Overseas railroading

[michaelstevens]

Thanks for the link/photos of that monster.
I remember being fascinated by photos and films of those beauties, growing up in England, back in the 50's.
The text talks about the loco having been "dieselized" at some point. What on earth does that mean ?

[michaelstevens]

Thanks for the link/photos of that monster.
I remember being fascinated by photos and films of those beauties, growing up in England, back in the 50's.
The text talks about the loco having been "dieselized" at some point. What on earth does that mean ?

[Anonymous]

I have spent quite a bit of time in Japan and Vietnam. Vietnam uses a 1 meter guage and has no steam left. Japan also has no steam except north of Tokyo there is one excusion that runs once in a while (it has not run for the past two years). JNR (Japan National Railway) prides itself on being-on-time, something I wish Amtrax could also claim. I have heard that Thailand still has some remaining steam about 100 miles outside of Bangkok, but I haven't allocated the time to research that yet. Maybe next year when i go back to Vietnam. Thanks for the email, Glenn.

Bill Warner (ww)

[Anonymous]

I have spent quite a bit of time in Japan and Vietnam. Vietnam uses a 1 meter guage and has no steam left. Japan also has no steam except north of Tokyo there is one excusion that runs once in a while (it has not run for the past two years). JNR (Japan National Railway) prides itself on being-on-time, something I wish Amtrax could also claim. I have heard that Thailand still has some remaining steam about 100 miles outside of Bangkok, but I haven't allocated the time to research that yet. Maybe next year when i go back to Vietnam. Thanks for the email, Glenn.

Bill Warner (ww)