Hello all, Four locos under steam, three line service. Sensation: They reopened the station Dajiuguan. The station was closed and parts of the siding have been...
Hello all, I have added a few more images of my first ever trip to the Jingpeng pass, way back in October 1998, these show scenes of QJ's at Tongliao ...
Hello,a great group to find! Im planning a steamy November visit, & have just spent hours with the Quail map trying to find some of the best locations. Is...
Dear Terry: please check my web site:www.jun-railjourney.com to try your need.if you need my help,please let me know best wishes yours:jun terrytenzin...
Hi Terry-to get some idea of places to visit go to my website at www.eerailtours.eu <http://www.eerailtours.eu/> and look at the Chinese tours past and...
Pingdingshan planned to replace the QJs by diesel in November 2007. All trains to mine 4 are diesel now. Kind regards from Beijing, Bernd Newsletter: visit...
This piece of advice is simply not true! It is perfectly possible to travel in China without a guide and the purchase of tickets etc is relatively easy -...
Bernd, Thanks for this. Does this mean replacing the Yuzhou line QJs with diesels? The main Pingdingshan system's QJs have already been relegated to reserve...
I knew I should have elaborated on this, but tried to keep the text fairly short. I know that a number of people do find their way around China quite happily...
Hello all, Whether a guide is useful, depends on a lot of things, e.g: * Time versus money. A guide can save you some time; but at a cost. To state it is ''a...
Hello Ammeling, you are absoluteley right. A aditional language guide to recommend is the "German" only "Ohne Wörter Buch" (Phrase Book without words). It...
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Hi Adrian, As far as I know Pingdingshan bought the line to Yuzhou and will replace the QJs on this line. Greetings, Bernd Newsletter: visit www.FarRail.com ...
You can't send attachments to the Steam_in_China group. You need to refer to the attachment elsewhere (for examples in the group Photos section or on your own...
Hello Bernd and the others, Now this is a confusing message to me... Why? Well, we found QJ6650 just getting it's numbers painted after an overhaul (clearly...
Hi Dave and others, it was never a problem for the Chinese to dump fresh overhauled locomotives. In Zoucheng they used the completely overhauled QJ 3538 for...
Hello Bernd, Thanks for your quick response. About the dumping of steam engines after an overhaul: you're right, we're talking about China. Let's see what will...
Have just finished 3 days at Pingdingshan, 2 at Baofeng and am now at Mianchi. The situation at PDS was 12 working JS, 2 working SY and 6 working diesels seen...
... about ... yet. If ... all. ... Hello Dave, please, do post a report. There are so few reports these days that no one can comment there is too much to read!...
Hello Ameling, I'll try to :-) Regards, Dave ... _________________________________________________________________ Probeer Windows Live Hotmail: snel, krachtig...
Hi all, On the first two days of our 100 steam locos in 16 days tour we have seen 37 locmotives in service. Zhalai Nuer ist still going strong! Here is the...
Hello all, In October 1998 i travelled on train 712 from Zhelimu to Galadesitai, Can anybody in the group inform me of the departure time of this train from...
I regret to inform members of this group that Mike LaPlante has passed away. Mike was one of the original members of Steam In China when it was formed and was...
Brian, According to my copy of World Steam, Train 712 was daily from June 1998, 0917 ex Tongliao, 2023 arr Gala Those were the days etc..... Cheers, Bryan...
