China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[AndrewJin]

New stations of the West Ring HSR of Hainan Island

 

[Nilgiri]

Any concept arts for the tunnel to link Hainan? Looks good!

 

[Pangu]

Qinglongqiao Station in Snow!
Badaling Great Wall, Suburban Beijing
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Stunning photos bro. These scenes are really ordinary when we pass them by in a flash, but when captured in still photos, they come to life!

 

[Daniel808]

Qinglongqiao Station in Snow!
Badaling Great Wall, Suburban Beijing
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a Wonderful Land ! lol
Winter in North China is like a Paradise. Damn, I love it !
How about Wuhan brother, is Central China Snowy today?

 

[Nilgiri]

Stunning photos bro. These scenes are really ordinary when we pass them by in a flash, but when captured in still photos, they come to life!

Its why I appreciate the dedicated rail bloggers of the world

 

[anant_s]

great pictures Andrew.
here in India except for some part in Kashmir not many lines see snow as background.
one query here with snow factor how is OHE catenary design modified for HSR.

 

[AndrewJin]

great pictures Andrew.
here in India except for some part in Kashmir not many lines see snow as background.
one query here with snow factor how is OHE catenary design modified for HSR.

What is OHE catenary? Sorry I am not familiar with English technical words.

a Wonderful Land ! lol
Winter in North China is like a Paradise. Damn, I love it !
How about Wuhan brother, is Central China Snowy today?

Just some small snow so far, but every winter there will be at least 2 big snow, I mean as big as we can make a snowman.

This February in my community

 

[anant_s]

What is OHE catenary?

OHE= Over Head Electrification
Catenary is an assembly consisting of Contact wire (the one Pantograph is in contact of), dropper wires and support catenary wire.
this terminology i guess has been originated by French engineers who pioneered electrical AC traction in India back in 1958-59.

 

[AndrewJin]

OHE= Over Head Electrification
Catenary is an assembly consisting of Contact wire (the one Pantograph is in contact of), dropper wires and support catenary wire.
this terminology i guess has been originated by French engineers who pioneered electrical AC traction in India back in 1958-59.

Do u mean this?

 

[anant_s]

Do u mean this?
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exactly.
in India we would call it an OHE mast.

 

[AndrewJin]

exactly.
in India we would call it an OHE mast.

We call it 接触网 (direct translation, contact network).
I think the only widely used English term here is co/bo. If u say DMU or EMU, even a lot of railway fans don't know the exact meaning.

 

[Nilgiri]

Seeing the snow pics again, does China use electric or gas heaters for the switchpoints (both HSR and non HSR if different). Here in Canada propane based ones are the standard.

 

[Daniel808]

What is OHE catenary? Sorry I am not familiar with English technical words.


Just some small snow so far, but every winter there will be at least 2 big snow, I mean as big as we can make a snowman.

This February in my community
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Thanks for the Photos, brother.
All White, really nice to see Snow.

btw, Yunnan and Guangxi (Southern Province) get Snow too this winter or not?

 

[Place Of Space]

Thanks for the Photos, brother.
All White, really nice to see Snow.

btw, Yunnan and Guangxi (Southern Province) get Snow too this winter or not?

I don't think it snows so early in the south, the Winter begins every year in 7th or 8th of Novermber.

 

[AndrewJin]

Thanks for the Photos, brother.
All White, really nice to see Snow.

btw, Yunnan and Guangxi (Southern Province) get Snow too this winter or not?

Southern Provinces get snow too, but mostly the northern regions of Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong. Northwestern Yunnan is high plateaus, so it snows regularly. It snows occasionally in northern Guangxi and Guangdong.

Lijiang, Yunnan

In 2008 during spring festival, there was a disastrous snow hitting Southern China, including Hubei, Hunan and Northern Guangxi. All electrified railway had to be replaced by diesel locomotives（Most railways in Southern China were not equipped with anti-snow/ice devices) . Thousands of migrant workers had to wait for a long time at the railway station. At that time I was in high school, there was such heavy snow in campus, I fell over myself several times due to the sick ice on open-air stairs.
2008 Chinese winter storms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
@Daniel808

Thousands of migrant workers waiting for diesel trains which were heading towards southern China from across the country for the rescue.

Premier Wen at Changsha railway station