Sandaoling
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Published 2014-07-10
All Comments (21)
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using steam locomotive in a coal mine makes perfect sense to me.
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Last steam train ran in 2022 apparently, amazing they had steam trains in a useful role in the 21st century
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These are probably gone by now. Those heavy 2-8-2's were good pullers. What a piece of history.
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I'm a simple man. I see TRAIN video, i watch, i like.
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The sound of the steam locomotive actually putting in work sounds amazing.
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There seems a certain logic to run steam engines in a coal mine.
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This is the absolute best documentary of this operation I've seen. Not only did you go over the main coal operations, but you also showed us some of the maintenance operations. Nice seeing trains in the desert and in places you normally wouldn't be able to get to from a public standpoint.
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in bosnia there's a coal mine where they still use ww2 german steam locomotives
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Steam locomotives are probably the most appropriate technology to use. Fuel (coal) for the steam locomotives is right there where they're mining it. Very impressive operation.
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Not going into political and efficiency matters, but just from artistic point; this is greatly edited video with fantastic photography. Sounds of the locomotive and deep tones are fantastic!
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Great video. The sights may be dystopian but for a train buff its a wonderful experience , watching an actual commercial operation in process in the 21st century . What is remarkable is that these trains are maintained not for tourist purposes but for actual day to day working ; no worrying about transporting diesel . The product is the fuel itself .Coal will continue to remain a major player in China's economy.
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These locomotives are absolutely wrenched off!
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This is genius. When you're mining coal in a remote region, where there's an abundance of coal and water, you'd rather use steam traction, instead of diesel or electric. These locos are probably designed to use unwashed coal.
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A 50+ year old steam train hauling cars of coal across expanses of remote China so barren & rocky that it might as well be on Mars is such an esoteric vibe. It’s like a post-apocalypse world where modern systems have been wiped out and we have to revert to ancient technology to rebuild civilisation.
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Absolutely fascinating beautiful video! My dad who was a C&NW fireman on steam would routinely critique museum engine operations as in... "Doesn't he know how to fire? Is that just for show or what? That fire is way too dirty!" He contended that properly fired, in most but not all cases, a good fireman would be judged by a clean burning locomotive. This is one of the most realistic operations videos I've seen. Thank You!
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This piece should be nominated for an award of some kind. Great movie very well produced. Well done!
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Vikos, thank you for your beautiful photography and for recording this for all of our history. It looks as though you did a great deal of hiking about for viewpoints.
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20:25 A nice contrast between the almost unaltered 19th century steam technology and, to the left, the shadow of a very 21st century drone that's actually doing the filming. It's great to have captured perhaps the last truly working steam trains in the world just a few years before their departure marked the very end of the age of steam transport - apparently in 2022.
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The sound of a steam locomotive working.....pure music!
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At least it will never run out of coal !
