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DHL109 arrives at Ershui, junction of the Jiji branch.
2-6-2T CK124 is at the rear. |
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CK 124, a 2-6-2T locomotive on shuttle trips on the Jiji
branch. |
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E 212 arrives at Gangshan with a northbound train. Taiwan
Railway Administration's trains reach speeds up to 130km/h on 1067mm gauge
track. |
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Taiwan High Speed Rail station at Taoyuan (near airport).
Same design as Japan's Shinkansen, the trains travel at 300km/h |
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CK124 again, departing Cho-shui |
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Disused enclosed trolley at Taipei Children's Transportation
Museum. This facility is difficult to describe. Public park, with mini road
system (like a children's traffic school in Australia) but with fairground
rides, statically preserved trains and a tram, plus this 2'6" gauge railway
that appears not to have been used for some time. |
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Another view of the track at the Taipei Children's
Transportation Museum. Note the mini-motorway in the background. more photos
of this shall appear on my
Signspotters site
soon. |
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THSR train departing Chiayi station. |
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CK124 at Cho-shuei, taken from a departing Diesel Rail Car
set. |
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Driver's controls on the DRC to Che-cheng on the Jiji
branch. |
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Former Finnish tram at Taipei Children's Transportation
Museum. |
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Tubize-built sugar cane steam loco at Taipei Children's
Transportation Museum. |
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Sugar cane diesel loco at Taipei Children's Transportation
Museum. |
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This circus train ride ran around the sugar cane steam loco
and carriages on a track with extremely tight curves. |
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Another train at the Taipei Children's Transportation
Museum. |
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One of the trains of the newly-opened (April) Kaohsiung Mass
Rapid Transport system. Ciaotou station |
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Interior of the above train. |
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Taipei Mass Rapid Transit train at Yuan Shan. |
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Interior of a Taipei MRT train. Usually they are very full.
This one was taken on the day most of Taiwan was shut down by a typhoon. The
usual 2-4 minute frequencies were slashed to 15 minutes. |
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Old style level crossing barrier still in use at Chia-yi by
the Alishan Forestry Railway. |
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View of Biemen station yard. Alishan Forestry Railway. |
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Level crossing approach, Alishan Forestry Railway, Chia-yi -
near Biemen station. |
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Many stations in Taiwan have level crossing signals on the
platform or in the station booking hall. They are intended to advertise the
emergency button fitted to all such signals in Taiwan. Should a motorist be
trapped between the gates, they can push the button to open the gate and set
signals to red to (hopefully) stop the approaching train. There is also an
emergency phone number to call, but I can't help feeling you wouldn't have
time to call it with a train approaching at 130km/h. |
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Sign in a train advertising the level crossing emergency
button. |
