May 2008: Alishan Alpine Railway, Taiwan

Here's some info about the A,B, Cs of travelling up Alishan by train. But first, let me show you the X,Y and Z of Alishan:

May 2008: Taiwan Sugar Railway, Kaohsiung

The Taiwan Sugar Company owns a number of sugar cane plantations in Taiwan. In the old days, to facilitate the movement of sugar cane and cargo within their plantation, the company actually has their very own railway networks. I don't think Taiwan Sugar still runs many plantation in Taiwan these days, and their railway are now running, if they are running at all, for weekend tourists to their plantation.

You can find one such railway in Kaohsiung. It is right next to the second last station on the first Kaohsiung metro line. In the next picture, you can see the engine of one of these Taiwan Sugar trains, right below the elevated tracks of the Kaohsiung metro. In the background, a Taiwan Railway train approahes from the left.