Bob My doctor in SYdney reccomended that the new combination shot for Tetinus was all that was required. Also check out the Australian smart travellors site...
Marylin, From what I know Taiwan does not have any regular steam workings. There are 3 or 4 locos, 2 from the national railways (TRA), 1 shay at Alishan, and ...
Folks, I have just returned from China where I spent a few days exploring around Tangshan at the end of the trip. I found a number of interesting steam-related...
Hi again folks, Two weeks ago while in China I noted down the numbers of the SYs pictured in a number of very large poster photographs on the walls of the new...
Thanks for the information in both messages. I recall a recent message on Florian's web site (about a year ago?) stating that the power station is dieselised. ...
Hello All I arrived in China at Siping on the Trans-Siberian train from Moscow on 23rd September. There is a shiny JF plinthed very close to the border...
My website has been updated with 27 pictures from my recent trip to Yuanbaoshan, Jingpeng, Lindong and Huanan. http://www.railography.co.uk/zzcn.htm Enjoy, ...
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Marilyn Beale
mbkmav@...
Oct 2, 2004 9:58 am
Thanks for your reply, Bruce. Chinese New year is 9/2/05 and I hope to travel over there so as to be there before and after the date. I will let you know if...
Dunc And enjoy I did Really excellent I think I must be sickening for some thing - I really liked the narrow gauge shots ! Must be an age related thing Ian ......
This morning between 6 and 11 there where 2 empties with diesel going up the Faku-line and I did not wait for their return. Nothing else except the passenger. ...
I don't have alot to say, except three days this week (Thursday- Saturday) saw these loathesome creatures on the pass. Nearly three a day were leading and seen...
All I'm Jon Pratty, a journalist and railway fan writing a story for a Chinese magazine (Beijing Airport Journal) about the last days of steam in China. I've...
Bruce Evans Thanks so much for your explorations. That such steam operations were undiscovered so close to Beijing emphasizes how much is left to find. ...
Dear Jon, If you are serious then there is more than enough information on the net, especially on the trip report section of QJ-country. Our two books, Extreme...
I know of no mandatory innoculations for Aussies travelling to China. I've been there three times this year with no troubles. Cheers Tim Arnot Australia ... ...
Hello I arrived in Baiyin Xi from the Jitong Railway yesterday afternoon,on train 43. Noted a QJ in steam south of Daba in the yard to the north of the power...
What was the name of that big group at Jingpeng? Gloom Unlimited? Well, if talk of diesels and impending doom is getting you down then rejoice. There's also...
Duncan and others looking for positives, I may have been the one who spotted 6977 at Changchun Works. There were several QJs being overhauled for the Jitong...
Folks, Thanks to Charles for partly clarifying the security situation at Baiyin. In some ways it does not seem to have changed from when Roger Gillard and I ...
It all depends how difficult it is to get an Aliens Travel Permit. For many places this used to be just a formality and applications were rarely refused....
Colin, Thanks for that advice. I've gone for the normal triple antigen, including tetanus, Hep A&B, typhoid and flu. Tour leader, John Agnew, Cheers, Bob...
Some time ago I read a thread that mentioned the sale of Chinese steam loco's. The report reffered to either Sujiatun or Mudanjiang selling overhauled QJ's for...
Colin, Tiefa seems to have around 15+ SYs looking for new homes now, some relatively new. Maybe a good place to start. Bruce ... From: "Colin Hussey"...
This is from the original posters of "Black Thursday." We have just returned to the pass from spending two days on the Daban- Chabuga section. The pass...
Dear All, September 30th was the beginning of the end! Daban introduced the regualr use of DF4 on the section to Haoluku. These were no terst-runs anymore. I...
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Maciej Czapkiewicz
geczapki@...
Oct 5, 2004 6:11 pm
What is a reason of installing semamaphores intead of light signals on the 9-year old line? Of course, they look very nice (with steam locomotive in the...
