Hello, I'm planning a trip to include Sandaoling. I read that a special area permit is required for the area. Is that so and where does one get the permit....
Hello everyone, I have added some more images of my first trip to the Ji-Tong railway back in October 1998, many more will be added in the coming days, i can't...
Dear all, On the "100 Steam Locos Tour" we have seen 127 locomotives in service. Here is the list of the numbers we could indicate (we have seen some more from...
Hello Colin, I'm just back from Sandaoling. Yes, you still need an Alians Travel Permit and the permission of the open cast mine authorities to take pictures...
Huanan closed again last week, the stop should last at least three weeks. Regards, Bernd Newsletter: visit www.FarRail.com Bernd Seiler FarRail Tours ...
Congratultions on your 127 steam engines tour! - As one who has gone to China since 2001 (5 trips)and we still goes when we can (last trip March 2006, next...
Hi Bernd, As someone who admits to previously wrongly identifying a Sandaoling loco, could you check the following two JS you recorded in service there: 8281...
Hello Russ, Of course, you can see the itinerary March 2008 (four weeks including Vietnam), just go to my website. I even mention the trains we'll use, so you...
Hi Dave, 8281 is probably a typo and should be 8221. But then there is another loco missing as I checked the number of locomotives seen with participants of...
... weeks. ... Hello Bernd, Thaks a lot for your useful news, if also they are not so nice like this one. I'm leaving in few days to China and hope to see a...
Hi Sandro, I don't know your schedule, but if you come to Pingdingshan you can easily go to the Xingyang brickworks line. They are often not working, too, but...
I suggest the background to this close down is the Chinese holiday around 10/10 which is one of the three big Chinese holidays (Chinese New Year and Golden...
Hi John, This break should be at least three weeks long, they told me. So it's not the Golden week holiday only. IN August they still said there won't be any...
... Hello Bernd & others, not nice news but nice to know. I intended to go there next week, fly to Harbin, first go to jalainur & then Huanan. Now I'll have to...
Somewhat off topic Which country has more working narrow gauge steam locos than any other country in the world? No, it's not China. Which country has more...
Joeri Vanvaerenbergh These two videos are just amazing! They capture the experience of hearing a locomotive working hard from far in the distance until it...
Antwerp, Belgium, 06/10/2007, Hello, Thanks a lot for your nice comments! :-) And indeed, I had already read about the action on this line in trip reports, but...
Hello, really an fantastic sound ;-). I hope this line will survive until 2009. It seems that many lines will really finsish their diselation until the...
Hi John, BUT: line working on steam operated narrow gauge lines is much, much more in China ... Huanan can't be beaten by any of the remaining lines in...
Bernd You are right of course. The actual total line work in Java is difficult to estimate because only one or two lines at any mill will be in use for the...
Hi Ameling, to get the latest information about Jixi just have a look on my website, the new trip report is published there. To make it short: Jixi is well...
Hi Louis, Definitely 1995. I made a picture of it. Will be published in my next trip report (which is written already but need a check by a native speaker...
Hi John, There are still five narrow gauge lines in China (known by us) with line work: Huanan, Yinghao, Xingyang (yes, still alive), the prison railway...
I received this information from mr. Lu Yong (my tour guide): Hello, dear Sandro : I asked the local reception at Jiamusi to contact Huanan. They said they...
Hi Dave, I'm not 100 % sure but I think I got it: 8281 should be 8082, 8430 should be 6430 and 6455 is still uncertain. After walking around this particular...
Firstly thanks to all those who replied /post on this board. With your help + www.sy-country.co.uk + www.farrail.com + maps ive managed to get a rough itinery...
Hello, your questions: 1) From my point of view not worth, but other might think different. 3000 tons and more behind a QJ is something which is very rare...
Hi, I've just uplaoded a Yima page onto my site - http://www.davehill.co.uk A bit depressing, but a siign of the times. Hopefullly, next January in Sandaoling...
