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Bird's Eye View
Looking down from the eastern rim of the opencast pit with a telephoto lens gives a good impression of the layout of the opencast operation. The square brick buildings above the back of the train are at Ba'erzhan, where the lines serving the Xikeng loader branch off the main line through the pit. The Xikeng loader itself is visible beyond and Xibolizhan is just beyond the rim of the pit above the loader/JS.8167 worked a loaded train out of the pit on 2 December 2014.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 14-D-6343
camera : Nikon D610
lens : 70-200mm f/2.8
focal length : 180.0 (180mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/800 sec
aperture : f/11.0
ISO : 400 ISO
original : Digital: 24MP NEF
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : JS.8167
Train : Xikeng Loader - Xuanmeichang Washery coal loads
Location : E of, Ba'erzhan
Line : Sandaoling Mining Railway
Country : China
Date & Time : 02/12/2014 13:02