As China plans to raise the speed of its bullet trains back up to 350 km per hour between Beijing and Shanghai in September, a man in Hebei Province has gathered items reflecting the history and development of China’s railway. /China News Service Photo

Zhao Zhonglian who used to work at railway bureau has turned his home into a mini railway museum after three decades of collecting. /China News Service Photo

The thousands of pieces include kerosene signal lamps, train models, train tickets as well as train schedules. /China News Service Photo

China's latest "Fuxing" bullet trains, unveiled in June, will go faster than anything in Zhao's collection and are designed with a top speed of 400 km per hour. /China News Service Photo