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It's hard to believe that this photo was taken earlier this year and that such places still exist in the world where authentic industrial scenes can be recorded.
JS 2-8-2 8197 struggles to get her train of coal underway from the Xikeng loading facility.
Another empty backs through the crossovers at Kangkongzhang on it's way down to the pit.
Sandaoling China
The driver of Chinese JS 8190 thins the lubricating oil for his 2-8-0. The sub zero temperatures in the Sandouling area of North West China were turning the oil into a grease which had to be thinned before it could be used to top up the oil wells of this fine locomotive.
This is a scene which is now confined to the history books as I am informed the use of these steam locos has ceased.