
The Dawn of a New Era
The sun has long set on steam operation and even the railway over Wushaoling summit is now history but the opening of the Wushaoling base tunnel marked the dawn of a new era for rail transportation in China's north west. An unidentified SS3 headed towards the tunnel at sunrise on 22 September 2006.
PHOTO DATA FOR IMAGE 06-D-4200
camera : Nikon D2X
lens : 28-70mm f/2.8
focal length : 38 (57mm 35mm eq)
shutter : 1/400 sec
aperture : f/7.1
ISO : 200 ISO
original : Digital: 12MP JPEG
SUBJECT DATA
Loco / Unit : SS3.xxxx
Train : Lanzhou - Wuweinan Goods
Location : N of, Shimenhe
Line : Tianzhu Area - Lanzhou - Wuweinan line
Country : China
Date & Time : 22/09/2006 07:04