https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305337/keyword/232352 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/B9/A8/305337.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305337/keyword/232352 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:22:53 +0000 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:22:53 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/52082114 tag:ipernity.com,2023-08-25,doc-52082114 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:33:47 +0000 2022-11-20T15:31:35+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/52082114"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/14/52082114.edd58da7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="146" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The beach, the sea, the sky & the bird.</div> Calpe Valencia Spain 20th November 2022 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/52082114"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/14/52082114.edd58da7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="146" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The beach, the sea, the sky & the bird.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/31088363 tag:ipernity.com,2006-03-02,doc-31088363 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:37:52 +0000 2003-07-13T18:45:05+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/31088363"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/141/83/63/31088363.8b80fb09.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Chinese steam working hard. 2-10-2 QJ 440 &QJ at Honggong. A double-headed freight train heading south on the railway out of Harbin powers up the Wanggang bank.<br /> <br /> Back in 1983 independent visitors were not allowed. I spent 3 weeks with a group of enthusiasts on an organised tour visiting railway, and cultural, sites across China where steam still reigned on the main line. Investment in new lines was high even then and it's interesting to realise that the lines in western China where the last steam strongholds were recently dieselised were not even built at the time of my visit.</div> Wanggang Harbin Manchuria China 20th October 1983 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/31088363"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/141/83/63/31088363.8b80fb09.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Chinese steam working hard. 2-10-2 QJ 440 &QJ at Honggong. A double-headed freight train heading south on the railway out of Harbin powers up the Wanggang bank.<br /> <br /> Back in 1983 independent visitors were not allowed. I spent 3 weeks with a group of enthusiasts on an organised tour visiting railway, and cultural, sites across China where steam still reigned on the main line. Investment in new lines was high even then and it's interesting to realise that the lines in western China where the last steam strongholds were recently dieselised were not even built at the time of my visit.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete