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Monthly Archives: April 2013
More on the pre-electrification Kowloon Canton Railway
Another great find from YouTube – this time a 30 minute long film containing footage of the KCR during the 1960s and 1970s, in the lead up to the rebuilding and electrification of the line that came in the 1980s.
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Tagged East Rail, history, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, railway, railway archaeology, trains
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