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Offline Yumgui  
#1 Posted : 11 June 2011 23:35:04(UTC)
Yumgui

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Hello,

After a short week in Ha Noi, Vietnam ... here are a "few" pix from my train hunting safari.
Photos and videos taken with my small Canon IXUS 70 camera (5.8-17.4mm, 7.1 Mega Pixels) so quality is rather low and shaking on videos inevitable.

From what I learned there, the central part of the Ha Noi train station was bombed during the war and was reconstructed in the Soviet style.
This gives way to an unusual architectural mix of the older French colonial style with the subsequent Soviet style ... quite unnerving.

To follow up on the 1/1 prototype, I'll be uploading 5 different posts, hope you dun mind the spam ^^. Scared

Plz bear with me for this sequence:

_ General Station pix
_ Locos
_ Cars
_ Miscellaneous Pix
_ Videos (best part !)

Thx,

Yum Tongue

Edited by user 13 June 2011 19:59:33(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
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Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Yumgui  
#2 Posted : 11 June 2011 23:41:41(UTC)
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The locomotives:

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If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Yumgui  
#3 Posted : 11 June 2011 23:45:14(UTC)
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The passenger and freight cars:

(I think Jacques will be quite frustrated with the Victoria Express, Vietnam State Railways train (photo 16) ...
he will have to forgo the high end cuisine for standard Nem 360 ... ;)
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If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Yumgui  
#4 Posted : 11 June 2011 23:49:31(UTC)
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Just learned that 20 is max pix to upload ;)

Cars continued ...
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If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Yumgui  
#5 Posted : 11 June 2011 23:51:49(UTC)
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Here are the Miscellaneous Pix :
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If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Yumgui  
#6 Posted : 11 June 2011 23:53:56(UTC)
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And finally ... here are the videos of trains rolling through the city ...
The Ha Noi train station has two doors at either end, one going south to Sai Gon, the other going north to Lao Cai.
There is only one track at both north and south doors ... and they both lead through the city to their respective destinations.

Quite surprising, plz enjoy :

Train 1:


Train 2:


Train 2 at night:


Yum Tongue

Edited by user 13 June 2011 21:27:44(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
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Offline petestra  
#7 Posted : 12 June 2011 00:59:16(UTC)
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wow, these are very intresting photos to see. The station platforms look like they were bombed last week! Scared Peter
Offline Yumgui  
#8 Posted : 12 June 2011 01:17:15(UTC)
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Heh Peter,

What platforms ???

Yum Tongue
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Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Roman  
#9 Posted : 12 June 2011 05:00:51(UTC)
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Look at that crazy guy on the last video about :44. These videos of trains through a populated area are amazing.
Offline Yumgui  
#10 Posted : 12 June 2011 21:47:41(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Roman Go to Quoted Post
Look at that crazy guy on the last video about :44. These videos of trains through a populated area are amazing.

Yep Roman, the driver of that scooter is crazy !
I think it is part of the driving habits there; first one across the road wins. Laugh
Of course it's possible when scooter confronts scooter .. but when scooter confronts loco .. I believe there is no match. Confused

Yum ThumpUp
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Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline Ranjit  
#11 Posted : 13 June 2011 07:59:17(UTC)
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My first look of Vietnam Railways! Thank you for posting the photos and the videos, Yum!

Cheers,
Ranjit



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Offline ozzman  
#12 Posted : 13 June 2011 10:48:28(UTC)
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Many thanks Yum for those photos and videos!
Gary
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Offline gachar001  
#13 Posted : 13 June 2011 18:34:49(UTC)
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Nice pictures. Thanks.
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Offline Yumgui  
#14 Posted : 13 June 2011 20:08:20(UTC)
Yumgui

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Ranjit, ozzman, gachar001,

Thanks for the kind words, glad you like them ! ThumpUp

I find it very refreshing to be reminded that many many people have quite different train riding experiences than I do; puts things into perspective.
To the point that I start wondering what it might be like to create a layout with Vietnam consists ... Märklin has a very long way to go on that ! BigGrin

Here is another video, taken not far from the Station ... which doesn't concern trains directly, but may help to find the answer to the riddle:
Why didn't the chicken cross the road ?

Chicken 1:


Plz lemme know,

Yum Tongue
If your M track is rusted ... DON'T throw it out !
Working on: https://studiogang.com/projects/all
My heavy train station renovation: https://youtu.be/QQlyNiq416A
Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
Offline jeehring  
#15 Posted : 13 June 2011 23:40:56(UTC)
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hi yumgi
Thank you for pictures .
have you been to DALAT (in annam) ?
It is my birth place (I was born there...in the mountains)...In Dalat you should see a veeeery particular train station ! Cool ....
Offline FMS  
#16 Posted : 13 June 2011 23:44:14(UTC)
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Beautiful pics! TksSmile
Regards
FMS
Offline Yumgui  
#17 Posted : 14 June 2011 07:59:19(UTC)
Yumgui

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jeehring, FMS,

Glad you like them.

Dalat ... very beautiful station : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalat_Bf_1.jpg

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Inspired by: http://www.nakedmarklin.com/... Am not alone in this universe, phew.
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