China's delightful Jiayang narrow gauge railway.

Thisdelightful little railway, in China's Sichuan Province, runs from the shops at Shibanxi to the mine at Huancunjing. Electrics serve the lower portion of the line from the washer to Shibanxi. Steam powers the coal trains, and passenger trains to the villages along the line. Sadly the mine closed, passenger trains were discontinues, and only the odd tourist train now runs. My still photographs mixed with video clips comprise this program.

[@GreatCenteralGlory]

Even when they’re mucky and grimy, steam engines still have an unparalleled beauty

[@flyingporker100]

Gorgeous photography - each still tells a story. I loved the rickety old engine with its equally rickety carriages. No new fangled stuff like continuous brakes. And the ash-pan dumping hot ash and coal between the rails. And the loco wheels locked up as the engine came to a halt - driver enjoying his ciggie.😄

[@densondirosa4497]

Beautiful scenery, wonderful little trains. We hava lotta differences in our 2 cultures, but it seems the more difficult a situation is, the more beauty is brought into focus.

[@REDISCOVER7769]

Really awesome videography feels like being transported back to good old days. ❤️❤️

[@allan5919]

Very enjoyable viewing. Amazing video!

[@lorrainedimmock4096]

Great video and just love how life is over there, our country UK is so sterile now, this is like going back 60 years, and it looks awesome....!

[@davebutterworth7414]

Excellent photography, really enjoyed it thanks ❤

[@howarth004]

Class ...and very good photography and video footage ...

[@juanbautistagilli8474]

MUY BUENO JUAN DE V.MARIA CORDOBA

[@stavio12]

Not only is the Engine puffing away but so are the drivers🤣🤣🤣

[@mattkelly4684]

Makes me want to Build a model railway

[@slurjkblohm]

That is a big narrow gauge engine

[@OStrip]

great work.

[@caroleast9636]

Proper working railway doing it’s job, moving it’s passengers, hasn’t spent billions on fancy stations, but it’s still going! I think some our politicians should learn from this.

[@ArthurAndNormandyFan1]

I mean it's now closed.

[@Train115]

I am assuming you live in the UK and don't like the idea of the highspeed rail that's being worked on.

[@theslicefactor4590]

That kitchen looks dirtier than the loco 3:41

[@stephensmith799]

A very successful design of locomotive; originally Russian but adapted and improved in China. One is in North Wales being converted to 2” gauge. Not fast but very powerful Starting Tractive Effort. CORRECTION: please see next post below!

[@joukoniemi9250]

Originally from Finland. We had to give those locomotives to Russia after II WW + many ships, houses, machineries for papermills and other industry +,+,+,+. Those locomotives were made in city Tampere by Lokomo and Tampella.

[@stephensmith799]

@@joukoniemi9250 Thanks 🙏 I did not know that. We are finding out again how keen Russia can be on stealing from neighbouring countries.

[@joukoniemi9250]

@@stephensmith799 Originally 572 locomotives were made to Russia in Finland. But later on they made themself more and allso made many eastern European countries that were under Russian influence. Those 572 was a small part of the whole payment. All given ships put together would have been a 30 km long queue + maschineries with power plants for 30 factories +,+,+

[@stephensmith799]

@@joukoniemi9250 It didn’t help the USSR. Finland is recognised internationally today as the Happiest, Most Healthy, Best Educated, Most Meritocratic and Least Criminal among nations. It is a blessing to be born a Finlander.

[@Britlurker]

@@stephensmith799 I think there is a misunderstanding here. These are Soviet designed locos from the 1930s later built in Poland and China. Sure, some may have ended up in Finland and taken by the USSR post-WW2. But they are not originally Finnish. Most/all the Chinese examples were built in China anyway.

[@candldagreat982]

isnt this also what is kniwn as, 'the waddling train'?

[@user-mm1nt1it5v]

This is what id imagine north korea looks like in all the rural parts of the country.

[@hemantthapa5254]

Really enjoyed the videography seeing those old steam engines hauling the passenger coaches in between the fancy stations.Is it still running?

[@D0g_boy642]

It looks like it’s a ghost train

[@quixkiwi5337]

You state that the passenger trains were "discontinued" (when you uploaded this video in 2021)
But then, in 2022 someone else has a long video of it running..?
Which I watched first about two hours ago (incidentally) - via:
th-cam.com/video/dTwcnY0GJlY/w-d-xo.html
Only finding your earlier video - as a suggestion much later...
Thus which is it closed or running twice daily?

[@petercrook4626]

When the video was uploaded has no relationship to when it was shot - 2010. The mine closed, the coal trains were obviously no longer running, and the passenger trains for the locals were discontinued . Tourist trains, as far as I know (for Chinese tourists) still run. I have no idea, not having watched it, when the other program was shot.

[@Tv-dh3wg]

Я-таки понял, что это паровоз Кп4 местного разлива

[@SuperBmw730d]

Где это место находится 9:45?

[@jankochanowski3252]

3:35 what are the two women on the tracks doing?

[@petercrook4626]

Looks like they are raking through the ashes looking for unburned lumps of coal.

[@khagendas5012]

Collecting Unburned coal

[@railnaeroproduction6264]

6:26

[@Maonnaise]

bruh the slide

[@butchkaminsky9470]

Carbon footprint? We don't care about no print here!

[@Mhbjr]

What is the gauge?

[@DennisDithmar]

762mm according to wiki

[@TheVRSofa]

Awesome but, ya know....china....human rights and all that.

[@diesel_automotive]

i think china went too far look at that filter in top of chimney when the filter showed up like that it feels the loco is ugly 😂

[@ipnovitochannel8427]

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