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Sandaoling Coal Railway
Author: Ben Kletzer
Date: 01-26-2014 - 09:40

While 4014 is the news out in California, here in China steam continues to run on a daily basis in several locations.

I spent the last two weeks visiting a couple of these railroads and spent a significant time at Sandaoling, the last REAL steam show in the world. Sandaoling is an opencast pit coal mine located in far western China, in a region called Xinjiang.

[www.railpictures.net]

[www.railpictures.net]

Sandaoling is home to 25 steam locomotives, all mainline size 2-8-2's that work 24/7 hauling coal spoil and construction trains throughout this massive mine system. More importantly, this is no museum railroad or short industrial switching line, but a heavy haul mine railroad, using mainline steam in 2014.

I hope you enjoy these two photos from last week.

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  Sandaoling Coal Railway Ben Kletzer 01-26-2014 - 09:40
  Re: Sandaoling Coal Railway BOB R 01-26-2014 - 20:57
  Re: Sandaoling Coal Railway Jim Fitzgerald 01-27-2014 - 13:51


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