China - Steam to the Gobi Desert - English • Great Railways

Great video, I was born in Tangshan in the same year when this video was made. Really happy to see my city and those steam locos before I started to take photos.

Can’t imaging 30 year still manufacturing stream locomotive. But they manufacturing ICE3 in 10 year ago. There is a huge difference.

It is a fascinating look at Chinas bygone era of the steam railway; hower, the audio balance between the narration and the original footage is quite poor; having a difficult time hearing what the narrator is saying. I wonder if there is a fix for this?😮😊.

怀念那个年代啊，现在能见到一辆比中大奖还难

Very interesting video. The background audio was so loud it mostly drowned out the speaker. Many interesting points were left unheard. 😢

Bravo.....be funny to see steam to electric on train......cheers......love the steam........cheers

great footage-when did they finish the 4 track to the coalfields?

To those who cannot understand the narration, it is because of the poor quality of the speakers built into computers and phones. I first listened to it on a computer with the built in speakers, and had the same issue. I then watched it again on a big screen connected to a stereo system, and I could understand it loud and clear, with the exception of the last part of the blowdown sequence. The train sounds are wonderful and in stereo on a stereo system.

Definitely Kudos to you that you made a railway film and left politics out of it.
Wonder what a follow up film, about now, 2023, would show?

Steam engine trains are majestic in their own way despite their negative aspects like unavoidable pollution etc. 19/10/23

Good video, like .

There is truly fascinating about the charm of steam engines,Sadly consigned to history in most parts of the world .❤❤❤

Свого часу ФД в кількості 1000 шт СССР передав КНР бо ФД були збудовані під європейський габарит і легко перемонтовувалися на колію 1435 мм. По суті це були американські паровози типу 1-5-1 світської побудови

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What a fabulous documentary. This was filmed beautifully. Thanks for uploading it.

直到20世纪末，中国始终是世界上蒸汽机车保有量和运用量第一的国家，在集通、包西等铁路次干线以及鸡西、阜新、兖州、平顶山等煤矿，蒸汽机车依然是那里铁路运输的主力。然而仅仅过了二十年，蒸汽机车就近乎彻底退出了历史舞台，许多机车退役后任其荒废，或被当作废铁贱卖。如今除了黑龙江大安、沈阳以及北京，全中国静态保存下来且处于待运用状态的蒸汽机车已不足100台。
很多人惊叹于中国的发展速度，可作为一个中国人，我觉得这样的速度是很可怕的。何况我们几代人受过的义务教育，都贯彻了社会达尔文主义思想。“落后就要被淘汰”，无论对于人或者事物，一旦当他们无法创造更高价值的时候，便会被遗忘和抛弃。这也是为何中国的铁路文化远远落后于邻国日本以及欧美澳洲的重要原因，因为在大多数人眼中，那些承载着几代人回忆退役的机车，不过是被淘汰的废铁罢了。
感谢你们为我们留下了这些珍贵的影像资料！

I eventually got to China in 2004 at Christmas to meet someone very special who I have spent the evening with watching this wonderful film. Yes we went on a train up to the mountains 13 hours and looking out of the carriage in the morning saw a QJ sat in a siding. On future journeys we ventured down to the local line which is still steam hauled but mostly for the tourists these days. On one occasion we got invited to join the crew for breakfast which we enjoyed, but even having a Local Girl for a wife did not get me onto the footplate!!! David and Lily.

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Very cool.