This photo of my grandma (now 97 years young) is one of my favorites.
It was taken in 1974 up near the China border in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. The train ran to the Lowu border at that time, but it was a fairly recent development because for years it didn’t. Something about the Cultural Revolution (which was still going on in 1974).
It’s almost impossible to see here, but the Kowloon-Canton Railway at that time used diesel-hauled passenger trains that chugged up from the old terminus in Tsim Sha Tsui, just across from the Peninsula Hotel. It must have taken my grandparents half a day to reach Sheung Shui.
They were in Hong Kong on vacation then. In total, they visited Hong Kong seven or eight times from 1965 to 1982.
I was no stranger to Sheung Shui in the 1990s, but by then it was built up with high-rise apartment blocks, a town hall, shopping malls, and a faster train.
Happy Friday!
This is facing NW(ish). The hill in the background is Tai Shek Mo.
this is facing NWish. The hill in the background is Tai Shek Mo.
Thank you so much! Glad to have someone confirm it! Things have really built up around there in recent years/decades.
Great photo. Is it looking north or south, do you know?
I am pretty sure it’s facing north. In another photo, some school kids are exiting the train. I assume they didn’t go to school north of Sheung Shui. I also envision my grandparents taking photos as soon as they arrived in Sheung Shui, right after they got off the train.
Thanks so much for the comment!