Sandaoling Xinjiang China 17th November 2014
With the splendid snow-capped Tian Shan mountains as a misty backdrop Sandaoling coal railway JS 2-8-2 8190 returns to the open cast pit to pick up another load of coal after dropping its last one at Yuanmeichang.

The line in the foreground runs from the loco dump to the works.
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