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The Big Shove
The most impressive workings at Zhalainuoer were the loaded spoil trains that take waste rock from deep in the mine to the spoil tips on the surface. Whereas coal trains are limited to six wagons by the capacity of the unloading shed and only have to climb partway to the surface, the spoil workings load to ten wagons and go all the way to the top. SY 0682 is seen here working flat out to shove its loaded train up one of the ramps leading to the surface on 9 March 2005.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 05-D-1071
camera : Fuji S2 Pro
lens : 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6
focal length : 237 (355.5mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/500 sec
aperture : f/9.5
ISO : 200 ISO
original : Digital: 12MP JPEG
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : SY.xxxx
Train : Various
Location : Jalainur Opencast Mine
Line : Zhalainuoer Mining Railway
Country : China
Date & Time : 09/03/2005 16:40