Hello all, Does anyone know why the Bejing railroad museum leaves off the main and eccentric rods on the locomotives in the museum? To have exhibits in such...
The rods are removed so that the locomotives can be switched without scoring the rings, valve cages, or cylinder liners. Otherwise, they would have to pull the...
Hello all, Recent information from Chinese sources via Japan show that, in addition to QJ 7124 previously reported, QJ 7125 and 7128 are also in operation...
Hi John Unlikely to be QJs working at Xin-Mi. I was there in Jan 2005 and they had just completed a new diesel shed. Level of traffic very low ( 1 QJ working, ...
There was also 3 other QJ's workign at Zou Xian when My wife and I visited in mid-spetember this year (http://home.iprimus.com.au/unionrr/ewtrip.html) - 6814,...
I was there in April 2005 - see http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~menius/trains/ china434.htm and there were 2 locos working at the terminus/depot and there...
Louis I cant get into that site. Any chance you can post the pics into our photos section? Thanks John Agnew [Non-text portions of this message have been...
John Maybe the problem is that an icon comes up for "language pack installation." If it does, just click the "X" in the upper right hand corner. You won't...
Thanks Louis but cant get the site up at all. After about 6 minutes its still only half way there. Too slow so I have given up, regards John I am on broadband...
John I also posted the same message on a US website, and I think too many people are trying to access the Tiefa website at the same time. Maybe try on the...
John Try the following links http://www.steam-locomotive.cn/lygssteam_english/en_index.asp Go through the news items. or this one & then go to the English page...
According to my information the largest known QJ operation is Pingdingshan with four locos under steam and three on the line at one day. We have seen a QJ...
Thanks Colin that worked no probs mate. Thanks also Louis - we got there, appreciated, merry xmas, John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Peter, Seven QJs are another matter. Three would haven been outranged by PDS. Zou Xian is the winner - for how long? Haven't seen any interesting pictures...
Hello Bernd, For how long is impossible to tell. Zou-Xian is a fairly complex system and very bland at that. Very flat and, at least when we visited in...
Dear Adrian, the loco is running on its last leg. It was impossible to indicate the number of the rusty locomotive. The people we talked to expected that the...
Hello everybody, I'm leaving in a few weeks towards China again. After having read the comments from the last months & especially thse from the last days, I...
Dave, I''ve attached a couple of Google Earth placemarks showing the position of the main workshops and Dadongzhen Yard. (Yahoo will remove these from the post...
Many thanks to Colin Hussey - it worked mate, and to Rob Dickinson for supplying me copies of those new Tiefa photos. Appreciated folks, Kind regards John...
Dave The site that Peter mentioned was open to all & sundry for many years. Today it has very restricted access, owing to a lot of hate mail going onto the ...
Hello everyone, I have recently added a few images from my October 2006 trip to China, these show scenes from Hegang,Huanan(in bad weather conditions)and Jixi ...
Hello everybody, I want to thank everybody who sent me information (private or via this group) about Yanzhou / Zouxian. Of course, after my trip, I will report...
http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~menius/line/lines.htm lists some of the remaining steam operations in the north east but some of them have not been visited...
I forgot to mention the ng iron ore railway at Baicheng (formerly Hunjiang near Tonghua) in Jilin province. This line was partially electrified and I assume it...
Hello John, I visited Hunjiang ng in 1995 with Rob Dickinson. At that time, all ng was electrified and the only remaining C2 was cold. About Waitoushan: my...
