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Tag Archives: Britain
KCR ‘Yellow Head’ trains in the UK
The KCR fleet of ‘Yellow Head’ electric multiple unit trains were built by Metro-Cammell then shipped across the world to Hong Kong. Here we see one fresh out of the factory in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Photo by Metro-Cammell, via Wikimedia […]
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Tagged 1980s, Britain, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, maritime, Metro Cammell, on the water, rail operations, railway, trucks
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Testing MTR trains in the green fields of England
Hong Kong’s MTR trains usually spend their days running back and forth through dark tunnels, but for one early train it experienced something quite different – the snow covered fields of England. MTR Corporation photo The contract for Hong Kong’s […]
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Tagged Britain, history, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, rail operations, trains, Tyne and Wear Metro
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Boris Johnson in the skies over Hong Kong
The recent Brexit decision has seen the ‘Boris Johnson in a helicopter’ meme crop up again across social media, but for me the view out the door was what caught my eye – I could have sworn it was somewhere in Hong Kong.