It's Saturday October 30th 2004, and the famous Ji Tong line
in northern China is still running 40% double headed steam combinations.
As from the following Monday, dieselisation may be completed.
Just one last attempt at "the Nigel Harris shot" with steam
train in the foreground and the famous curved viaduct in the
background.
Double
headed freight drifts downhill just after sunset - 29/10/04
The
Yinghao narrow gauge system was only discovered by western enthusiasts
in June 2004 and its future is very uncertain, but it provides
an
interesting contrast to Chinese standard gauge. 19/10/04
