China's delightful Jiayang narrow gauge railway.

Thisdelightful little railway, in China's Sichuan Province, runs from the shops at Shibanxi to the mine at Huancunjing. Electrics serve the lower portion of the line from the washer to Shibanxi. Steam powers the coal trains, and passenger trains to the villages along the line. Sadly the mine closed, passenger trains were discontinues, and only the odd tourist train now runs. My still photographs mixed with video clips comprise this program.

[LancashireAndYorkshire]

Even when they’re mucky and grimy, steam engines still have an unparalleled beauty

[flyingporker]

Gorgeous photography - each still tells a story. I loved the rickety old engine with its equally rickety carriages. No new fangled stuff like continuous brakes. And the ash-pan dumping hot ash and coal between the rails. And the loco wheels locked up as the engine came to a halt - driver enjoying his ciggie.😄

[caroleast]

Proper working railway doing it’s job, moving it’s passengers, hasn’t spent billions on fancy stations, but it’s still going! I think some our politicians should learn from this.

[candldagreat]

isnt this also what is kniwn as, 'the waddling train'?

[theslicefactor]

That kitchen looks dirtier than the loco 3:41

[howarth]

Class ...and very good photography and video footage ...

[allan]

Very enjoyable viewing. Amazing video!

[quixkiwi]

You state that the passenger trains were "discontinued" (when you uploaded this video in 2021)
But then, in 2022 someone else has a long video of it running..?
Which I watched first about two hours ago (incidentally) - via:
Only finding your earlier video - as a suggestion much later...
Thus which is it closed or running twice daily?

[mattkelly]

Makes me want to Build a model railway

[REDISCOVER]

Really awesome videography feels like being transported back to good old days. ❤️❤️

[stavio]

Not only is the Engine puffing away but so are the drivers🤣🤣🤣

[densondirosa]

Beautiful scenery, wonderful little trains. We hava lotta differences in our 2 cultures, but it seems the more difficult a situation is, the more beauty is brought into focus.

[diesel_automotive]

i think china went too far look at that filter in top of chimney when the filter showed up like that it feels the loco is ugly 😂

[stephensmith]

A very successful design of locomotive; originally Russian but adapted and improved in China. One is in North Wales being converted to 2” gauge. Not fast but very powerful Starting Tractive Effort. CORRECTION: please see next post below!

[lorrainedimmock]

Great video and just love how life is over there, our country UK is so sterile now, this is like going back 60 years, and it looks awesome....!

[TheVRSofa]

Awesome but, ya know....china....human rights and all that.

[davebutterworth]

Excellent photography, really enjoyed it thanks ❤

[mmntitv]

This is what id imagine north korea looks like in all the rural parts of the country.

[hemantthapa]

Really enjoyed the videography seeing those old steam engines hauling the passenger coaches in between the fancy stations.Is it still running?

[butchkaminsky]

Carbon footprint? We don't care about no print here!