https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305337/keyword/169315 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/B9/A8/305337.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/305337/keyword/169315 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:36:56 +0000 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:36:56 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/52671028 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-22,doc-52671028 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:59:44 +0000 2012-10-03T17:34:22+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/52671028"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/10/28/52671028.fca74b72.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="155" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">An early morning lineside walk just north of Taiyuan station and this Chinese Railways JS 2-8-2 number 6101 forged past us with a southbound freight train.<br /> <br /> I was on a Railway Transport & Photography China trip and tour leader Lou Johnson is seen on the right taking the same shot.</div> Taiyuan Shanxi China 28th October 1983 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/52671028"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/10/28/52671028.fca74b72.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="155" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">An early morning lineside walk just north of Taiyuan station and this Chinese Railways JS 2-8-2 number 6101 forged past us with a southbound freight train.<br /> <br /> I was on a Railway Transport & Photography China trip and tour leader Lou Johnson is seen on the right taking the same shot.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51399476 tag:ipernity.com,2022-06-19,doc-51399476 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:15:29 +0000 2014-11-21T02:25:14+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51399476"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/94/76/51399476.250e88d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="136" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">On the edge of the Gobi desert. JS 2-8-2 8366, on the eastern mines branch, brings its 20 empty China Rail coal wagons back to Nanzhan yard with the beautiful snow-capped mountains of the Tian Shan behind.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 21st November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51399476"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/94/76/51399476.250e88d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="136" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">On the edge of the Gobi desert. JS 2-8-2 8366, on the eastern mines branch, brings its 20 empty China Rail coal wagons back to Nanzhan yard with the beautiful snow-capped mountains of the Tian Shan behind.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51320652 tag:ipernity.com,2022-05-15,doc-51320652 Sun, 15 May 2022 08:40:35 +0000 2018-01-14T03:02:25+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51320652"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/52/51320652.cf477eac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="174" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">These two ox carts appeared out of the track to the right so we asked them to stop for a few minutes while Burma Railways metre gauge class YD 2-8-2 967 did its runpast. They were posed but not planned!</div> Kyaik Kathr Burma 14th January 2018 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51320652"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/06/52/51320652.cf477eac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="174" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">These two ox carts appeared out of the track to the right so we asked them to stop for a few minutes while Burma Railways metre gauge class YD 2-8-2 967 did its runpast. They were posed but not planned!</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51210908 tag:ipernity.com,2022-03-02,doc-51210908 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:08:18 +0000 2014-11-16T03:51:13+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51210908"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/09/08/51210908.cb0e8a16.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="211" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ex-Chinese Railways JS 2-8-2 8173 curves out of the open cast pit at Sandaoling with its 13 wagon train of coal. <br /> <br /> I learnt recently that the last great steam show in the world is no more and all the coal from the pit is now transported to the washeries by truck. <br /> <br /> The end of an era</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 16th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51210908"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/09/08/51210908.cb0e8a16.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="211" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ex-Chinese Railways JS 2-8-2 8173 curves out of the open cast pit at Sandaoling with its 13 wagon train of coal. <br /> <br /> I learnt recently that the last great steam show in the world is no more and all the coal from the pit is now transported to the washeries by truck. <br /> <br /> The end of an era</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51053212 tag:ipernity.com,2021-11-05,doc-51053212 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:49:58 +0000 2014-11-20T01:05:01+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51053212"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/12/51053212.39f13f8a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">It's the early morning shift change at Dongbolizhan. With the sun slowly rising two Sandaoling Coal Railway JS 2-8-2s wait in the sidings. 8190 on the left and 8173 on the right both head empty coal wagons and will soon reverse back into the open cast pit to reload.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 20th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/51053212"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/12/51053212.39f13f8a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">It's the early morning shift change at Dongbolizhan. With the sun slowly rising two Sandaoling Coal Railway JS 2-8-2s wait in the sidings. 8190 on the left and 8173 on the right both head empty coal wagons and will soon reverse back into the open cast pit to reload.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/50831708 tag:ipernity.com,2021-06-22,doc-50831708 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:19:38 +0000 2018-01-12T11:27:15+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/50831708"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/08/50831708.2cca920a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Burma Railways metre gauge class YD 2-8-2 967 passes northwards as darkness falls. The sun really had set by this time and we needed a torch to pick our way out of the padi fields back to the train.</div> South of Thaton Burma 12th January 2018 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/50831708"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/17/08/50831708.2cca920a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Burma Railways metre gauge class YD 2-8-2 967 passes northwards as darkness falls. The sun really had set by this time and we needed a torch to pick our way out of the padi fields back to the train.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/50756182 tag:ipernity.com,2021-05-07,doc-50756182 Fri, 07 May 2021 14:22:28 +0000 2014-11-16T03:15:35+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/50756182"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/61/82/50756182.24735b38.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="155" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Fighting against the fierce gradient and the curvature JS 2-8-2 8167 pulls its load of side-tippler coal trucks out of the deep open cast pit at Sandaoling.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 16th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/50756182"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/61/82/50756182.24735b38.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="155" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Fighting against the fierce gradient and the curvature JS 2-8-2 8167 pulls its load of side-tippler coal trucks out of the deep open cast pit at Sandaoling.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/49937614 tag:ipernity.com,2020-05-12,doc-49937614 Tue, 12 May 2020 10:01:32 +0000 2018-01-14T11:18:11+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/49937614"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/76/14/49937614.af864c66.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="104" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">East of Bago Burma Railways YD 2-8-2 967 heads slowly off the river bridge at Abya into the sunset with a mixed freight.</div> Abya Burma 14th January 2018 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/49937614"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/76/14/49937614.af864c66.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="104" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">East of Bago Burma Railways YD 2-8-2 967 heads slowly off the river bridge at Abya into the sunset with a mixed freight.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/44141014 tag:ipernity.com,2017-01-14,doc-44141014 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 09:45:41 +0000 2014-11-18T03:36:55+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/44141014"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/10/14/44141014.6701982f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="167" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">JS 2-8-2 6209 sets off from Xibolizhan at the west end of the a Sandaoling open cast coal pit with with an extra working to pick up a variety of items from the control office behind.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 18th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/44141014"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/10/14/44141014.6701982f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="167" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">JS 2-8-2 6209 sets off from Xibolizhan at the west end of the a Sandaoling open cast coal pit with with an extra working to pick up a variety of items from the control office behind.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/43917012 tag:ipernity.com,2016-11-30,doc-43917012 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:17:35 +0000 2014-11-22T02:41:51+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/43917012"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/12/43917012.2fea46a0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="121" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">An unidentified JS 2-8-2 shunting the yard at Nanzhan.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 22nd November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/43917012"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/12/43917012.2fea46a0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="121" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">An unidentified JS 2-8-2 shunting the yard at Nanzhan.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/41202840 tag:ipernity.com,2016-02-23,doc-41202840 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:36:04 +0000 2014-11-25T00:46:39+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/41202840"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/28/40/41202840.02bd7f74.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="179" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This last gasp of Chinese steam is no more and as far as is known there are no other regular standard gauge steam-hauled passenger trains left in China. Or the world?<br /> <br /> The Baiyin Non-ferrous Metals Company 07.50 workers' morning train from Baiyin Town, headed by SY 2-8-2 1581 again, climbs up the valley.</div> Baiyin Gansu China 25th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/41202840"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/28/40/41202840.02bd7f74.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="179" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This last gasp of Chinese steam is no more and as far as is known there are no other regular standard gauge steam-hauled passenger trains left in China. Or the world?<br /> <br /> The Baiyin Non-ferrous Metals Company 07.50 workers' morning train from Baiyin Town, headed by SY 2-8-2 1581 again, climbs up the valley.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/40002456 tag:ipernity.com,2015-10-13,doc-40002456 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:42:20 +0000 2014-11-23T07:48:57+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/40002456"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/24/56/40002456.80220821.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="183" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We arrived in Baiyin after our overnight train journey from Hami to Lanzhou and drive from Lanzhou in time to take some shots of the 15.15 workers passenger train from Baiyin to Shenbutong as it blasted up the valley behind SY 2-8-2 1581.</div> Baiyin Gansu China 23rd November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/40002456"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/24/56/40002456.80220821.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="183" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We arrived in Baiyin after our overnight train journey from Hami to Lanzhou and drive from Lanzhou in time to take some shots of the 15.15 workers passenger train from Baiyin to Shenbutong as it blasted up the valley behind SY 2-8-2 1581.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/39322306 tag:ipernity.com,2015-08-18,doc-39322306 Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:10:20 +0000 2014-11-20T08:15:48+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/39322306"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/06/39322306.ab185ff8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="164" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A classic front three-quarter shot as another load of coal is effortlessly drawn out of the open cast pit by JS 2-8-2 8173. The gradient can be appreciated from the level siding on the right and the actual depth of the pit from the cliffs.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 20th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/39322306"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/06/39322306.ab185ff8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="164" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A classic front three-quarter shot as another load of coal is effortlessly drawn out of the open cast pit by JS 2-8-2 8173. The gradient can be appreciated from the level siding on the right and the actual depth of the pit from the cliffs.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38601652 tag:ipernity.com,2015-06-17,doc-38601652 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:11:07 +0000 2014-11-18T06:24:29+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38601652"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/52/38601652.2ef6cc2c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Dwarfed by the size of the open cast pit JS 2--8-2 8167 pounds out of the mine with a full load of coal.</div> Sandaoling China 18th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38601652"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/52/38601652.2ef6cc2c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Dwarfed by the size of the open cast pit JS 2--8-2 8167 pounds out of the mine with a full load of coal.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38251648 tag:ipernity.com,2015-05-20,doc-38251648 Wed, 20 May 2015 21:55:15 +0000 2014-11-22T01:15:48+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38251648"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/48/38251648.2f574641.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="227" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Riding the caboose out of the open cast coal mine at sunrise.</div> Sandaoling China November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/38251648"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/48/38251648.2f574641.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="227" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Riding the caboose out of the open cast coal mine at sunrise.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37981185 tag:ipernity.com,2015-05-03,doc-37981185 Sun, 03 May 2015 06:52:25 +0000 2014-11-16T00:37:35+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37981185"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/85/37981185.473f275f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="200" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Catching the rising sun the 08.35am workers passenger train departs from the small platform at Dongbolizhan propelled by JS 2-8-2 8081.</div> Sandaoling Xinjiang China 16th November 2014 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37981185"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/85/37981185.473f275f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="200" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Catching the rising sun the 08.35am workers passenger train departs from the small platform at Dongbolizhan propelled by JS 2-8-2 8081.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37950388 tag:ipernity.com,2015-05-01,doc-37950388 Fri, 01 May 2015 07:55:19 +0000 2014-11-22T00:32:56+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37950388"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/03/88/37950388.52401107.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="188" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The crew of JS 2-8-2 8190 are oiling their engine at dawn following the shift change at Dongbolizhan</div> Sandaoling Xijiang China <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37950388"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/03/88/37950388.52401107.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="188" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The crew of JS 2-8-2 8190 are oiling their engine at dawn following the shift change at Dongbolizhan</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37699578 tag:ipernity.com,2015-04-10,doc-37699578 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:06:17 +0000 2014-11-22T03:53:56+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37699578"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/95/78/37699578.2ea6a1da.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="115" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">On the Sandaoling Coal Railway JS 2-8-2 8366 heads for the eastern deep mines with a train of empties from Nanzhan against a backdrop of the snow-capped Tian Shan range.</div> Sandaoling China <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37699578"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/95/78/37699578.2ea6a1da.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="115" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">On the Sandaoling Coal Railway JS 2-8-2 8366 heads for the eastern deep mines with a train of empties from Nanzhan against a backdrop of the snow-capped Tian Shan range.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37102624 tag:ipernity.com,2015-02-21,doc-37102624 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 22:25:59 +0000 2014-11-17T03:10:54+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37102624"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/24/37102624.6d49acb3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="188" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The crew of JS 2-8-2 8366 look back to check if the crossing is clear at the eastern end of Nanzhan yard during a shunting move.<br /> <br /> Note the twin air horns on the cab roof.</div> Sandaoling Xijiang China <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37102624"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/24/37102624.6d49acb3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="188" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The crew of JS 2-8-2 8366 look back to check if the crossing is clear at the eastern end of Nanzhan yard during a shunting move.<br /> <br /> Note the twin air horns on the cab roof.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37092204 tag:ipernity.com,2015-02-20,doc-37092204 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:32:51 +0000 2014-11-16T02:49:43+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37092204"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/22/04/37092204.49367fee.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="109" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Another full trainload of coal heads out of the open cast pit behind JS 2-8-2 8167.</div> Sandaoling Xijiang China <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/305337">Loose_Grip/Pete</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/305337/37092204"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/22/04/37092204.49367fee.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="109" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Another full trainload of coal heads out of the open cast pit behind JS 2-8-2 8167.</div> Loose_Grip/Pete