gscale in Beijing surprise
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funandtrains
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LOL, you only went to the city centre part of the railway museum which is mostly photos, models and politics and a reasonable shop, the real museum in out in the North-East corner of Beijing. Most local CAB drivers are so uneducated that they have never heard of main museum or don't want to drive out there, rather like trying to get a cab in London from Westminster to Ilford. Last time I was in Beijing I went to both and the city centre museum although smarter in a nice old station building was a disappointment. I have heard several people on other forums comment about how they thought the museum would of been much better not having gone to the right one. I had to get the metro to the nearest station and then it was still a 20 minute drive. Even this local driver didn't know about the museum but when I told him it was in the old railway yard he drove around until he found it! The building is a very big modern shed with a space frame roof and other than the tracks leading into the end looks like a warehouse. Inside there are locos of all gauges and eras built in many countries. There are also several complete trains as the museum makes money by renting these out for movies and special events. Whilst I was there in their station set outside a WWII movie was being filmed using the museum's Japanese military train. Next time I'm in Beijing I will go back as I only just made it around all the exhibits in 2 1/2 hours and really needs another hour. The locos and rolling stock are well worth seeing, some being truly massive!
funandtrains
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A pity, it is a shame that some of the best things in China are so little known about. I'm lucky that I married a local and have help when I go there.
Zerogee
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3Valve said:
Slightly non-PC joke that I hope no-one here will take offence at:
A ship calls at a Chinese port and takes on an extra local crew member; he is given to the Purser to find him a job to do, so the Purser tells the new hand that he is to look after the supplies. For the rest of the voyage, the Purser doesn't see the guy again - until one day out from their home port, the Purser is walking around the upper deck when the Chinese sailor leaps out from behind the funnel and yells "SURPLISE!!!!!"
OK, HCD etc....
Jon.
funandtrains
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December is probably not the best time of year to be wandering around a tin shed in Beijing anyway unless you are wearing two sets of thermals! I went there and then to Xian in January and after half a day walking around the terracotta warriors it took me nearly a week to thaw out!
The locals say Beijing is too ****ing hot in summer, too ****ing cold in winter and for the rest of the year there are sand storms!
The locals say Beijing is too ****ing hot in summer, too ****ing cold in winter and for the rest of the year there are sand storms!
playmofire
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A search on google brought up this site:
http://www.china-rail.org/
Unless you know Chinese (I couldn't see an English option, although the internet is so slow today I may have logged off before it showed up) it's a bit pot luck what you see.
http://www.china-rail.org/
Unless you know Chinese (I couldn't see an English option, although the internet is so slow today I may have logged off before it showed up) it's a bit pot luck what you see.
funandtrains
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Like most state run institutions in China it is a good idea run in a haphazard way and badly promoted.
