South Korea Yeongdong Line switchback

[bikkuri bahn]

Heavy freight on switchbacks!

Coal train at Heungjeon:

 

Cement train and then a Mugungwha train, at Nahanjeong Station, note the mechanical linkages for the points:

 

Cab ride on a Mugungwha train, from Heungjeon signal box to Nahanjeong Station, and then onto the main line:

 

Unfortunately, this switchback line is due to replaced with a tunnel this year

[Nick_Burman]

Heavy freight on switchbacks!

Coal train at Heungjeon:

 

Cement train and then a Mugungwha train, at Nahanjeong Station, note the mechanical linkages for the points:

 

Cab ride on a Mugungwha train, from Heungjeon signal box to Nahanjeong Station, and then onto the main line:

 

Unfortunately, this switchback line is due to replaced with a tunnel this year

 

Also the Alsthom electrics are apparently due for replacement.

 

Don't tell the Koreans (and incidentally the Chinese), but it's incredible how much of their railroading is still Japanese-inspired...

 

 

Cheers NB

[westfalen]

Heavy freight on switchbacks!

Coal train at Heungjeon:

 

Cement train and then a Mugungwha train, at Nahanjeong Station, note the mechanical linkages for the points:

 

Cab ride on a Mugungwha train, from Heungjeon signal box to Nahanjeong Station, and then onto the main line:

 

Unfortunately, this switchback line is due to replaced with a tunnel this year

 

Also the Alsthom electrics are apparently due for replacement.

 

Don't tell the Koreans (and incidentally the Chinese), but it's incredible how much of their railroading is still Japanese-inspired...

 

 

Cheers NB

 

Or The Taiwanese.

 

I'm tempted now to go on a trip to Korea, it's a  place you don't hear much about railway wise, compared to their Japanese neighbours that is.

[bikkuri bahn]

I'm tempted now to go on a trip to Korea, it's a  place you don't hear much about railway wise, compared to their Japanese neighbours that is.

 

Korea has a nascent railfan community, it seems.  But apparently there are more bus fans (May the Lord have mercy on them), and home-country model railway items are (almost?) non-existent.  So you can have pretty much a train watching location to yourself.  I was at Seoul Station this summer, and I was the only one taking pictures of trains- no hordes of tetsuota like at Omiya.  Korea has a unique vibe to it- kinda mixture of Japanese and US railway practices- on one track you'll have a Japanese style EMU stopping at the station, and on a through track you'll have a loco-hauled passenger headed by an EMD type, with its distinctive 645 turbocharger whine.

[Kabutoni]

I found an old series about Korean railways by Japanese on YouTube. It's 6 parts, so I made it into a playlist.

 

 

Warning: 1980s overload!

[Nick_Burman]

 

Or The Taiwanese.

 

I'm tempted now to go on a trip to Korea, it's a  place you don't hear much about railway wise, compared to their Japanese neighbours that is.

 

Yes, however in the case of China and Korea, any mention of anything Japanese makes them touchy...

 

 

Cheers NB