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 to 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 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)

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.

HASEA.com,
The best source of information for all things China Rail... that is of course if you can read Chinese.

Steam in China Group,
The best source of news for present steam operations in China.

Diesel in China Group,
The best source of news for present diesel operations in China.

SHRFC,
Chinese model bulletin board service (in Chinese)

Bachmann China,
Bachmann China's BBS (in Chinese)

Steam and the Dragon,
by Brian Hawkins. Plenty of brilliant photos including rarer classes.

Allen Zagel's China Rail site,
by Allen Zagel. Obviously. Lots of pics from Allen's travels in China.

China Rail Gallery,
by John Day.

Ernest Leung's Railway Journeys,
by the young railway enthusiast from Hong Kong.

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,
(in Chinese only) a new manufacturer of Chinese plastic models in HO scale - Out of order!

Hai Dar Models,
(in Chinese only) a new manufacturer of high quality plastic models in HO scale.

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

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,
large model railways in all scales and prototypes based in 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 brilliant switch machines - much better than the tortoise ones, although at a premium price too!