Ching-lung-chiao (Qinglongqiao) Railway Station in the shadow of the Great Wall

All too often on this site I have the sad duty to report destruction – hutong, lilong, shikumen, temples, all manner of buildings – all lost so frequently to the bulldozer for, invariably, jerry-built high rises, endless roads or yet more half empty shopping malls. However, Qinglongqiao Railway Station in Badaling, by the Great Wall, has survived…

Below a picture by RE Baber of National Geographic from 1923 showing a train at the station and the old station sign. Below that the station in 1909, and below that the preserved station today…