Steam train and a lot of conveyors in the afternoon sun

Empty coal train leaves the unloading point

Steam loc engineer scenery

It is still possible to find real steam at work in 2017. Just. JS 8081 powers away from the new unloading point at Jianmeixian on the Sandaoling Mining Railway in Xinjiang province in North West... (more)

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JS8081 makes a dramatic departure from the unloading point after dumping her train of coal. Over half of the coal trains at Sandaoling are unloaded at this coal yard where the coal is trans-loaded... (more)

Double steam part 2! A steam crane is hauled upgrade by JS8081 after completing it's work for the day delivering heavy mining equipment to the mining area at the bottom of the opencast coal mine.

With the light of the rising sun glinting off of it's train, JS 8081, departs Xibolizhan for another days work in the open pit mine of the Sandaoling Coal Company. The morning shift change has jus... (more)