8K electric locomotives were made by ALSTHOM in late 80's.
The SS1 type began manufacturing fourty years ago, the oldest type electric locomotive in China. On the left side, the new HXD3 was built in last year.
At dusk, two HXD3 are preparing to leave for Shijiazhuang.
A busy dusk.
The train would rush into the tunnel under my feet.
Daqin Railway (Datong - Qinhuangdao Line) was built from 1985. In order to run through the mountains north of Beijing. A large number of bridges and tunnels were built to conquer the difficult ter... (more)
With the mid-train helper, two 10,000 tons coal train were connected in a 20,000 tons long train, about 210 cars. The locomotive is HXD1, a new type locomotive have 9600KW power.
Why I went to Pingdingshan in the hot summer two years ago? Yes, for the steam locomotives. The background of this picture is Pingdingshan coal mine group's eighth mine. In 2007, there were about ... (more)
It's looks like that the train was running on the wheat carpet.
