Chinese Steam, Sandaoling 1 A

Sandaoling open cast mine is in Xinjiang Province in the far west of China. A JS class 2-8-2 heads a long rake of empty wagons up hill from the state railway at Liushuquan to the deep mine. In the distance a diesel hauled freight can be seen passing on the state railway. The JS whistles on approaching a level crossing and a passing lorry hoots in reply. These shots were filmed in December 2009, sadly, by January 2010 this section of line had gone over to diesel.

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Travel & Events

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• Steam loco
• JS class
• coal mine
• Chinese steam

[yakuzenshin]

Beautiful video! Thank you.

[richardyingren]

bet the firemans working hard !!

[robmasterman]

Amazing footage and superbly take..Thanks..5* Bob

[bilgerat671]

Thank you for posting these videos and documenting some of the last "working" steam locomotives in the world.

[ADMIRALSCORNER]

We are fortunate you were there and filmed it ! Thank you.

[togreektown]

wow what a great video

that poor one locomotive was sure

working hard 5*

[NN2Blue]

Excellent! 5* and Fav! Thank you for sharing and thank you for capturing the last days of steam on this section of line! - Mike

[FamiliaRusu]

Teacher - Nota 111 Than's !!!! Greetings from Roumaine - Family Rusu

[NapierNimbus]

Excellent - superbly filmed

[balmesh]

Beautiful! Enjoyed every minute. 5* And many thanks for sharing this with us.

Alan