Leave the traditional guided walks behind and strike out at your
own pace with an audio guide. You are about to embark on an exciting
journey into China's railway history. This bilingual podcast is presented
by Shanghai Daily and supervised by the Shanghai Science and Technology
Committee.
While you zoom around the city quickly and easily by subway, can you
imagine what China's oldest steam trains were like? Why not enjoy your
leisure time by visiting Shanghai Railway Museum? You'll travel back
in time as you stroll from chugging iron horses to modern high-speed
trains- and see for yourself the evolution of China's railway network.
Official website:http://www.shrail.com/bwg/tlbwg.htm
| The museum building
is an 80-percent scale replica of Shanghai's Old North Railway
Station, a classical British style building in operation from
1909. |
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The
first thing you'll notice is an old platform
in the courtyard in front of the museum. Three trains are about
to depart from it. |
| A
SN-26 type steam locomotive specially made for running on narrow
gauge railroads. It retired in the 1990s after around 60
years of service in the mountainous areas of Yunnan Province. |
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A
luxurious carriage made in the 1930s
for senior officials of the Kuomintang government. Madame Soong
Mei-ling was once
a passenger. |
| A
diorama of a typical railway station office in the 1960s. |
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