I think if I were part of a predominantly female group such as a quilting or knitting circle, I would think long and hard before criticising them for the...
... Me thinks that many of the group members know a lot more than what they let on. Doesn't surprise me in the least given the attitudes of some of the folk on...
Hello everybody, just a few notes about the last days,more information will follow as soon as possible: Jixi: Visited Chengzihe and Hengshan between 17th and...
The following report of the East European Rail Tours Autumn Steam in China trip was intended for QJ-country. However Glyn Dawson of Chicago got his report...
I hope this is not just repeating, too much, what is already clear. My wife, Dandan (known as Jessie to some Jingpeng visitors), has taken a look at the...
Hello all, This gets even more mysterious. If the Chaoyang Local railway is the one that runs from Chaoyang to Manshan, I was there in August 2003 and it had...
My feeling is that small pockets of steam will remain at various locations throughout China until well after the 2008 olympics. As it is more economic in many ...
Hello, I just read the interesting news from Markus. Thanks a lot for these news. But I am really surprised when I read the mafianews about Huanan. But in a...
Hello, I just read the interesting news from Markus. Thanks a lot for these news. But I am really surprised when I read the mafianews about Huanan. But in a...
Does anyone have an update on Weihe? Has it closed again as planned now the the road is (should be) open again? Are there really no plans to use the facilities...
The origins and real class designations for the 28t 0-8-0 commonly called C2 is extremely confused. I doubt if anyone will ever come up with a definitive...
Huanan: There is demand of money from the forest authorities (only one man there). If you can avoid him - nothing to pay - if you bump in him - you have a...
Hi John, According to information by Japanese reporter who visited Weihe at the end of October as following; 24/10 There are 4 passenger trains run as usual. ...
"8226 undergoing valve examination, this loco has plastic clip on number 8223 both on loco and tender why ? The proper number is under the clip on one and...
"Weihe September 17th The madam of the local brothel had a side line in trying to persuade members of the group to hire motor bikes and riders to get to more ...
I am unpleasantly surprised by the ongoing discussion about the anzac report. What happened? One group member writes in a rather ''personal'' style about what...
Thanks Ameling As humans we all have different perceptions and reactions to this sort of topic - this is clearly visible. It was not meant to be a Male vs...
Hello group, Just to let you all know that i have added more images to my fotopic website " Steam and the Dragon " of scenes around Nancha in January 1994,...
Goodonyermate. I couldn't be bothered getting drawn into that nonsense. Much more important things to attend to, like updating the maps etc. Will will send...
... quick note On ebay uk at the moment are listed a number of Continental railway journals. One batch from 1977 to 1979 include a number of early trip reports...
In the latest issue of Track and Signal here in Australia, there is a small piece where it says that ( General Electric of USA has signed a $600 million dollar...
Sorry but I made an error in describing the possible Roumanian loco at Dahuichang as an 0-6-0t. Checking through "Isotia locomotivelor si a cailor ferate din...
I doubt that these locos have been standard gauge. In 1958 Romania didn't produce any non superheated 0-8-0 standard gauge locomotives. But they made a lot of...
Thanks to Jeff and Bernd for their interesting responses to my question. The data I obtained was from copied from a hand-written notebook owned by Mr Shang,...
It's really difficult to get information from decades ago. Chinese don't care much their own history younger than 1,000 years. There are proud about centuries...
"General Electric of USA has signed a $600 million dollar contract with the Chinese Ministry of Railways to build THREE HUNDRED 6,000 h.p. locomotives in...
It may have been overlooked that Resita supplied ten standard gauge 2-10-0 locos of CFR class 150 (basically copies of Reichsbahn class 50) to China in 1958....
... Quite old news though, this was announced in April 2005. There was also an announcement the previous year that GE were to custom build 78 4000HP diesels...
The YJ and SY formally stationed at Daihuichang for shunting the works sidings were just part of Capital Iron & Steel's fleet of industrial steam locos. In...
"Isotia locomotivelor si a cailor ferate din Banatul Montan" give 1E-h2 1435mm Resita 2916-2927 1958 I-X Export China Dt-n2 1435mm Resita 3022-3031 1958...
