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- Sandaoling, January 2008 -

Pushing, for ever pushing the spoil trains from the pit - in the battle to uncover the black stuff.

Maybe the finest steam spectacle left in China - the daily grind up to Sandaoling mine
from the CNR sidings. January 2008. Photographs © David Hill.

The Sandaoling 'show' continues from dawn to dusk, seven days a week.

Beiquan Mine with new point work under construction while a JS waits to depart with a loaded train.

Day and night, spoil trains pass through the busy throat at Xibolizhan to access the tips.

The Tian Shan range rise above the JS loco pushing back empties to the Beiquan mine.