Wrong Line Running

After observing most of the locomotives leaving the shift change at Dongbolizhan we headed to the pit to photograph the first loaded train of the day. A fellow British enthusiast, Doug, was also at the shift change and had already made his way down to the lineside with guide Jun where he informed us on our arrival that the line was not operating normally.

 

A landslip had occurred overnight, possibly caused by one of the numerous underground fires and had made the ground by part of the line unstable. Management were keen to repair the slip as soon as possible so spoil was being excavated from half along the line between the pit and Kengkouzhan in order to fill in the unstable area. JS class no.8081 and it's rake of coal wagons had been commandeered and was sitting on the nominal up line out of the pit being loaded with spoil which meant those trains being loaded with coal would have to use the normal down line when running to one of the unloading points. JS class no.8190 is seen on the climb out of the pit running wrong road with one of the first loaded coal trains after the morning shift change on 16th February 2017.

 

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