Wanggang Harbin Manchuria China 20th October 1983

            Chinese steam working hard. 2-10-2 QJ 440 & another unidentified QJ on a double-headed freight train on the Changchun line out of Harbin powers up Wanggang bank  heading south.

Back in 1983 independent visitors were not allowed. I spent 3 weeks with a group of enthusiasts on an organised tour visiting railway, and cultural, sites across China where steam still reigned on the main line. Investment in new lines was high even then and it's interesting to realise that the lines in western China where the last steam strongholds were recently dieselised were not even built at the time of my visit.

Taken in: 中國 / 黑龙江省 / Wang Kang Airport (show map)

Taken on: July 13, 2003

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