Professor Dafydd Fell from SOAS, University of London, discusses his brand new book ‘The Twilight Years of Taiwan’s Sugar Railways: The World’s Most Extraordinary Industrial Railway.’ He shares fascinating stories and experiences from the years that he spent investigating, documenting and photographing Taiwan’s sugar railways! From waiting for hours in a remote location to get the perfect shot of a particular locomotive, to being invited on-board a sugar train for an unforgettable journey, listen in to hear what it was like as a British rail enthusiast with a foldable bike in Taiwan in the 1990’s.

Co-authored with Wang Hsiang, the book documents the incredible status of Taiwan’s sugar railways that once boasted over 3000KM of track, the rapid demise through the 1990’s and beyond, with some final seeds of hope for the preservation and restoration of some lines for the future.

Professor Fell is holding book launch events in:

Kaohsiung, Jan 3rd, 13:30 – 15:30pm, Takao Railway Museum (舊打狗驛故事館資料室)
Taichung, Jan 4th, 14:00 – 16:00pm, Taichung (台中文化資產園區）衡道堂B05小禮堂
Taipei, Jan 8th, 19:00 – 21:00pm, Turn Left Bookshop 左轉有書（台北市鎮江街3-1號）

Podcast from NTNU International Taiwan Studies Centre
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