Weihe yard didn't look like it was on the verge of closure on the 8 March 2003 with plenty of inbound loaded wagons and outbound empties to keep the yard pilot, No.35, busy. Here, a group of local staff watch as number 33 pulls a rake of empty flats forward before departing for Dongfeng. Less than two weeks later it was all over. The line closed for good on 20 March 2003.