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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| first major Peking -> Hamburg frieght train. |
| 2008-01-26 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #7 Wasn't one of the EU muckety-mucks just fussing that China's exporting entirely too much to them? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-01-26 21:37 |
| #6 They glave him is olers in Peking in China First line of the Classic The Lek of the Old NinetyLeven |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-26 19:17 |
| #5 Betcha there were no NORK railway cars there in the consist. Just sayin. Looks like a great circle route takes one through Russia. If it is like Putin's natural gas politics, Germany could be held hostage if Putin is having a bad day. Just sayin. Haven't looked on the Carbon side of the equation yet. Heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-01-26 13:58 |
| #4 "The test train was a success. We have demonstrated that we can transport goods by rail between China and Germany safely, reliably and yet twice as fast as compared with ships," Bensel said. "At the same time, we are considerably cheaper than air freight for many types of cargo." |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-01-26 09:32 |
| #3 Yes, the Germans learned a big lesson about having good roads in the region between Berlin and Beijing. It's a real challenge in the winter, I've read. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-26 09:27 |
| #2 It makes a heck of a good military road too. Just sayin' |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2008-01-26 06:41 |
| #1 "by the end of the decade we can aim at launching regular freight transport services along this axis" Ummm, ya might wanna reword that slightly, Hans. Just sayin'.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-26 00:32 |