JingPeng Orient Express at SanDi 2004

Our JingPeng Orient Express Westbound on the second level near SanDi station climbing to the JingPeng Pass summit at Shangdian. We hiked to the top of a mountain backpacking our video gear for shots like this.
The train was about an hour late that afternoon. The sun was rapidly descending behind the mountains, but the train came into view just in time to get the shot before dark. The setting sun imparts an eerie red glow to the smoke as the locomotive labors upgrade to the summit. As darkness approaches, if you look carefully, you can see an intermittent orange glow in the cab windows each time the fireman opens the firebox door. (This shows up much better on the TV than in streaming video.)

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[gaycowboy31]

is the china orient express basiclly the real name the shangre la express I just rode it in December

[bristolmidland]

Was that colour light aspect going the other way really on green!!!