The fantastic sight, and sound, of 3 steam locos lifting a train up the steeply graded line to Chengde steel works. SY 0872 heads the train with another SY and a JS pushing from behind.
It takes 3 locos to move just 11 wagons up the very steeply graded Chengde steelworks line. JS 5723 leads, with 2 SYs shoving from behind. Both types of loco are 2-8-2. Seen on a cold day in Febru... (more)
JS6218 slogs up the incline through Chengde town with a train for Chengde steelworks in 1998.
A JS loco storms the steep climb from the China Rail exchange yard with a train for Cheng De steelworks.
Two boys watch as an "Iron Dragon" crosses the Luanhe River.
It takes three JS class Mikados to bring 11 loaded gons up the Chengde bank.
JS class Mikado makes heavy work of its 12 loads up the 3.3% grade - at the rear, two other Mikados of SY class are shoving hard as well. 3 months later, steam was gone as the diesels took over t... (more)
