Link Collection
1) Yahoo-Newsgroups
2) Railway Operation
Web sites containing useful and up-to-date information about Chinese 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Rob's site (Chinese/English) is no longer updated, but his Steam Lines Index (in Chinese) looks familiar.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
4) China Travel Tips
Travelling by Train
by Hans Schaefer
Chinese Timetable (in English)
by Hans Schaefer
JingPeng - Travel Guide (964 KB)
by Hinrich Brümmert
JingPeng - Do It Yourself Guide
by Rob Dickinson
5) Chinese Web sites
General Web sites
Rolling Stock Industry
6) Private Web sites
Private sites with galleries and/or trip reports.
- Shibata Taro's Web site (added 30/7/2008)
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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)
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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)
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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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