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Overland Rail Route to Europe - Map-Showing Options

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
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. 

Observation-Coach- Chinese Eastern Railway

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50

An Obsevation Carriage operated by Internationale Wagons-Lits Company on the Chinese Eastern Railway and Trans-Siberian Railway .

Chinese Eastern Railway Carriage

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Passengers enroute from China to Europe by the Chinese Eastern Railway & rans-Siberian Railway standing on the platform at Changchun.  The man (just visible behind the Cossack) and seen with his wife, was a British railway engineer working for the Peking-Mukden Railway.

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Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Passengers enroute from China to Europe by the Chinese Eastern Railway & Trans-Siberian Railway standing at Changchun.  The Eurpean man  was a British railway engineer working for the Peking-Mukden Railway.

Imperial Railways of North China Advertisement - 1909

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

This advertisement published in the November, 1909 edition of "The Far Eastern Review"  highlights the railway's connection with the Trans-Siberian Railway to Europe. Passengers are invited to contact Thomas Cook & Son, the Internationale Wagons-Lits Company or the railway company directly for information . 

South Manchuria Railway Advertisement - 1909

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

This advertisement published in the November, 1909 edition of "The Far Eastern Review"  highlights the South Manchuria Railways' Railway's connection with the Trans-Siberian Railway to Europe. Passengers are advised that this is the "shortest and quickest route"  to Euope by way of Dairen. (Dalian) 

Rail Fares & Travel Times China - Europe in 1909

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1909

This extract from the April 1909 edition of The Far Eastern Review gives examples of the available fares and travel times for the overland rail route between  China and Europe. 

South Manchuria Railway- Change of Russian Track Gauge in 1936

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
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1935

Rail workers of the South Manchuria Railway changing the Russian 5ft.- gauge track to ‘standard gauge’  between Hsinking ( Changchun) and Harbin on 31 st August 1935.

The South Manchuria railway's "Asia" Express Train

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

A colour-tinted card showing the South Manchuria Railway’s streamlined Asia Express at Mukden (a.k.a. 奉天Fengtian) station. This train, running between Dairen and Hsinking (Changchun), was introduced on 1st November 1934. The train ran daily over the approx. 701 km  (435 miles) in 8½ hours averaging 51 m.p.h. inclusive of stops. The train included air-conditioned coaches, a 1st Class observation car, as well as the streamlined locomotive.

South Manchuria Railway - Avertisement - Overland Route -

Submitted by Chinarail on Sat, 2020-06-06 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1936

A 1936 advertisement in the December,1936 editionof "The Far Eastern Review" promoting the South Manchuria Railway’s rail link with Europe via the  “Asia” Express and the Trans-Siberian Railway. The journey time between Dairen and Berlin was 11 days. 

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