Steam in China 1997 Part 2

Some of the scenes on Steam in China parts 1 & 2 were uploaded to You Tube in 2009. Upload size restrictions at that time meant they were only a minute or two long. I have now re-uploaded those scenes together with extra material.
Part 2
Nancha was popular with rail enthusiasts because on the Wuylin branch both northbound and southbound trains had to negotiate a steep bank on the outskirts of town. Like Yebaishou, diesels were appearing here in increasing numbers. Diesel/steam combination double heading was quite common. North of Nancha, on the Wuylin branch was the Xilin zinc and lead mine using 720mm gauge C2 class 0-8-0 locos. The mine itself was served by antiquated overhead-wire electric locos.

[@ronambergerphotoandvideo6263]

In all my trips to China, I never saw a steam+diesel double header. Great shots.

[@zhongruiwang]

Rare historical footage reminds me my lost childhood

[@balmesh]

Fascinating, especially the "behind the scenes" domestic shots!

[@michaelpowell3980]

Smashing video - I was there in November 92, but sadly no snow - and didn't venture along the branch beyond the summit. I suspect the station you've captioned as Wuyiling is in fact the junction at Yichun, with the loco shed and where the line splits to go onwards to Wuyiling, and a short branch westwards to Cuiluan.

[@blackthorne57]

Thanks for your comment. I took my information from a basic sketch map provided by Derek Philips, the tour organiser. When re-uploading the video, I did not check with the China Railways Atlas that I had acquired after the original editing.

[@StephenPierce-cb5hu]

,.. well maintained and "manicured" railroad right of ways,..ballast and tracks are in perfect alignment,...

[@Spanderson99]

Those snow shots at the end were terrific! From what I’ve seen on TH-cam, QJs aren’t the loudest engines out there, but the one in that final shot was barking nicely. Do you recall what sort of train it was pulling? Looked like a mail train, but Ive never seen anything like it before.

[@blackthorne57]

Thanks. Believe it or not they were refrigerated vans. Considering the outside temperature they would hardly seem necessary. However not all China is cold, in the south the temperatures are mild/hot all year.

[@Spanderson99]

blackthorne57 Thanks for the info! Now that you mention it, they do look like refrigerated cars. Where else can you find modern mechanical reefers behind steam traction? China’s railways were a unique place.

[@raymondcote6669]

Those are NOT train whistles, they are taxi horns

[@peppe3553]

very well :-)

[@izydor5374]

Piękna stara kolej

[@davidjoseeduardo2917]

Lindo vidio

[@lupuscanis7523]

The steampipe sounds strange to me.

[@blackthorne57]

There is also a diesel loco 'helping' on Nancha bank, is that what you can hear?

[@blackthorne57]

@@thomassu5546 Yes, the single ended diesel loco is a DF1

[@blackthorne57]

@@thomassu5546 They were designed to be used in pairs, back to back, but spent most of their lives working singly, not a problem because they could be turned on wyes (Y) used for steam locomotives.

[@anth7354]

China,building a nation

[@rafsanaakterjannat8066]

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[@user-je5mn8tn6u]

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