2-8-2 JS # 8190 with her 13 hoppers coal train on the about 1.0 % grade from the open cast mine up to the washery. The potographer is standing about 1000 m a.s.l, the Tianshan mountain range in th... (more)
After the morning shift chance, shortly before sunrise at about 9 AM, all 4 JS steamlocomotive of the Sandaoling coal mine railroad are gathered at Dongbolizhan station. This day JS # 6224, 8167, ... (more)
Only rarely do individual coal trains travel to another unloading point south-west of Nanzhan for unloading, probably according to the quality of the coal. JS #8173 reached this alternative unload... (more)