Hello all, Thanks are due to Roger Blundell for his latest report on the qj- country website. He covered 8 different steam locations in June. It shows how...
I agree - his report was fun to read and brought back many memories of all these places - I think after reading it there may be another trip coming on! MR ... ...
A friend of mine has sent some information about a new Bachmann steam locomotive - a Kawasaki (japanese) 4-4-4 streamlined tank version. see my site;...
Hello all, The two QJ's were pulled by a diesel about 90 km from Rock Island, Illinois to Iowa city, Iowa. This was their first substantial movement on their...
Hello all, as usual, Roger Blundell's report is very interesting reading. As I just returned from a short visit to Shibanxi, (as part of a longer non-railway...
Hello all, Recent Japanese postings show 6690 and 6650 (without deflectors) in use, presumably at Yuzhou. Both appear to have drivers black (US and UK style),...
Hello all, just went back to Chengdu after a five day's visit to Shibanxi. The probably most surprising thing: five days of sunshine, must definitely be a...
After the rapid disappearance of all remaining interesting steam locations in China, I have posted some pictures of the highlights of chinese steam during the...
Dear Ian and all, Sorry for my mistaken. Since English is not my first language, when I fond my wrong spelling or some mistaken, I deleted first post and send...
I have also, Ian. Regards Marilyn _____ From: Steam_in_China@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Steam_in_China@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of IAN BOWSKILL Sent: Sunday,...
No problems Jun. I thought it was Yahoo going mad. No need to worry about your English, it is a 1000 times better than my Japanese. Very interesting news from...
Hi Jun, I hope you are well. Your news is very welcome, thankyou very much for posting. Was worth the multiple emails in my opinion. kind regards Peter * My...
Hi Stuart, You will have noticed that Jun has explained all. How are things in Melbourne? My other half is in Yarrambat at the moment, I'll ask her to give you...
... Ian, Fine, warm and sunny. The news is that ex VR Hudson R761 "threw a rod" on a return trip from Ballarat today. Awaiting news of actual damage. Cheers ST...
Dear IAN and all, Thank you very much for kind comments. I will post more carefully next time. One more info from Japanese web site. SHENYANG steam hall...
Jun, Thank you for the information on Weihe and Shenyang Has anyone on the web sites you are reading reported how many steam loco's survive at Weihe Regards ...
... Hello Jun, Will be doing an East-West trip this September 15 - 30 starting in Shanghai and heading to Shibanxi. Cathay Pacific have made some good changes...
Peter, my Anzac bunch is doing something similar, flying "open Jaw" into Urumqi 10 Oct and out of Chengdu 31 Oct In both cases from/to Hong Kong and back...
Hello all, for our travelers from Europe: as KLM has flights to Chengdu since May this year, open jaw tickets from Europe starting for example in Chengdu and...
Hi Trevor, ... steam loco's ... Unfortunately, nobody report particular No. of steam at Weihe yet. But lots of Japanese steam fan are interested in about Weihe...
Hi Jun I am off to Yinghao soon, so am concerned at your news. How can the top end of the line still be working if the mainline is out of action? If the...
Hi Paul, Last report was the end of July, so I check more recent info for you. One of rail fan visited in Yinghao from 5 and 6 August. And he wrote there are...
Hi Paul again, I got more recent info as of 21 August. Do not worry much, Paul. Yinghao is OK now. Two Japanese visitors report that they saw two trains on the...
At about 330PM today when I stopped by the yards, there was smoke coming from the stack of the furthest east engine. Jerry Berwald Iowa City, Iowa (loco's were...
