Link Collection

1) Yahoo-Newsgroups

• "Steam_in_China" - Newsgroup
• "Diesel_in_China" - Newsgroup

2) Railway Operation

• International Working Steam    by Rob Dickinson
  The best source for information about "working steam" worldwide. Includes extensive sections about Java, Cuba and China, too.
• China Steam (www.chinasteam.com)   by Rob Dickinson
  Rob's site (Chinese/English) is no longer updated, but his Steam Lines Index (in Chinese) looks familiar.
• Railography : China   by Duncan Cotterill
  Reports, photo galleries, maps and the most comprehensive Chinese steam locomotive lists.
• Railways of China   by Robin Gibbons
  Includes great variety of data and information including comprehensive sections about modern traction.
  Of particular interest, the Organisation and List of Chinese Railway Bureaus and Locomotive Depots with their Chinese identifying characters.
• Chinese Railways   by Hans Schäfer
  contains information about China, especially the JiTong Railway. Czech railways are presented, too.
• Steam in China   by Futoshi Sawaguchi
  Japanse Web site with reports in Japanese.
  (use mechanical translation, for example at http://www.altavista.com)
• Farrail - Homepage   by Bernd Seiler
  Reports, photo galleries, maps and railtour offers.
• Steelworks in China   by Jan Schirling
  Reports about Chinese Steelworks, their railways and pattern of operation. Both in English and German language.
• C2 Freak`s Homepage
  Japanese Web site about 762mm narrow gauge lines in China.
• Group Ryantou
  Japanese Web site
• jun-railjourney
  Web site of Liu Xuejun, steam railway tour guide at the Chengde Friendship International Travel Service.

3) Bulletin Boards

• Steam in China - Message Board (Japanese)
  by Futoshi Sawaguchi
• Ryantou Message Board (Japanese)
• Changjiang Bulletin Board
• Our Rail - successor to Hasea Message Board (Chinese)

• Beijing Railway Enthusiast Web
  • Beijing Railway Enthusiast - Photo Board (Chinese)
• www.railway-club.com (Chinese)

4) China Travel Tips

• English Language CNR Timetable
  by Duncan Peattie
• Useful Expressions for Individual Travellers
  by Florian Menius

• Chinese Railway Terms Glossary
  by Robin Gibbons

• CNR Depot Codes
  by Robin Gibbons

• Online CNR Timetable

  • Shike.org (Chinese, complete)
  • China Travel Service (English, incomplete)
  • China Travel Guide

• Domestic Flight Timetable and Booking

  • China Travel Service (English)
  • China Travel Guide
  • Domestic Flights Online Booking (Chinese only)
  • China Highlights Domestic Flights Online Booking (English, no dicount fares)

5) Chinese Web sites

General Web sites

• Hong Kong Railway Society (English)
• DF4D.net (Chinese)
  Modern traction Web site
• Tiefa Timetable
• Shenyang Railway Museum (Chinese)
• Locomotives in China (English)
  Includes some trip reports, too.
• China Technical Museums (Railway Section)
• Beijing Face homepage (Chinese)
  mainly historic information about forestry railways)
• Chinese Ministry of Railways (Chinese)

• Heilongjiang Forestry Bureau (Chinese)

Rolling Stock Industry

• China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (English)
• China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Chinese)
  
• Beijing Feb 27th Locomotive Works (Chinese)

• Changchun Railway Vehicle Factory (Chinese)
• Dalian Locomotive Works (Chinese)

• Qishuyan Locomotive Works (English)

• Sifang Locomotive Works (Chinese)

• Tangshan Locomotive Works (English)

• Taiyuan Locomotive Works (English)

• Zhuzhou Locomotive Works (English)
• Ziyang Locomotive Works (English)

• Xiangtan Locomotive Works (English)

6) Private Web sites

• Shibata Taro's Web site (added 30/7/2008)

  A Japanese based in Shanghai, his site includes pictures of steam locomotives in four sections:
        1.Eastern, Southern China
        2.Northern China
        3.Central, Western China
        4.Dieselised Lines
  

• John Hooson's China Gallery (added 11/1/2008)

  Contains pictures of Jingpeng(1997-2003), but also very brief visits to the Tonghua-Hunjiang line(1997) and Sanfendong(1998) systems in the N.East, the area around Baotou (1998-2000) including the line to Dongsheng and Aobagou, the line to Shiguai, a visit to the very rare Dawukou-Rujigou line(1998) just months before it went over to diesel, Dahuichang briefly and Yuanbaoshan(2003).

• Ian Thompson's China Galleries (added 31/12/2007)

  Contains galleries on Fuxin, Huludao, JiTong, Jixi and Nanpiao.

• David Longman`s Homepage
• John Raby`s Homepage
• John Day`s Homepage
• Hidohiro Omi`s Homepage
  Video captures of Chinese Steam.
• Ian Lawrence`s Photo Galleries Web address updated 25/01/2007
• Ian Bowskill`s Homepage
• John West`s Homepage
• Olaf Gröpler`s Photo Gallery
• Peter Haworth`s Homepage
• Tom Trencansky`s Photo Gallery
• David Kitching`s Photo Gallery
• Dennis Rittson`s Homepage
• Heinrich Hubbert`s Shibanxi Photo Galleries
• Hinrich Brümmer`s Photo Gallery
• Allen Zagel`s Homepage
• Colin Huessey`s Nov 2001 Gallery
• Milan Borovicka`s Homepage
• Sven Herzfeld`s Homepage
• Frank Engel`s Homepage
• China Videos
  by John Diefenbach
• China Videos (Belhurst Productions)
• Mark`s Photo Gallery
• China Videos (by Joachim Schmidt)
• Photo Collection (by Ross Valentine)
• http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4319594
• http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4321016&a=31846842&pw=
• http://www.angelfire.com/mac/qj/qj6911/index.html
• Chinese Steam (by Dave Habraken)
• Chinese Steam (by Sammy King)
• JiTong Special Train Nov 17th 2005
• Daba-Guyaozi Photo Report
• Chris Stark`s Photo Album
• Chris Stark`s 1988 Photo Album (1)
• Chris Stark`s 1988 Photo Album (2)
• Steam and the Dragon
  by Brian Hawkins
• Alexandre Gillierons Web site
• Chinese Steam (by David Hill)
• Bernd Seiler's FarRail Tours China Gallery

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