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    Chinese steam

    It is of only 1.3 tons, could be uplifted by only 5 people
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    Chinese steam

    The very first steam loco in China - Pioneer, imported from Britain.
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    Vocabulary

    Thank you Alan B!
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    Vocabulary

    Could anybody tell me what is the jargon for the connection between compartments, the hook thing?
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    Many thanks shaygetz, I am enlarging my vocabulary, the first word: a string of varnish:) I will post more pics of Chinese steam locos later on. Cheers, Marn
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    Just think about the large population in China. Usually we have 18-20 passanger compartments for a train and for this specific one I think it should be 18. Of course we would not have so many on our layout. Actually bachmann did not have plan to launch the compartment for this train, but only...
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    Trains from Europe and Asia

    The trains in the second picture is very alike Chinese one (I think they are exactly the same), please refer to my passager car model (the green one, code: 22B) below:
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    This is the last one, Have a nice weekend! Marn
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    Everybody in the pool!

    Soooorry, I posted mistakenly, just deleted it
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    hope you also like it:)
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    But I do not have chance to take it so far, we took plane for buz trip... The company do not permit us to take trains (the boss is suprised/confused about my enthusiasm on trains)
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    Another one, I like this loco very much!
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    This train connects big cities in China (eg. Beijing - Shanghai), the highest speed is about 200km/hour
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    Dongfeng (Easten wind) 11G, the fastest train in China

    I am a new comer from Shanghai China. I came here not only for most developed train modeling skills but to learn jargons in train modeling as well. (Though I speak some English, I don't know any jargon in the train/mmodeling) Hope anyone here could kindly provide your help. I am pasting a few...
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    Layout Progress Pictures

    We have very limited steam nowadays. (I would not find it in Shanghai, heared it is stilll in use in Northern China) The national train system speeded up from Apr. 18 this year. The fastest train could reach around 200KM (don't know how many miles) / hour.
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    Layout Progress Pictures

    What an eye appealing layout! Like it very much! Can I introduce the pictures to my Chinese buddies?
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    Everybody in the pool!

    BTW, is it of HO scale or N scale? Majority proportion of modelers in China are playing with HO scale because Chinese trains are made in HO scale only. But it seems too large for the layout.
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    Everybody in the pool!

    Thank you Ralph, Yes you are right, you could find this symbol everywhere along tracks in China:) I like your kits. We also have Bachmann here in China (actually it is almost the only make in China market) but do not have so many kits/accessories available. The market volume here is very...
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    Hello from China

    As far as I know, this layout is for operational demostration for a train driver school. It less focus on scenery.
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    Hello from China

    It is plastic. In China, very few affords the brass one.