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

怀念那个年代啊，现在能见到一辆比中大奖还难

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?😮😊.

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

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.

I was surprised when China & India, for that matter, switched to diesel locomotives. Both nations were so well established in steam power.

It seems archaic, but I think it's a very wise move on the side of the Chinese to keep the steam traction running. From the side of strategic energy security. If China finds itself in a large conflict, naval blockade or oil supply disruption (eg. blockage of the Hormuz straight), the steam and electric traction will keep the railway infrastructure running and thus provide necessary diversification.

They need to fit a DPF to these trains LOL

kömür yerine,neden lpg yada fuel-oil kullanılmıyor.. ne zaman buharlı lokomotif görsem aklıma hep bu geliyor.

This was well worth watching. I see that the production year was 1996; this was the year when I travelled through China by train, and the last time I saw a service train hauled by steam was when passing through Wuhan, when a double headed freight passed by, hauled by a couple of them. The one I was on was from Guangzhou to Beijing, where we arrived at the relatively new station there. After a few days in Beijing, we did use the older main station in Beijing (shown in this movie) for the next train out, though. That one was a service from Beijing to Moscow via Mongolia. There was a bogie change at the border with Mongolia, onto Russian gauge. Diesel traction as far as Sludianka (Слюдянка), from where is was electric all the way west via various systems.

A double header just thrills my heart!!

FAN- TAS- TIC!!!!!!!!! BEST REGARDS FROM ARGENTINA.46.000 KMTS. OF RAILS BUILTS BY THE ENGLANDS...!!!! BEST REGARDS FROM BUENOS AIRES.😅❤

The bigs Oampas crossed by raila from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific..and The Andes..!!😮🎉

Wasn’t China on track to be completely dieselized by 2014?

Fantastic rail therapy

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Video crew/orator produced a very professional grade documentary. Allowing viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Relaxing viewing the 🚂 train traveling thru different regions of the country.

人々の格好や服装、建物など39年前黒竜江省に仕事で滞在していた時の雰囲気です、ある意味中国が良かった時代。

those old style green passenger cars in China still exist today with modern interior, some how I really want to try the NK railway as they still have those passenger cars with the same old interior.

Great film. Great Engines. At real Work.
Thank you for sharing. Very interested about technical details of these machines. "D" driven wheels? "D" cylinders? kW (horse power)?Any suggested sources?
Please.

This sweeps me back to January 1995, based in Zhongwei, at the Hotel Zhongwei, to video and photograph the line to the west. We saw train 43 go through every day, and captured many QJs heading their trains.
Electrification masts were being erected in preparation.
The whole sojourn there was hugely rewarding - both visually and aurally.
Many thanks for posting this valuable record of a lost era. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

what are this side shields on the front of the locomotives for?

Nice videos

Great video
Thanks

I wonder if those Chinese engineers miss their steam engines today, or just turned the page on them?😢

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Some Steam Historical Footage! Well crafted and suffers from a poor audio Mix,saved by great views Bravo

I'm intrigued by the pipe emitting steam near the rear end of the cab. Is it from a mechanical stoker or a booster?>

The change in China in 3 decades is amazing, this documentary is a gem that captures a China of that time that along with steam trains has been disappearing.

These steam engines was still in operation during 2001 in north eastern china.

Wringing a tear from me at every beautiful opportunity...

The audio in this video is total crap!!!

The unique sounds and scene of the steam engines are wonderful!

Who were the guardians of old China ?? Great men indeed.😮😮

❤❤❤❤❤پاک چین دوستی زندہ باد ❤❤❤❤

Thank You Nick.

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Do you have the English version of Syria and Jordan? Also, the one about the Cairo railway in Africa?

Great documentary! (There is some sort of issue with the sound though, I am hearing reverberation throughout.)

Now China has the fastest trains in the world. Wow how time changes

Two steam engines which is the QJ class number 6988 and 7081 was preserved and used for funding on the fire department of Iowa it was being operated by Iowa interstate railroad since 2006

Please if someone could answer this for me, what is the cage wrapped around the front of the train doing? Looks very similar to modern Russian cope cages to help defend against drone attacks, im really curious as to what these could be for in a non combat environment

china was way ahead of india by 1995.

QJ Class last retired in 2010. In 2024 China has enough high-speed electric rail to circle the equator.
Things move fast!

which desert patta gobhi desert or phul gobhi desert ?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Reminds us the good old days and the glory of steam locomotives, love and respect ❤❤❤❤

This captures communism in its rawest form. Those upon high are treated well and those below in the manual classes are little more than paid slaves. Freedom of choice is granted by the government and you're even forced to only have 1 child if any. NO ONE should decide how many children are allowed to exist. It is sad, but change mah someday come ro China to allow capitalism to give these people more freedom to choose their fates and to allow them more wealth. But I doubt it. Communism ONLY benefits the wealthy, they get richer and the poor get poorer. But it is wonderful that steam lasted so long in China. "It is a good thing to let another generation know what a steam locomotive is." W. Graham Claytor Jr.