Mayner Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Saw this on RM Web Rapido Trains visit to Chinese factories & talk about a British model. http://www.rapidotrains.com/blog/2014/01/07/the-twelve-days-of-china/ Edited January 22, 2014 by Mayner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I want one of them. Factories, that is. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Fascinating insight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Make careful note of the pricing and time taken to make up the tooling....... Not cheap or quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Saw this on RM Web Rapido Trains visit to Chinese factories & talk about a British model. http://www.rapidotrains.com/blog/2014/01/07/the-twelve-days-of-china/ John Thanks for the link, which brought back very happy memories, of my time in Hong Kong. I noticed that the girls were all muffled up against the cold - it was probably in single figures Centigrade and as the guy on the clip says, not heating in a place which is normally cooking hot. On that tooling costs thing, David White and i were quoted £10,000 to tool up to produce a GN cattle wagon, so you can guess what Paddy, God love him, has spent! You may be entertained by the "factory" - but they used to build QJs at Datong with just as few signs of "automation". Very happy days, notching up rides behind 75 of those QJ 2-10-2s - always travelling on my own - the Chinese were lovely friendly people AND, I even got into a Christian church on Christmas Day in 1998 (there were a fair few Christmas trees around even then!). Easter Sunday in Shanghai in 2002 was one of the most moving days of my life, in a packed church, singing the same hymns as we do in any Irish church on that day. On another thread, Ivan mentioned that he didn't know that I was Provincial Wagons - now I'll let him into another secret - I was the last European Chairman of the Hong Kong Railway Society - my first four GNR locos were built in the former colony! John, thanks again for that illuminating link. Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The things ye learn every day, Leslie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 How do you write "G N R" in squiggles, Leslie! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 great info John - thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 How do you write "G N R" in squiggles, Leslie! :-) ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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leslie10646 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 How do you write "G N R" in squiggles, Leslie! :-) Careful, John, the site has at least one Mandarin-speaking member! CNR makes a lot of use of the GNR's railcar livery on locos and some coaching. Behind me in the showcase is a Bachmann model of a DF11 Co-Co on Blue and Cream. Of course it's nearly invisible behind the Class QJ 2-10-2, which is enormous. Thinking of that, when the roundhouse is built, I'll photo it beside a VS!!!!!! Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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