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Tag Archives: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s big orange ashtrays
Hong Kong’s round orange bins are an iconic sight on city streets. And in the countryside. They also double as ashtrays. Except in no smoking areas. But old habits die hard – instead of heading to the nearest smoking areas. […]
History of the Lo Wo railway bridge
This is the story of the Lo Wo railway bridge, which has carried trains from Hong Kong into China since 1910. Hulton Archive Work on the first railway bridge at Lo Wu commenced in 1906 and was completed in 1909, […]
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Tagged border crossings, China, China Railways, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, mainland, railway archaeology, Shenzhen
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Modernising the MTR M-Train fleet
Hong Kong’s fleet of Metro Cammell build ‘M-Train’ EMUs formed the core of the Mass Transit Railway system from opening in 1979, but after two decades in service they were looking dated, so in 1996 the decision was made to […]
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Tagged Hong Kong, Kowloon Bay Depot, M-Train, Mass Transit Railway, Metro Cammell, MTR, United Group
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More on my Hong Kong model railway
I’ve spent the past few months working on my Hong Kong themed N scale model railway, and last week it made it’s first ‘proper’ public outing at Melbourne’s 2023 Easter Model Train Expo. The layout is in 1:160 N scale […]
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Tagged 80M Bus Model Shop, China Railways, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, model buses, model trains, N scale, scale models
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United Group Rail in Hong Kong
United Group is an Australian rail engineering company, which has been involved in the Hong Kong market for a quarter century. The most noticeable project was the modernisation of the MTR Metro-Cammel ‘M-Train’ EMU fleet in 1999-2001. But they were […]