Heading down to the coal mine in the cab of JS Class steam locomotive 8190. These were Chinese made locomotives and the 8001 and up series were manufactured from 1986 to 1988. The engineer was hap... (more)
The cold February temperatures send white plumes into the air as these heavy trains work across the flat empty old pit before taking the grade out and to the Xuanmeichang Washery where the coal i... (more)
99% of the time there were no other tourists but a couple of mornings there were busses filled with mainly Japanese tourists at the morning crew change at the station but they soon disappeared. No... (more)
The Kengkongzhan Station was the nicest of the ones we visited along the Sandaoling Coal Mine Railway. It was tidy and put away. The control board operator greeted us in and was very friendly. He ... (more)