East German built BoBo electric loco 7370 is hard at work in the huge open-cast pit at Pingzhuang, in 2002.

East German built, BoBo electric loco, No 7342 stirs the dust as it climbs out of the massive open-cast pit at Pingzhang in 2002. Note another similar train, top left of photo.

SY 1764 departs Gushan Erjing with an empty coal train. By this date in February 2015, SY1764 had become the youngest operable 2-8-2 in China, a mere 20 years old, as all the newer locomotives had... (more)