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Making Smoke
In September, afternoon temperatures rose to the high twenties or low thirties and all hopes of white exhaust evaporated. Lifeless pictures with nothing coming out of the loco's chimney were a real risk unless you were lucky enough to catch a loco being fired. On the lower horseshoe below Lindong, QJ 7040 did the business in the company of a clagless QJ 7038 while they climbed from Yamenmiao with a westbound goods on the afternoon of 2 September 2005. The harvest was getting underway and soon the green fields would be bare and brown again.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 05-D-2151
camera : Nikon D2X
lens : 24-85mm f/2.8-4.0
focal length : 85 (127.5mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/500 sec
aperture : f/8
ISO : 200 ISO
original : Digital: 12MP JPEG
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : QJ.7040, QJ.7038
Train : 44162, 13:25 Chabuga - Daban Goods
Location : E of, Lindong
Line : Daban - Chabuga
Country : China
Date & Time : 02/09/2005 16:52