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| Author: | Raymond Montgomery [ Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Chinese Narrow Gauge |
Steve Singer was kind enough to share some photos of this railway with me. It is one of my favorites and with Steve's permission I am sharing it with ya'll Ray Montgomery http://www.geocities.com/karenandraymontgomery/ChineseRailwayPage.html mont3682@bellsouth.net |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Narrow Gauge |
What has happened to this line? I believe it was shut down, but was it dismantled? What happened to the equipment? ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Raymond Montgomery [ Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Narrow Gauge |
> What has happened to this line? I believe it > was shut down, but was it dismantled? What > happened to the equipment? Follow up to my photo see this link. http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/noz/yunnan/ezh-idx. mont3682@bellsouth.net |
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| Author: | steve singer [ Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Narrow Gauge |
> Follow up to my photo see this link. Last I heard (a couple years ago) the line had been lifted from Jijie through the first tunnel. The remainder at that time was intact. two 0-10-0s were preserved- one at Kunming station & one at the Beijing railway museum. Would have made a nice tourist line. When I arrived in April 1989, loco #23 had broken and was being shut down. I managed to get a few shot of it while still in steam. Loco #29 soldiered on alone from that day until abandonment. This line used to have extensive passenger service, as a rode between Jijie & Gejiu was not completed until 1985. bas1210@comcast.net |
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| Author: | John D [ Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Narrow Gauge |
Was this the narrow-gauge logging line that Paul Theroux rode and wrote about in his book "Riding the Iron Rooster"? |
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| Author: | steve singer [ Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Chinese Narrow Gauge |
> Was this the narrow-gauge logging line that > Paul Theroux rode and wrote about in his > book "Riding the Iron Rooster"? No, this line was in Yunnan Provence near the Vietnamese border. No logging there. Main traffic was coal to the smelter at Gejiu & tin ingot back to the meter gauge interchange at Jijie. bas1210@comcast.net |
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