Link Collection

Many links below are broken as of 29th December 2014.
You may be able to find pages through http://archive.org/web/ 

1) Yahoo! Groups

• "Steam_in_China"
• "Diesel_in_China"

• 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.co.uk)   by Rob Dickinson
  This was Rob's site (Chinese/English) but in March 2013 its English contents were moved to 'china.internationalsteam.co.uk'. The links from SY-Country were changed to the new location on March 8th 2013.

• Railography : China   by Duncan Cotterill (link amended 29/12/2014)
  Reports, photo galleries, maps and the most comprehensive Chinese steam locomotive lists.
• Railways of China   by Robin Gibbons Although the original site is no longer available it can be found archived at: http://web.archive.org/web/20140722222628/http:/www.railwaysofchina.com/
  Includes a 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. (http://www.railwaysofchina.com/loco_depots.htm and http://www.railwaysofchina.com/depot_list.htm are no longer available)
  • Robin's List of Preserved Locomotives (http://www.railwaysofchina.com/preserved.htm 
• Linesiding with John   by John Raby
  Includes photo reports of multiple trips to China since 1999 with a focus on real working steam and steam narrow gauge railways.
  Small group tours to see the last remaining real working steam in China are offered here, as well as DVDs of current and historic Chinese railway footage.
• Farrail - Homepage   by Bernd Seiler
  Reports, photo galleries, maps and railtour offers.
  You will have to register to view reports.
• http://www.hasea.com/jun-railjourney/.   by Liu Xuejun (Link broken by December 2021)
  Web site of Liu Xuejun, steam railway tour guide at the Chengde Friendship International Travel Service. (Web site previously at www.jun-railjourney.com, updated here March 27th, 2010, other links to the previous site will be changed as and when time permits.)
  "Trip Reports" (from 2006, 2007, 2008), "Jun's Profile", "Contact Jun".
• Steam in China   by Futoshi Sawaguchi http://homepage2.nifty.com/QJSYJ/ (Link broken by December 2021)
  Japanese Web site with reports in Japanese.
  (use mechanical translation, for example Google Translate)
• Stop, Look & Listen   by Harada Keisuke
  another Japanese Web site, covering both contemporary Chinese steam and some narrow gauge in China, Taiwan and Japan.
  
• Steelworks in China   by Jan Schirling
  Reports about Chinese Steelworks, their railways and pattern of operation. Both in English and German language.
  (http://home.arcor.de/hochbahn/00054.html is no longer available)
• Narrow Gauge Railways in China   by Ichiro Junpu
  Japanese Web site about 600mm,762mm and 900mm narrow gauge lines in China, mainly contemporary.
• C2 Freak`s Homepage (http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~c2freak/ Link broken by December 2021)
  Japanese Web site about 762mm narrow gauge lines in China.
• Group Ryantou (http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/ryantou/mainnavi.html Link broken by December 2021)
  Japanese Web site

• Online CNR Timetables

  • China Travel Guide (TravelChinaGuide.com)
  • China Train Stations (by Province)
  • China Train Schedule (from China Highlights, stations in Chinese, only major stations in English)

• Domestic Flight Timetable and Booking

  • China Travel Guide
  • Domestic Flights Online Booking (ctrip.com) - can select English, discount fares
  • China Highlights Domestic Flights Online Booking (English, no discount fares)

• Hotels and Booking

  • tripadvisor.co.uk - China hotels, most of reviews in English
  • Hotels (ctrip.com) - can select English, check for Hotel Location, Price and On-line Booking (http://hotels.english.ctrip.com Link broken by December 2021)

• English Language CNR Timetable
  by Duncan Peattie

• Useful Expressions for Individual Travellers
  by Florian Menius

• Chinese Railway Terms Glossary (http://www.railwaysofchina.com/loco_depots.htm is no longer available)
  by Robin Gibbons

• CNR Depot Codes
  by Robin Gibbons (http://www.railwaysofchina.com/loco_depots.htm is no longer available)

• Travelling by Train (Link broken by December 2021)
  by Hans Schaefer http://home.c2i.net/schaefer/traintravelling.html

• Chinese Timetable (in English) (http://home.c2i.net/schaefer/chinarail.html#sampletimetable Link broken by December 2021)
  by Hans Schaefer

• JingPeng - Travel Guide (964 KB) File Lost
  by Hinrich Brümmert

• JingPeng - Do It Yourself Guide
  by Rob Dickinson

• Hong Kong Railway Society (English) (http://www.hkrs.org.hk/ Link broken by December 2021)
• DF4D.net (Chinese) (http://www.df4d.net/ Link broken by December 2021)
  Modern traction Web site
• Tiefa Timetable
  (http://www.dbszc.com/ly/jtzn.htm is no longer available)
• Shenyang Railway Museum (Chinese)
  (http://www.syslm.com.cn/ is no longer available)
• Locomotives in China (English)
  Includes some trip reports, too.
  (http://www.railway-museums.com/ is no longer available)
• China Technical Museums (Railway Section)
• Beijing Face homepage (Chinese)
  mainly historic information about forestry railways)
  (http://www.beijingface.com/ is no longer available)
• Chinese Ministry of Railways (Chinese) (http://www.chinamor.cn.net Link broken by December 2021)
• Heilongjiang Forestry Bureau (Chinese)
  (http://www.ljforest.com/xsdw/mapmain.htm is no longer available, but the site is active)

Rolling Stock Industry

• China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (English) (http://www.cnrgc.com/Lists/yingwen/default.aspx is no longer available)
• China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Chinese) (http://www.cnrgc.com/Lists/yingwen/default.aspx is no longer available)
• Beijing Feb 27th Locomotive Works (Chinese) (http://www.27rail.com.cn/ is no longer available)
• Changchun Railway Vehicle Factory (Chinese) (http://www.cccar.com.cn/ is no longer available)
• Dalian Locomotive Works (Chinese) (http://www.dloco.com/ is no longer available)
• Qishuyan Locomotive Works (English) (http://www.qscn.com/ is no longer available)
• Sifang Locomotive Works (Chinese) (link amended 29/12/2014) (http://www.csrgc.com.cn/  is no longer available)
• Tangshan Locomotive Works (English) http://www.tangche.com.cn/eng/index.php (link amended 29/12/2014) (Link broken by September 2025)
• Taiyuan Locomotive Works (English) (http://www.tyloro.com/en/index.htm is no longer available)
• Zhuzhou Locomotive Works (English) (http://www.gofront.com/english/cpjs/product.htm is no longer available)
• Ziyang Locomotive Works (English) (http://www.zyloco.com/ENGLISH/Default.htm page and site are no longer available)
• Xiangtan Locomotive Works (English) (http://www.xemw.com/introduce/intro-gf.htm and site are no longer available)

• Flickr and YouTube from Dawei Pang (added 18/01/2013)

Chinese enthusiast Dawei Pang has a flickr gallery with a Chinese Steam set.

He has also uploaded videos to YouTube (channel dawei2012).

• "Pocahontas", Yifan Jiang, a Chinese enthusiast from Xi'an (added 16/04/2012)

Panoramio Gallery on Google Earth containing many, mostly recent, steam pictures. The direct link to the Gallery is http://www.panoramio.com/user/522181. (Link broken by December 2021)

"Pocahontas" has also created a flickr gallery, http://www.flickr.com/photos/67113136@N02.
Usefully he organises his pictures by sets, and his most recent steam locomotive pictures can be found in his Chinese Steam 2012 set.

• Wolfgang Klein's Picture Gallery (added 13/12/2009)

  Pictures taken in 2009 from Jalainur and Shibanxi with Sandaoling and Jixi to follow. Also some earlier pictures.
  For non-German speakers, to move through the thumbnails/pictures weiter=forwards and zurück=backwards.
  Comments are welcome!

• Shibata Taro's Web site (added 30/7/2008, URL changed December 2012, no longer available)

  A Japanese based in Shanghai (but since returned to Japan), his site originally included three sections with pictures of steam locomotives with a fourth section for diesels:
        1.Eastern, Southern China
        2.Northern China
        3.Central, Western China
        4.Dieselised Lines
  

  Since reorganised with sections
  Steam/Narrow (China Steam, Narrow Gauge, Map & Other)
  Freightcar
  Others
  Link

• Ian Thompson's China Galleries (added 31/12/2007) (http://www.steamfinale.co.uk/html/china.html Link broken by December 2021)

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

• David Longman`s Homepage
  

  Personal trip reports index

• John Day`s Homepage (http://www3.telus.net/ChinaRail/ Link broken by December 2021)
• Hidohiro Omi`s Homepage (http://popup10.tok2.com/home2/hiro1048/ is no longer available)
  Video captures of Chinese Steam.
• Ian Lawrence`s Photo Galleries Web address updated 25/01/2007 (Link broken by December 2021)

• John West`s Homepage (http://home.att.net/~andrewbwest/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html is no longer available)

• Olaf Gröpler`s Photo Gallery

• Chinese Railways Website by Peter Haworth (currently pictures only, reports will be reinstated at some stage) (amended 30th December 2021)

• Tom Trencansky`s Photo Gallery (http://www.drydentidbits.com/China/ is no longer available)
• David Kitching`s Photo Gallery
• Dennis Rittson`s Homepage (http://www.cia.com.au/drittson/china.html is no longer available)
• Heinrich Hubbert`s Shibanxi Photo Galleries
• Hinrich Brümmer`s Photo Gallery
• Allen Zagel`s Homepage (http://www.azagel.com/crail.html Link broken by December 2021)
• Colin Hussey`s Nov 2001 Gallery
• Milan Borovicka`s Homepage
• Sven Herzfeld`s Homepage
• Frank Engel`s Homepage
• China Videos 
  by John Diefenbach (http://www.bachsitetoo.com Link broken by December 2021)
• China Videos (Belhurst Productions) (http://www.steam-railway-videos.co.uk Link broken by December 2021)
• Mark`s Photo Gallery (http://www.users.bigpond.com/grms/china2.htm is no longer available)
• China Videos (by Joachim Schmidt) (http://www.riogrande.de Link broken by December 2021)
• Photo Collection (by Ross Valentine) (http://homepage.mac.com/cinderpath/ is no longer available)
• Spoorwegnostalgie (by Dave Habraken) (http://www.spoorwegnostalgie.be). (In Flemish, includes an extensive section on China)
• Chinese Steam (by Sammy King) (http://www.rypn.org/articles/layout/051001sammy/ is no longer available)
• JiTong Special Train Nov 17th 2005
• Daba-Guyaozi Photo Report (http://www.geocities.jp/zensin7040/ooko/ooko.htm Link broken by December 2021)
• Steam and the Dragon by Brian Hawkins
  

  Web address updated from fotopic to Smugmug 10/06/2011.
  In the course of images being reloaded, at this date over 2,500 from 1994 through to 2008.

• Chinese Steam (by David Hill) (http://www.davehill.co.uk/steamindex.html is no longer available)

A message from David (8/3/2011):
I have not uploaded anything new for some time now. Since the last couple of years, all new material can be viewed on my Flickr page - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave-hill/.

• Bernd Seiler's FarRail Tours China Gallery

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