I made some minor changes to the schedule. Feb 3rd dep. Haoluku 6.20 am and 1.30 pm. Yesterday four trains with steam over the pass (unpaid). Bernd Bernd...
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Feb 1, 2005 10:28 am
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We have just arrived in Lindong after spending 5 wonderful days in Tiefa. (for the sake of the debate that has been occuring about what can be classified as...
We had one bad experience at Tiefa: We (bill and myself) were at Daobingshan when we were offered a cab ride out to Faku and back, which we happily accepted....
Hello, I only can request, not to follow and support such kind of money cheating (in chinese called "chai lao wai"). Some people (special before and during the...
Sadly wherever tourism goes this behaviour follows.Starts on a small scale at first,then ends up with the World Bank telling third world countries to have two...
Today both Plandampf trains were delayed, but we got two additional for free from Haoluku. Tomorrow the first Plandampf-train is postponed, we have only the...
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Feb 2, 2005 1:43 pm
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I think this reaction is very, very unfair to the loco crew. Of course, they should have asked for money before, and not afterwards. And of course, it would...
As with anything it is a matter of supply and demand. What is the going rate for a cab ride in a 2-10-2 or 2-8-2 on the head end of a freight train in the US...
I agree wholeheartedly. The chance of me riding the footplate of a steam loco on the UK main line is almost nil and the chance of riding the footplate of a...
Firstly I wasn't referring to the crew as lying greedy vultures as individuals.These things start on a small scale,and build to the point where people stop...
My sympathies lie with Sarah on this one and for two reasons. First reason - If you were waiting in the rain for a bus and I stopped my car and asked if you'd...
hello all, I read the first text again and I have to make a little correction. I thought they had join a chaboose ride not a cab ride. However, I only want to...
hello, I can support Daves opinion. I am one of the "youngsters" here. I still remeber the time in 1989/90 in Poland when I took a lot of cab rides free of...
Whilst I agree that it would have been nice for the crew to have mentioned the charge in advance, the analogy with a lift to town is possibly not the best that...
Maybe it is unwise of me to go on about this, but I do want to make some things clear: 1. it is not a nice thing that the crew asked for money afterwards. ...
Dear all, the trains I chartered for today didn't run. The new times are: Daban 08.15 dep and Haoluku 13.00 departure. JiTong's management is reliable: they...
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Feb 3, 2005 1:59 pm
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16th January to 2nd February--------------- 2 days Pingdingshan, 1 day Pingzhuang, 1 day Yuanbaoshan, 3 days Reshui, 1 day Daban & 8 days at Lindong ...
As A former engineman who worked on steam here in Oz, I had the opposite happen on occassions, where some "enthusiasts" deemed it as their "right" to demand a...
After a fresh snowfall overnight, today dawned cold & clear. 4 steam movements, 2 in each direction. 09.10 ex Daban - 7030 10.15 ex Daban - 7009/6639 12.55 ex...
After a fresh snowfall overnight, today dawned cold & clear. 4 steam movements, 2 in each direction. 09.10 ex Daban - 7030 10.15 ex Daban - 7009/6639 12.55 ex...
The 10.15 ex Daban was delayed 1,5 hours, but finally reached the summit in the best evening light. The 12.55 was the last train I paid for - it was scheduled...
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Feb 4, 2005 1:47 pm
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Hello, all! I'm Japanese T.Tsujimoto.,liveing in Shanghai. I and my two of railway friends(living China) maked a new report, that about Zhenjiang (Jiangsu)...
There was an airing recently on 2nd german channel (ZDF) about The Pass in summertime with Bernd and his group strolling around happily. The feature is about 7...
Where I can find some statistics, for example, how much steam locomotives were in 1988, when the steam locomotives production ends up? Regards, Mc...
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Feb 4, 2005 11:00 pm
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I just joined this group. It sounds like I have found a wealth of experienced China gricers. I visited China as an individual traveler in 1993 before the...
Hello all, I just got a message from CITS that all travellers should be aware of unpublished cancellations of soft-sleeper services on night trains during the...
And please, be aware: the spring festival travel period is thought to be from Feb 1 till March 5 - after the spring festival there is the lantern festival ...
Mr toshiaki tsujimoto Thank you for the maps & great Photo's of the Zhengjian system. I enjoyed them very much & hopefullyt the maps will cmoe in handy later ...
