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Post by lachinatown on Aug 1, 2013 0:30:49 GMT -5
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Post by helen on Aug 2, 2013 15:58:37 GMT -5
Thanks lachinatown - brought back memories of my trip in 2010 to both the Great Wall and the Hutongs
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Post by Brad Powe on Aug 6, 2013 20:48:52 GMT -5
 The subject line 'Riding the Rails' inspired me to offer this image from late 1932 of the 'Woosung Ghost Train' - although there is no riding going on. My adoptive grand-uncle Arthur's then wife Gladys (nee Richardson) wrote on the back: "This is between Woosung & Shanghai. This is called the ghost-train; during the so called War, it used to be driven in & do the damage it wanted to, & then do a flit out again. I believe it did do some damage to the Japs; they couldn’t make it out. Anyhow, when the Chinese retreated they put it on fire, & now it stands just a skeleton of a train riddled with holes. Glad. That’s Arthur & his Cousin you can see [at the front of the train]." |
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