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If you know of any links you believe would be good on this page, or indeed if you have your own Chinese Railway website, please send me an email and I will be happy to review and possibly add it. I would also appreciate hearing of any dead links so I can ammend this page.
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Chinese Model Railway Retailers
Concorde Hobby Shop,
Hong Kong retailer of Chinese HO scale model railways based
EZ Transcom,
Kevin Law operates his mail order company from Hong Kong. Also occasionally trades on eBay, with user ID 'eztranscom'
Haskell Imports Company,
Chinese HO scale model distributor of Taiwan. Also manufacturers of Taiwanese Ho scale model railways
Hatton's Model Railways (eHattons),
UK based retailer, sells many world prototypes including Chinese, sometimes has very good clearance prices (although these tend to sell out quickly)
John Day's Models,
retailer of Chinese Ho scale models based in Canada
Lee Kwon Hobbies,
Hong Kong retailer of Chinese HO scale model railways
MG Sharp models,
The largest model supplier of Chinese railways in the UK
Modelleisenbahn-for-you,
Peter Lim is my preferred trader and is based in Hong Kong. He deals almost exclusively on eBay, with user ID 'trustdeal-for-you'
Walthers,
Massive model railway retailer/wholesaler based in the US in all scales and most manufacturersin America
ANE Model,
suppliers of DCC SOUND decoders (by DXDC) for Chinese locomotives. From their website, you can view/listen to the sound equipped diesels! They also make some premium quality switch machines/servos
Chinese Model Railway Manufacturers
Bachmann China,
manufacturers of plastic Chinese ready to run models in HO scale (in Chinese)
Imon,
manufacturers of Chinese and Japanese brass models in HO scale (in Japanese)
MTC Models - Out of order! ,
(in Chinese only) a (now defunct?) manufacturer of Chinese plastic models in HO scale
Hai Dar Models - Out of order! ,
(in Chinese only) a new manufacturer of high quality plastic models in HO scale
Chinese Railway Reference Sites
Chinese railways,
by Hans Schaefer. Undisputed expert of the Ji-Tong line.
SY Country,
by Florian Menius & Dave Fielding. Good information can be obtained by the huge list of trip reports.
Railways of China,
by Robin Gibbons, great source of information for modern traction.
Railography,
by Duncan Cotterill, great photography, and very helpful information including locomotive number lists.
Hong Kong Railway Society,
about Hong Kong/Chinese railways.
China Rail Study,
by Morita Tatsuya of Japan. Lots of interesting photos. (in Japanese)
Chinese Railway Online Groups & Bulletin Boards
Bachmann China,
Bachmann China's BBS (in Chinese)
HASEA.com,
The best source of information for all things China Rail... that is of course if you can read Chinese.
International China Rail Forum,
New forum in English language! Covers just about every aspect of Chinese Railways, including model information, by my new hero - Joeri Vanvaerenbergh.
Ourail,
A BBS based site with hundreds of photos uploaded by users of many diesel, electric, steam and rolling stock types (in Chinese)
(Yahoo) Diesel in China Group,
The best source of news for present diesel operations in China.
(Yahoo) Steam in China Group,
The best source of news for present steam operations in China.
Chinese Railway Travel Blogs & Online Photo Galleries
Steam and the Dragon,
by Brian Hawkins. Plenty of brilliant photos including rarer classes.
Allen Zagel's China Rail site,
Lots of pics from Allen's travels in China.