I lived in Jixi for about 6 months out of the five years I spent in China. I lived with a Chinese guy who worked for this railroad. This video is the most accurate depiction I have ever seen. I got home sick wanting to go back. btw...no more steam in Jixi, its all diesel or electric now. Jixi means "chicken west" named for the nearby mountains. Some of the best years of my life were spent in China. Americans cannot understand the breath and the depth of the Chinese civilization because we are simply incapable of thinking in such large and very different terms . Life in Jixi is hard - even by Chinese standards. In the winter it can get to -30 degrees F. Seeing Chinese people survive and thrive in such a inhospitable place gave me a deep respect for the Chinese people. btw .... nearby this junction is the remains of a Japanese pill-box which survives and oversees a large bridge. the Japanese occupied China for 15 years.
I hope I don't sound ignorant, I wish not to be, but seeing a foreign country like this with such an environment, and as a train enthusiast seeing an operational steam locomotive, just the atmosphere, is really something humbly magical
Your video is absolutely packed with colour and atmosphere,with great shots and fantastic editing.In my book the best steam video I've ever seen.Brilliant work!
Absolutely spectacular footage of life in China with these magnificent steam locomotives. I travelled through China in the late autumn of 1985 and I can therefore relate to the weather conditions and what you have filmed. I wish I had known about this awesome train action though but your excellent videos what I missed and you have certainly left something for posterity. Well done! Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia
The mist has always been there. Just go look at paintings from pre industrial China. The environmentalists are the reason everything is so expensive today.
La filmación y el audio son excelentes. Sin menoscabar la producción fílmica, las imágenes me traen viejos recuerdos de cuando era niño, y miraba a las locomotoras a vapor pasar tirando deslucidos carros de carga, dejando en el aire los olores a carbón koke quemado y a fierro oxidado. Todavía me producen una sensación deprimente.
sorry to disturb you here，I saw the video about jixi you posed ten years ago,its that flimed by you? I even saw my classmate.its a very precious memory about my hometown.I want to make a informal interview to you, can i get a social account？I would be very grateful if I could get your reply
your video offers a wonderful insight into life in China, the music at the beginning of the video is also very catchy, you wouldn't happen to know what it is? 👍
What is it with these Chinese Steam Locomotives using air horns and not what they were built with: the steam chime whistles they're not using? Once in a while they seem to do so, but all the time they just don't. Is it some law or something behind it?
The reason that all steam locomotives in China are using air horns is because it can make loud sounds to warn the people from far distance to get their attention. It can warn people for safety. They are still using the whistles for regular time. Plus, their air horns are required by the law
One thing I can't come to understand is why Chinese RR do not use sand blowers on their locomotives. On many videos I noticed 8- and 10- traction wheels slip is very common. The worst side of it is that when a locomotive slips, it polishes the rails, which thus become more slippery, making it easier for the next trains to slip, thus more polishing the rails, making it easier... Especially on rainy days with the oil and the sludge on the rails! Furthermore, the more a locomotive slips, the more its wheels are polished to a smooth, slippery finish. And I don't think that slippery wheels on slippery tracks add up to good traction! Not to mention the added costs of locomotive and track maintenance... Yet, sand is not costly!
if i ever move.. This is a place id live and want to set roots. sucks im white and prolly cant little half of me of live out there forever. By the time i die I want to have little half aaron all over the world doing what ever the moms family traditionally does. No matter what it is. Forever ill be alive on earth!
This is an amazing video not just about steam locomotives but life in the Chinese rust belt. Thanks for sharing!
I lived in Jixi for about 6 months out of the five years I spent in China. I lived with a Chinese guy who worked for this railroad. This video is the most accurate depiction I have ever seen. I got home sick wanting to go back. btw...no more steam in Jixi, its all diesel or electric now. Jixi means "chicken west" named for the nearby mountains. Some of the best years of my life were spent in China. Americans cannot understand the breath and the depth of the Chinese civilization because we are simply incapable of thinking in such large and very different terms .
Life in Jixi is hard - even by Chinese standards. In the winter it can get to -30 degrees F. Seeing Chinese people survive and thrive in such a inhospitable place gave me a deep respect for the Chinese people. btw .... nearby this junction is the remains of a Japanese pill-box which survives and oversees a large bridge. the Japanese occupied China for 15 years.
我出生的城市，虽然只生活了10年，但是离开快20年后再看到这个视频，心中不禁感慨万千，这20年是经济飞速发展的20年，但我的故乡似乎跟这发展的大潮没有丝毫的关系，净是一副破败的样子。
I hope I don't sound ignorant, I wish not to be, but seeing a foreign country like this with such an environment, and as a train enthusiast seeing an operational steam locomotive, just the atmosphere, is really something humbly magical
Your video is absolutely packed with colour and atmosphere,with great shots and fantastic editing.In my book the best steam video I've ever seen.Brilliant work!
Always had a soft spot for Chinese Steam.
Same here.
Absolutely spectacular footage of life in China with these magnificent steam locomotives. I travelled through China in the late autumn of 1985 and I can therefore relate to the weather conditions and what you have filmed. I wish I had known about this awesome train action though but your excellent videos what I missed and you have certainly left something for posterity. Well done! Greetings from the Train Lord in South Australia
Seemed much happier before winnie the poo destroyed the peoples' souls
True.
This is China"s real life . China which I love. Thank you for this video.
what shocking i see my classmate . its my hometown ,i leaft since 2012 ,tought many things change, this city always stay in that age in my memory
What a beautiful and hard working people ..❤️ and blessings 🙌 to China 🇨🇳 ✨️
Is the atmosphere as polluted as it looks?
Yes. In China they sure love to pollute and not care for mother earth.
The mist has always been there. Just go look at paintings from pre industrial China. The environmentalists are the reason everything is so expensive today.
@@ryanwiese5280 true.
Please inhale some chinese air for 30 years and report back. This is NOT mist this is smog@@ryanwiese5280
La filmación y el audio son excelentes. Sin menoscabar la producción fílmica, las imágenes me traen viejos recuerdos de cuando era niño, y miraba a las locomotoras a vapor pasar tirando deslucidos carros de carga, dejando en el aire los olores a carbón koke quemado y a fierro oxidado. Todavía me producen una sensación deprimente.
Brilliant pieces of filming
Street food and the smell of burning coal, not pristine but unforgettable. Beautiful train footage.
Ganz großes Kino !!! Eine Fantastische Zeitreise , da werden Erinnerungen wach. Traumhaft !!!
Wirklich ausgezeichnet. Der Markt, und dann im Hintergrund ein Kohlenzug :-) Ich gratuliere!
Marvellous, one of the best insights into life in industrial China Iv'e seen yet.
Really enjoyed that. Not often I watch a 13 minute video on TH-cam in full.
3:30老百姓的生活中来过去的火车
10:03 汽笛
这就是我想看的景色
sorry to disturb you here，I saw the video about jixi you posed ten years ago,its that flimed by you? I even saw my classmate.its a very precious memory about my hometown.I want to make a informal interview to you, can i get a social account？I would be very grateful if I could get your reply
The steam engines are awesome
Great content and very atmospheric, well edited, enjoyed watching it. Thank you.
your video offers a wonderful insight into life in China, the music at the beginning of the video is also very catchy, you wouldn't happen to know what it is? 👍
Chinese hip-hop is where it's at! What a beat
Très très intéressant (passionnant), très bien filmé, très vivant. Bravo! Félicitation, et Merci!
Dat wheelslip hah, wonderful!
Idealna muzyka.
Such nice clean air……
😂
I understand the language, people in the video are friendly and funny :)
你好，我初学习汉语，可是不知道他们在 2:19 说什么呢？听不懂 Do you maybe know what they say in the video at 2:19? :)
@@LiuBei365 两块，两块，（买）粘豆包了啊 Two Yuan, two Yuan, Sticky bean bun!
@@xiaopoorhair 谢谢你 ：）
Did you record this video?
sempre que abro esta pagena me lembro quando aqui no brazil tinha maquina a vapor.
A nice, interesting video.Thanks for sharing.
Атмосфера - 5+!
I’m just here for the steam locomotives.
Musique Chyken rock ? 😮
Just come here and say thank you.
Love those old Steam Locomotives Thank You Sir!
An old Railroader. at 7:10 more sand more sand!
A lot of them aren't even that old, China continued steam locomotive production until at least 1999.
And they're still using them today.
Show me more than the Discovery-Channel and the BBC
What is it with these Chinese Steam Locomotives using air horns and not what they were built with: the steam chime whistles they're not using? Once in a while they seem to do so, but all the time they just don't. Is it some law or something behind it?
The reason that all steam locomotives in China are using air horns is because it can make loud sounds to warn the people from far distance to get their attention. It can warn people for safety. They are still using the whistles for regular time. Plus, their air horns are required by the law
How do the guards know when the trains come? They seem random.
2019? Anyone
@ lol
What's the megaphone about? Some vendor advertising something?
Probably a recorded message telling people to get off the tracks.
Ohhh! 4:16 Here we go!! Love China (✿◠‿ ◠)
Awesome
интересно смотреть,больше роликов!
Looks like quite some power.
Very high in horsepower and well made compared to their diesel locomotives.
Это что за вакханалия?)) Баба с микрофоном, паровозы, ботинки красят краской!), да такое даже в упоротом сне не приснится.)
Танцы-это гимнастика на предприятиях, в китае это практикуют. Паровозы в целях экономии. Уголь добывают и тут же используют.
One thing I can't come to understand is why Chinese RR do not use sand blowers on their locomotives. On many videos I noticed 8- and 10- traction wheels slip is very common. The worst side of it is that when a locomotive slips, it polishes the rails, which thus become more slippery, making it easier for the next trains to slip, thus more polishing the rails, making it easier... Especially on rainy days with the oil and the sludge on the rails! Furthermore, the more a locomotive slips, the more its wheels are polished to a smooth, slippery finish. And I don't think that slippery wheels on slippery tracks add up to good traction! Not to mention the added costs of locomotive and track maintenance...
Yet, sand is not costly!
nice video
What are we watching here? Coal mine town? Dependant economies?
New subscriber..☕
鸡西市城子河区
great vid
People live like ants with no soul.
Many do sadly East or West. Apathy is not the Best
Are you god that you judge other people so easily. You don’t even speak our language but I can speak yours
🤗🤗🤗👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I do love Chinese people. They impress me. But, by Buddha, I would not want to live in the pollution so visible in that vid!
Nah, doesn't bother me. I grew up in the 1960's. The US was pretty polluted at the time. As kids we ignored that.
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if i ever move.. This is a place id live and want to set roots. sucks im white and prolly cant little half of me of live out there forever. By the time i die I want to have little half aaron all over the world doing what ever the moms family traditionally does. No matter what it is. Forever ill be alive on earth!
You want to move to a Communist dictatorship?
Ni Hao
зачем девка камни дробит и продает !? что там янтарь нефрит ? )
I think it's some kind of sugar. I'm not to sure.
她一直在说可以免费品尝、很甜，我也没见过这个，我是南方人，可能是当地的特色食物，一种糖块。
😀😃🥲😛
pipec🤦♂️