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Sourcing timber sleepers for the Kowloon Canton Railway
While reading through historical annual reports for the Kowloon Canton Railway, I came across an interesting piece on the troubles they encountered sourcing suitable timber railway sleepers that could withstand Hong Kong’s tropical conditions. PA Images photo The 1948-49 Kowloon […]
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Tagged concrete, concrete sleepers, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon, Kowloon Canton Railway, permanent way, rail operations, railway sleepers, trains
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Hong Kong experiments in concrete railway sleepers
Today concrete railway sleepers are a common sight on railways around the world, including Hong Kong, but recently I discovered that the Kowloon Canton Railway was involved in their early development. Down the rabbit hole Concrete sleepers are mentioned in […]
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Tagged concrete, concrete sleepers, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, permanent way, rail operations, railway, railway sleepers
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