Double Headed QJs on SiMingYi Viaduct 2004

The clip starts wide to reveal the context of this railway engineering marvel. The SiMingYi Bridge is in the lower left quadrant of the view. At this point, the eastbound train has traversed line on the valley floor in the distance on the left, and passed over the bridge in the distance near the village of SiMingYi. We zoom in on the train revealing double headed QJs working hard upgrade. Listen as the exhaust sounds of the two locomotives go in and out of synch with occasional slipping. The road where cars are passing by marks the starting point of our hike up the mountain. As the train passes over the viaduct the smoke casts a beautiful shadow on the landscape below. The clip ends with the engines going through a cut and disappearing into SiMingYi tunnel. Hadashan Station is about one more kilometer on the other side of the mountain.

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[atsf7809]

why do the chinese steam engines like the qj and js have no soul to their whistling. while the older chinese engines like the sy and pacific i forget the acrnym for that have whistle chords. it make absouloutely no sense. the qj's would sound very good with whistle chords. but why don't they use them?

[daletherail]

@atsf7809 QJ and SY have both a steam whistle and air horn operated by a foot pedal on the floor. The whistle is eiter on or off, there is no way to "play" the whistle.

[electron2601]

This video literally made my night! The thought of steam still being used atleast somewhere for actual cargo transport is stunning to me. Then seeing it go in a tunnel...wow! It's like seeing a kids dream become reality.

[scpmr]

gallon of what? water? :)))

[ebtmikado]

Breathtaking!



[TheMandolineer]

@scpmr This railway recently had to abandon their veteran fleet of steamers. Upon further investigation, immense amounts of dirt were found in their tenders.

[pelforthpelforth]

Lovely 

[zarquon53]

@benray0 Thats because Thomas the Tank Engine is based on British Locomotives -- DUUUHHHHH ! ! !

[gogamich]

And J must paye 1000eu for rejestration of my car, because pollution!

[benray0]

The big Yankee steam locos sound the the best,the Chinese ones i just watched are a little soulless,the British locos sound like Thomas the bloody tank engine

[htc6600]

Reminds me of the Milwaukee Road near Piedmont, Montana going up the hill to Vendome.

[southern4501isawesom]

@daletherail so all of them have a button type whitsle?

[hornerhayward]

There is a fantastic dvd of this railway by John Agnew. See railmaster exports. It features all this in great detail

John H

[agemangirl1919]

@daletherail

I truly admire your depth of knowledge. I really do.