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Overnight Steam Train

This was from Xian to Datong in December 1988.

After several adventures on hard seat overnight trains, this was my first soft sleep experience. The train was pulled by a QJ 2-10-2 like the one in the picture (that one was at Guilin).

My main reason for going to Datong was the steam locomotive factory but on enquiring about it when I arrived in Datong, I was informed that the last steam engine had rolled out on 21st December. I was a week late.

1988-qj6714-guilin

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