The new Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1.142 km (710 miles) long. A total of 960 km track (600 miles) are laid on permafrost - that's soil frozen all year, except for a thin layer in the surface that wi... (more)

Qinghai-Tibet railway has a lenght of 1.142 km (710 miles). General Electric, Pennsylvania in USA, has delivered 78 dieselunits type C38AChe. A GE-engineer is still in Tibet to monitor the GE-loco... (more)

North of Lhasa, the Shanghai train is on its way, still 4.300 km (2.900 miles) to go. Passengercars on the new Tibet railway has special features, such as oxygen outlet for passengers - and even a... (more)