China Railroads Question

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CNW-400

Member since
January 2004
From: Batavia IL
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Posted by CNW-400 on Friday, November 30, 2007 7:19 PM

Okay, thanks all!

I work for a company that supplies parking lot & traffic safety products. A company in China sent us some literature of their products and several were recycled rubber plates for streets crossing tracks. I was curious if they would even fit between U.S. tracks.

carnej1

Member since
November 2003
From: Rhode Island
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Posted by carnej1 on Friday, November 30, 2007 11:50 AM

China also operates a large freight of basically unmodified GE C36-7s. I do believe that they use a different coupler system though...

"I Often Dream of Trains"-From the Album of the Same Name by Robyn Hitchcock

Tulyar15

Member since
July 2005
From: Bath, England, UK
712 posts

Posted by Tulyar15 on Friday, November 30, 2007 4:00 AM

That''s right the Chinese Railways are 4' 8.5"; there are some narrow gauge lines which are 2' 6" gauge.

I believe some ex US Army 2-8-0's and 0-6-0T's survive in China.

CNW 6000

Member since
December 2005
From: MP 175.1 CN Neenah Sub
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:50 PM

According to this article on Wikipedia they have the same gauge (1.435m or 1435mm) as the US does. I believe that that "QJ" engines running in IA that were brought from China didn't have to be modified to run, but I could be wrong.

Dan