Hi Dave, Great photos. Wow! Zhailaenuer in the snow, I bet it was xxx cold there! Regards George ... From: Dave Davidoff To: Steam_in_China@yahoogroups.com ...
Hello, Not willing to start a long discussion on this mail, I want to write a short reaction. I know it's not easy to understand Dutch language for a lot of...
Excuse the slightly ‘off topic’ nature, but we have received a letter from ‘Cindy’ in Chifeng which we can only assume was intended for a gricer! Quite...
Hello all, I hope you are all well. I'm back in the Oz and have completed my trip report in North Eastern China. It's a bit of a long read, so grab a cup of...
Hello all, I hope you are all well. I'm back in the Oz and have completed my trip report in North Eastern China. It's a bit of a long read, so grab a cup of...
Great trip report !! Though disheartened at the quickly vanishing steam :( Gives me some incentive to get my Oct '05 trip report going too !! Thanks !! Mike...
... Thanks for the really interesting report Peter. It is always inspiring to read about journeys to find Chinese steam. The Mudanjiang QJs look really good. ...
Greetings; I am doing research on steam cranes and other steam powered, non- locomotive rolling stock worldwide. My intention is to create another CD-ROM in...
James Please find some pictures attached of the steam cranes at Daban taken in November 2004. I did not record any numbers. Hope these are of use, Regards, ...
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Hi James, We saw two steam cranes at Hegang this year. Z151 #1514. This was built in Qiqihar Locomotive depot in 1988. The 6 axle job class has a name plate...
Hello, I just learned that Huanan NG won`t start working before March 15 this year. Our guide (Mike Ma) phoned Huanan officials and they said that a...
The "other" crane at Hegang is LK3 516. The characters are Chinese phonetics for L and K. 15t is the max capacity for a Z151/2 not fully extended and with ...
Somewhat off-topic, sorry, but thought it would be of interest. Also my apologies if it is old news, but it is new to me. Tonight on the news it was announced...
Also off topic as well - is the German tax payer going to pay for this line as well as for the Shanghai airport line? ameling ... my ... finally ... will...
Please see the additional notes: Yuanbaoshan is running 6 JS locos just now, 6256, 6246, 6544, 8246(hd), 8250, and 8418 (not previously reported ? Has brass...
Hello all, Not to prolong an off topic debate, but the Shanghai Beijing line is intended to be high-speed wheel rail, not maglev. This is stated in the...
Louis As I have been crticised for comments in the past, I do not like making any comments anymore, especially anything that might look like being off topic. ...
Notes on Hangzhou: Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province and its political, economic and cultural center. With its famous natural beauty and cultural ...
What has all this got to do with Steam in China? Is the MAGLEV going to be Steam operated? BA PS I was gricing last week & far too busy gricing, eating &...
The report from our latest trip to China has just been uploaded to the Tractive Efforts website. Main destinations were the SY worked mine railways at...
Hi Duncan, You may have read my report from NE China recently. The SY dumped @ Chengzihe may not have been 1018. It was either this one or 1437 - this the word...
One curio from our recent trip is that there is a small steelworks on the east side of Jixi, alongside the line to JiDong. We didn't have time to investigate...
