Might be slightly off topic but does anyone know anything about a Steam Motorbike Museum at Tieling? It's somewhere on the road to Tiefa from Tieling. I only...
The sign is probably supposed to read ''Steam AND Motorbike Museum' since although Enfield India offer a diesel motorbike, I don't know of any steam ones. ...
Time for me to broaden your education then Roger!! Try the following website http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/steambike/steambike.htm Best...
Yes, I knew about the Roper bicycle but i thought it was a one- off. Despite the fact that there were some early , rather unsuccessful steam mopeds, I...
Strikes me it must be really dangerous taking one's hands off the handlebars to stoke up the boiler! Flawed Chinese-English translations? You mean ones like...
A bit like the sachet of "sham poo" I collected at Tongchuan... As for steam bicycles, looks like it could be right up there with Spike Milligan's famous...
Reminds me of the "uncomplimentary bath salts" provided by the Sino Swiss Hotel in Beijing! Graeme Stanley ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Back in the mid-1980s, at the new Swan Hotel in Harbin, you would go to the DECEPTION DESK (sign above desk) to get your key. Jim ... markets at Nanpiao. With...
Someone sent me an email the other day with photos of a Steam Motorbike made in Columbia in 1896. I also saw years ago in a bike magazine a story on Steam...
See http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20071226/103182.shtml TH ... Chinese photographers on my website. Go to www.FarRail.com and scroll down. No need...
OK, since we're onto strange translations, in 2002 at Chengdu station, the toilets were graced by two signs , which said ' Female Woman' and 'Male Woman' Peter...
Apparently Roper, the Anerican inventor, was killed at the age of 72 when flying along at over 20 mph on his steam bicycle (it crashed) dave longman...
There was a goodly supply of sham poo in Reshui back in 2000. I often wondered if it was the end product caused by eating the "HOT STUFFED BUM" on the...
If you take a look to my last report in sy-country (china524.htm )you can see picture 14 that show loco 011 of Huanan railway climbing to summit in a cold and...
The C2 locos have a relatively high amount of superheat (18 superheater flues with a 4-part element in each - this is a lot for a narrow-gauge loco of this...
Thanks Paul, probably the temperature outside was about 10 centigrades and your answer seems quite good to me, but I expected to see condensing steam some...
I am not aware of any condensing system on the C2's. The locos at Huanan are, I believe, Harbin-built and very similar to our Dahuichang No4, and there is ...
Steam only condenses to visible water vapour when the air does not have the capacity to absorb the moisture. The colder or more humid the air is, the less...
Thanks Duncan, you opened my mind, surely I was out of reason when I wrote of a condenser, I have in my report same steamy picture like yours made only few...
Thanks, Dave. Would like to see it tho. Will find out how, as it is a challenge now. Several years ago, on a local winter fan trip to visit a tourist RR which ...
Hello Everyone, I have recently added some more images of JaLaiNur opencast coalmine taken in January 1994 to my fotopic site "Steam and the Dragon". They...
John, As you and others regularly seem to experience problems accessing these links is it possible that you have an out of date copy of the internet on your...
Dear Bob, When I was in Thailand photographing the Eastern & Oriental express, I stayed in a hotel in Bangkok with a prominent sign at the reception desk...
Hi there, Aaron Telfer and I are in China under the watchful supervision of Mike Maa nd as I haven't seen much posted from Jingpeng, here is our brief ...
Darryl Bond What greater compliment can I give than saying I couldn't tell these 2007 Jingpeng photos from the days of regular service. Thanks for sharing. ...
Brian: Thanks, but my laptop is provided to me by my employer and we have an IT Dept. that handles all updates. I plan to show them the video and your message...
... Darryl, It was a strange feeling to see your photos. It is as Louis says, hard to tell that it is 2007 and not 1997! Great photos, I wish I could have been...
