Beijing JF, you must booked 2 days early ,200yuan only get 30 mintues photo, JF factory(27 factory) is near Dahuichang where to...
Being now on the windown stage of my visit to China whic, has take me to many places, some of which I dearly want to visit again, along with some new ones, I...
I am interested in obtaining opinions on an A5 format version of my Chinese Railway Timetable, to assist in planning for the next (April 2004) edition. To date...
Hello all, I am now at Weiyuan city, Sichuan Provience for visiting to Weiyuan Coal Railway. Local people say the steam is still running, so waiting for...
Message from +447970029096 Duncan Cotterill The diesels have arrived - early DF4 - 0444, 0544, 0549 seen today. Only working to Zhelimu - Chabuga to Daban all...
Hello all, Today's Official Chinese government webpage, http://english.peopledaily.com/cn has stories on how acute the shortage of coal for power generation is...
Oops! the correct website is http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/ Sorry! ... From: "notenfrog" <ltcerny@...> To: <Steam_in_China@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Hello Duncan, Although I travel light in China with just a shoulder bag I would prefer an A4 format timetable. This size is better when used for advance...
dahhuich: bus 385 no longer runbs from gonchengli station. Go west, then turn left, there are minibuses taking you to a level crossing where you can get a bus...
Hans Schaefer and I today helped a crew shovel coal out of the tender of QJ 6125 as it is being withdrawn. 7009 was busy shunting in the storage tracks making...
Message from +447970029096 Duncan Cotterill Rumours from rly staff: Chabuga Tongliao all diesel from 1/1/04, Chabuga Daban next (when?), Daban to get first few...
Dear Louis, Gaobeidian Local Railway was first reported by Bruce Evans about one year ago (http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~menius/trains/china347.htm). By the...
