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Coal Mine Main Line
With a double track railway overlooked by towering rock faces, Sandaoling sometimes looked more like a desert main line than a coal mine. The crews clearly thought they were on the main line and drove the locos suitably hard and fast.JS 8197 put on an impressive show as it accelerated a loaded train away from Ba’erzhan late on the afternoon of 26 November 2016. With 13 side tippers bucking and swaying behind the tender and a crisp exhaust echoing off the cliffs, it certainly looked and sounded the part.
On the other track JS 8081 prepared to push the next set of empties under the loader.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 16-D-6271
camera : Nikon D610
lens : 70-200mm f/2.8
focal length : 185.0 mm
shutter : 1/800 sec
aperture : f/11.0
ISO : 400 ISO
original : Digital: 24MP NEF
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : JS.8197
Train : Xikeng loader - Xuanmeichang washery coal loads
Location : E of, Ba'erzhan
Line : Sandaoling Mining Railway
Country : China
Date & Time : 26/11/2016 16:51