QJ 6577 and 6763 emerge from tunnel 1 running downgrade. The train is about to pass over the well-known Simingyi viaduct.

The curved and graded viaduct at SiMingYi can be photographed from so many angles. Here it is seen from across the valley; the second loco has just commenced blowing down, a common practice in st... (more)

"So we'll go no more to SiMingYi". 2 years ago it was hard to imagine the viaduct at SiMingYi without the endless parade of QJ's lugging their 2300 tonne trains up the 1.2% grade. Steam is gone f... (more)