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Steam trains China
Winter steam in coal mines and steel mills

Winter steam in China in January 2007. Chinese steam locos, steam trains and freight trains with steam, industrial and mine railway systems, a journey leads to the last places and locations, where steam trains engines are still used for daily operations. But even here the dark clouds of diesel are coming up. The Jixi coal mine railway got their first diesel locomotives in May 2007 and since in China a steam locomotive is valorized as an antique thing, which has to be substituted, it has to be feared, that briefly the last smoke will leave the chimney. Historical preparation and responsibility, museum preservation of the exhibits ... nil return, better to tread the way of old iron, the scrap dealer has a smile in his face, who can sell the iron well in the current market situation.

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at the track

Baiyin - Steel mill 804 (36)

Steel mill Baotou (44)

Line Huludao - Yangjiazhangzi (40)

Xiamiaoxi / Repair plant 701 (20)

Tiefa (28)

Coal mine system Jixi (48)

Coal mine Jalainur (44)


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Did this little photo gallery appeal to you more? Has this little photo gallery wake you up for more ? Don't you like to see only the pictures, do you like to photograph yourself the trains ? The journey, which has provoked these images of this site, has been organized by Farrail. Farrail is specialized on photo and video tour for railway and train spotters in foreign and exotic countries. The participants don't have to take care about anything, neither how to get a permission, neither approvals, they don't have to study when the next train is on the ride, even neither in which nice restaurant dinner will be taken, everything will be managed for you. Your responsibility is only to ensure, that your camera has enough power, that the memory capacity of your smart cards is sufficient, or that you have enough empty and unused films used for this day / this tour.

Steam trains fans are welcome to contribute additional data, since the author doesn’t consider himself a professional for example concerning classes or history of a locomotive. Through our link summary you can access to other interesting galleries and presentations on the topic of steam locomotive and railway on the Internet. Webmasters, companies, railway stations, associations, museums, clubs, organizations, who like to be linked to our list, we offer the chance to cross reference by exchanging links to your presentation. Would you like to participate ?

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