Sandaoling Coal Mine #2 - 20 Degrees Below Zero - Beiquan Erjing

JS 8053 and JS8366 shunting around Beiquan Erjing with a friendly but very cold crossing keeper on New Years Eve 2012. It was nice and warm in side her hut though. Sandaoling is a god forsaken dump 60 Km west of Hami in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of North West China. However, it has the largest number of steam locomotives still operating anywhere in the world. On a good day you can see up to twenty JS 2-8-2 working in three main locations around the open cast mine. Search words: Steam engine, steam locomotive, vapeur, dampflok, dampf, stroomtrein, industrial railway, JS 2-8-2, SY Country, #china #chinasteam #sandaolingsteamrailway #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #dampflok