Rock Climbing In Sandaoling - The Last Bastion Of Steam - Not As Cold As Last Time #4

Steam and the landscape of Sandaoling, the last place left in the world where a number (about 8) of steam locomotives are still operating on a railway system using JS 2-8-2 locomotives built in the 1980's. Sandaoling Coal Mine is about 80km from Hami in Xinjiang Uygur province of North West China. The coal mine is due to close in 2020 and with it, steam operation worldwide will end. #dampflok