China along Ji Tong Rly

Bai Qi depot scrapped QJ and others waiting to be cut into pieces 24 August 2004
QJ6986 and 6773 passing Si Ming Yi going east on 26 August 2004 freight
15km east off Daban QJ 6735 and 6925 passing on westwards run 28 August 2004
Goats at Gulumanhan and dark clouds coming, no train for some time 29 August 2004
Over excited I forgot to note the engine number and an early morning QJ passes just before sunrise 29 August 2004
CJ6735 leads a sister while passing Liudigou on a sunny 30 August 2004

JiTong Rly – Jing Peng Pass in 2002

QJ 26 March 2002
QJ 7143 & 6981 28 March 2002
QJ 26 March 2002

Chenzhou

24 Nov 2001 Chenzhou workshop 762 mil line
24 Nov 2001 Chenzhou former passenger station with the daily freight C4 no 96
24 Nov 2001 Chenzhou line before arriving at Guyang with C4 no 96
24 Nov 2001 Chenzhou line near Yantang C4 no 96
24 Nov 2001 Chenzhou line with C4 no 96
24 Nov 2001 Chenzhou line before Guivang with C4 no 96

Zhanhe Forrestry Rly in 2001

Over 150 km in lenght starting in Zhanhe a 762 mm forrestry railroad daytime -35 – 30 and nights up to -51 C

1 Dec 2001 with our rollng fridge on 762 mm track. Bernd Seiler (der G.O. die Geliebten großen Organisator) is looking for a nice photo spot.

Ganhe Forrestry Rly

28 Nov 2001 Ganhe starting point of a over 100 long 762 km forrestry Rly. A small 3 wheel car rumbless along on the icy roads.
28 Nov 2001 loc 03 and crew manouvring in the yard and serving saw mills. Temparatures were the whole day between -20 and -25 Celsius bud sunny and very bright. We are here less then 150 km from the Russian boarder.
29 Nov 2004 4 kilometer outside Ganhe with loc 02 and our special being the normal daily passenger not running on this Thursday.
29 Nov 2001 ganhe Forr Rly C2 07 crossing with our special at Yisishan
29 November 2001 Ganhe Forrestry Rly with C2 04 taking water.
29 November 2001 along the line C2 number 04 shunting with our special train. On Thursday the daily passenger has no service so we were able to hire the train that day. The stove inside the coach was very hot and really heated it. Important after the photostop by -22 Celsius.

Weihe Forrestry Rly in 2001

Right to the end this line had diesel and steam in operation.

6 Dec 2001 Chonge with C2 and passenger train. In the nice sunshine the temperature is a pleasent -22 Celsius.

Tang Xian in 2001

Jiayang Power Company Rly at Shibanxi in 2000

Shibanxi:

The railway put three electrical locos, built in 6/2000 in October in service between the powerplant and the first station, so all steam operation with freight trains is finished. But the passengers remain steam. The area is more sensitive for gricers than last year, some enthusiasts here were denied to enter the area. But the staff is still very kindly. Beside the three electrical locos (0-4-0) they still have the dumped Mudanjang-diesels (two) and five C2 (three serviceable). Numbers later, after my arrival in Germany end of December.
text by; Bernd Seiler after our Nov 2000 visit to this line.
Shibanxi:

3 November 2000 Shixi – Shibanxi yark before the workshop with at that time one of the new elocs.
Shixi. 3 Nov 2000 when a long coal loaded train is pushed through the unloading pits.
Zaiziba private use of the line. Not difficult with 4 pairs of trains each day 3 November 2000
C2 locomotive leaving the tunnel 1 km after Mifung on 3 November 2000
Shibanxi sun rise at 3 November 2000
Sjenzhenjiao the onlt station with a shelter 3 November 2000

Huangshaping

Huangshaping led and sin mine 24 November 2001
Huangshaping loco workshop 610 mm line 24 November 2001
Huangshaping Lead and sink mine no 03 610 mm line 300 Volts 24 November 2001
Huangshaping Led and sink mine 610 mm line 300 Volts with loco no. 03 24 november 2001

Changan in 2004

4 Dec 2001 Changan depot QJ 3135
4 Dec 2001 Changan depot QJ and welding
4 Dec 2004 Changan QJ 3538 passes behind the depot with freight.
4 Dec 2004 Changan QJ6308 with passenger
4 Dec 2001 Changan area QJ 6806 with passenger no 4 passing Dong Jing
4 Dec 2004 Changan area at Dong Jing ex State Rly DF1 1383 – 1452 showing things that would come soon.

Tiefa Coal Mine Rly in 2002

31 March 2002 iefastation DFH3c (Dong Feng Hong) 0186 with passenger
China Tiefa 3 x SJ 1784 1683 and 393 at the coal yard with steam crane 31 March 2002
China 31 March 2002 SJ687 with coal train nears Tiefa
31 March 2002 how to lurn to shovel coal into the firebox Tiefa coal yard
Tiefa workshops weekend rest for SJ1772 probably the very last SJ ever build. 31 March 2002
China 31 March 2002 Tiefa workshops

Shanhetun Forrestry Rly in 2002

China Shanhetun 762mm C2 locomotive brance line loading wood 2 April 2002
Shanhetun forrestry railway loading wood 2 April 2002
Empty cars behing a Shangetun Forr Rly C2 on 2 April 2002
31 March 2002 at Sjahezi village workscar.
31 March 2002 near Sanchahe were the hydro/electric power dam is build now.
31 March 2002 near Sanchahe motorcar off Shanheteun Forrestry Rly. 782 mm line 1 April 2002

China August 2004

Although the main purpose was this time only seeing the Ji Tong railway Bernd Seiler took us (his little group off steamlovers) along long parts of the line outside the pass. It takes some long train and bus rides bud proved to be worthwhile.
I hope you enjoy seeing some of it. I am not pretending to be a very good photographer I just enjoy it to travell among diffrent lines and take pictures.

A double headed QJ to the pass. In the flat country side the train is heard insome miles distance. East of Haoluku Ji Tong Rly 2x QJ 25-8-2004 Just before sun down
040826 QJ6984 and 6851 Reshui at San Di R crossing morning light
24 augustus 2004 near Bai Qi China. The TGV look alike from Ji Tong Rly or NYJ1-4010b running the day train
24 augustus 2004 Bai Qi, provincie Binnen Mongolie, China. In de oude locwerkplaats vind nu nog onderhoud plaats aan stoom- en diesellocs. Stoomloc QJ7052 en diesel DF4d 4070 nog broederlijk naast elkaar. De DF4d zal echter spoedig gebruik kunnen maken van de nieuwe onderhoudswerkplaats die in augustus volop in aanbouw was. De QJ’s rest dan niets anders dan de snijbrander. De oekaze uitgevaardigd in Bei Jing dat alle stoom weg moet voor dat de Olympische spelen naar China komen speelt hierin helaas de belangrijkste rol. De stoomlocs zijn voor de Ji Tong Rly goedkoper in exploitatie dan de diesellocs.
30 august 2004 in the Jing Peng Pass at Simingyi viaduct km482 QJ6805 6950 going up
31 August 2004 near Bai Qi with QJ7140 running full power with heavy freight. Summer in Inner Mogolia.
25 August 2004 Haoluku station master greats arriving freight while QJ6998 and 6850 wait in the background to take over.
26 August 2004 Tou Di. China. With the village Tou Di and Mt Hadashan in the background two QJ’s work up hill. The soft summer colors the landscape and most crops are ready to be harvested. Jing Peng pass was very beautiful in the summer.
26 August 2004 Galadesitai, China QJ6984 en 6851 in morning light just before entering the Jing Peng Pass.
28 August 2004 near Daban, China. QJ’s in the wide open Mongolian landscape.
23 August 2004 SY1113 shunting at the station Mei Xuanchang.
30 August 2004 Galadesitai km516 2x QJ7112 7137 with train 18012 departing for the uphill run through the Jing Peng Pass.
29 August 2004 near
29 August 2004 Gulumanham QJ7048 and 6729 depart and are saluted by the signal man
29 August 2004 east off Lin Dong km720. Busy local traffic at the RR crossing
North China, Mei Xuanchang steel mill SY0250 at the local rail yard 23 Augustus 2004
4 August 2004 QJ6984 passes a road crossing near Haoluku in between the sand dunes. Inner Mongolia and the last summer with steam traction. Sand dunes and wide open space.
2004 China

China 2000

7 November 2000 South China near Wancheng SJ1250 at Coalmine
China near Wancheng Mine Rly with JS1111 on 7 November 2000
China Wancheng 7 November 2000 DF1 2083 with train to Chongking
Southern China on a untill now never finished rail line near Luzhou QJ 3175 was passing as the only running train in day light that 6 Nov 2000
SY1074 leaves the tunnel after Wancheng mine railway 7 Nov 2000
1260 colliery railway near Wancheng, souther China 8 Nov 2000