Lindong station was a hive of activity on the morning of 10 December 2004. An unidentified QJ left for Daban with a freight while QJ 6984 waited to follow with the next westbound. At the other end of the station, QJ 6911 was waiting to leave with the late running eastbound passenger. On the road, a long line of coal lorries waited to unload. The coal would be transferred to rail wagons and sent east to Tongliao.