Leave the traditional guided walks
behind and strike out at your own pace with an audio guide. This
bilingual podcast is presented by Shanghai Daily and supervised by
the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee.
You are about to embark on an exciting journey into China's railway
history. 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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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. |
| An
SN-26 type steam locomotive specially made for narrow-gauge railroads.
It retired in the 1990s after about 60 years' 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
cabin decorated just like the offices of railway workers in the
mid-twentieth century. It features original furnishings like the
wooden desks, telephone and thermos flask. |
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