Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1911
This timetable, extracted from a Peking-Mukden Railway "Handbook " published in 1911, shows railway connecting times for travel between Peking and London in 12 1/2 days. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1910
Map illustrating the various options of travelling by rail from Hong Kong and China to Europe in the early 20th Century, following the completion of the Trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern railways in 1903.
This map is based upon a Thoams Cook & Son's "Peking and the Overland route" published in1917. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1935
Russian 4-6-0 locomotive no. Г3656 pictured at Harbin station heading up the Trans-Siberian train. This locomotive was built by Kharkov in 1901-1902 and was originally no. Г656 of the Chinese Eastern Railway. in 1935 it was renumbered and transferred to Manchoukuo National Railways to work in the Northern Railway.<Read more ...>
