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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Towing MTR trains with diesel locomotives
On my 2013 visit to Hong Kong I came across an odd sight in the sidings at the MTR West Rail line’s Pat Heung Depot – a SP1900 EMU coupled up to a diesel locomotive. So why was such a train assembled?
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Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains, West Rail
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Dummy railway track and overhead for training MTR staff
Hong Kong is a busy city and any issue with the rail network that serves it causes massive delays. For this reason heaving well trained staff is critical, but there is one problem – it can’t be safely carried out when trains are running. For this reason a number of short pieces of dummy railway track and overhead have been built across Hong Kong, allow this training to be carried out without danger.
Posted in Transport
Tagged Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, trains
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