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Steam in China  :   August - October2000

Part IV - Sightings


Part I Aug 22nd - Sept 4th 2000 General Facts , Baotou , JiTong
Part II Sept 4th - Sept 24th 2000 Yebaishou , YiXian , Fuxin , Da`an , Changchun , Kaiyuan , Tonghua , Jing-Ha-Line
Part III Sept 25th - Oct 10th 2000 Shuozhou , Jinchengjiang , Yemao , Shaoguan , Nankou
Part IV Sept/ Oct 2000 Detailed Sightings


Sept 4th, Monday   To the  Report

Yebaishou riverbridge & station (11:00-17:00) :
 
G 11:20 DF4+QJ to Lingyuan
G 12:05 DF4 2271+QJ 4614 from Chifeng
light engine 12:15 QJ+QJ 6677 to Chifeng
G 13:05 QJ 6728 from Chifeng
G 13:50 QJ+QJ from Lingyuan
G 14:20 QJ 6416+QJ 6413 to Lingyuan
T 853 14:25 DF4 7475 to Chifeng
G 15:15 QJ to Lingyuan
G 16:45 QJ from Chaoyang

Sept 5th, Tuesday   To the  Report

Hongshi (07:00-18:00) :
 
G 08:40 DF4 7203+QJ 6413(tf) wb
light engine 09:15 QJ 6413 eb
G 10:00 DF4 7319 eb
constr.train 10:10 2 DMT wb
T 519 12:10 DF4 7321 eb
G 12:45 DF4 7358+QJ 6413(tf) wb
G 14:05 DF4 2271 wb
G 15:20 QJ 6413 eb
T 520 16:20 DF4 7319 wb
G 16:55 DF4 1649 eb
G 17:10 QJ 3268 wb
G 17:50 DF4 2271 eb

Sept 6th, Wednesday   To the  Report

Between Zhoujiatun and Lijiagou (06:45-17:15, freight trains only) :
 
G 07:30 QJ 6410 wb, 17 wagons
G 07:45 QJ 6752 eb, 27 wagons
G 08:50 DF4 1652 eb
G 09:50 QJ 6480 wb
constr.train 10:35 2 DMT wb
G 11:40 QJ 7116 eb
G 13:20 QJ 6776 wb
G 13:35 QJ 6672 eb, 36 wagons
G 15:05 DF4 eb
G 15:20 DF4 1652 wb
G 16:25 QJ 6752 wb
G 17:10 QJ 6990 eb

Yi Xian station (17:45-18:10) :
 
G 18:00 QJ 6707 freight Fuxin-Jinzhou

Sept 7th, Thursday   To the  Report

Near Shangyuan (06:45-15:00, freight trains only) :
 
G 06:45 DF4 7322 wb
G 07:30 QJ 6752 eb
G 08:15 DF4 1652+DF4 7427 eb
G 10:30 QJ 6480 wb
G 11:35 QJ 7116 eb, 10 wagons
G 12:25 QJ 6943 eb
light engine 13:10 QJ 6672+QJ 2801 eb
light engine 13:25 QJ 6776 wb
G 14:25 DF4 6193 eb, 4 wagons

Near Zhoujiatun (16:00-17:00, freight trains only) :
 
G 16:05 DF4 1652 wb
G 16:45 QJ 6752 wb
G 16:55 QJ 6991+QJ 6990 eb

Yi Xian station :
 
G 18:05 DF4 1618 from Beipiao
G 18:35 QJ 6707 from Fuxin, to Jinzhou

Sept 8th, Friday   To the  Report

Between Zhoujiatun and Shangyuan (05:40-15:00, freight trains only) :
 
G 07:30 QJ 6752 eb
G 07:45 DF4 1652 eb, 22 wagons
G 09:55 QJ 6750 wb, 23 wagons
G 11:25 QJ 7116 eb, 6 wagons
light engine 12:00 QJ 6776 wb
constr.train 12:10 2 DMT eb
G 13:10 QJ 6943 eb, 32 wagons
G 13:30 QJ 6489 wb
G 14:25 DF4 eb

Dalinghe Bridge north of YiXian (16:45-18:10) :
 
G 17:45 QJ ? nb, to Fuxin

Sept 9th, Saturday   To the  Report

Shangyuan (06:00-15:00, freight trains only) :
 
G 07:30 DF4 1652 eb, 30 wagons
G 08:40 QJ 6991 wb, 34 wagons
G 09:30 QJ 6750 wb, 9 wagons
G 11:25 QJ 6480 eb
light engine 12:10 QJ eb
G 13:30 QJ 6776 wb, 10 wagons
light engine 13:50 QJ 6489 wb
G 14:25 DF4 eb
G 14:25 DF4 wb

Yi Xian station (16:00-17:45, freight trains only) :
 
G 16:45 DF4 7460 nb, Jinzhou-Fuxin
G 17:35 DF4 1525 sb, Fuxin-Jinzhou

Sept 10th, Sunday   To the  Report

Minzhu (12:45-15:20) :
 
T 114 14:55 SY 0126 to Wangying

Fuxin CNR yard (16:00-17:30) :
 
G 16:05, 16:50 SY 1818 loaded coal wagons from the mine railway
G 17:00 QJ 6480 sb, to YiXian/Beipiao
G 17:15, 18:00 SY 0391 loaded coal wagons from the mine railway
G 17:25 QJ 6752 arrival from YiXian direction

Sept 11th, Monday   To the  Report

South of Wulong (06:00-10:00) :
 
T 107 06:25 SY 0540 (tf) to Xinqiu
T 108 06:50 SY 0126 to Wangying
G 06:55 SY 1818 to Fuxin CNR yard (southern link)
T 110 07:00 SY 0770 to Dongliang
G 07:50 SY 1818 to Fuxin CNR yard (southern link)
T 109 09:20 SY 0770 (tf) to Wulong
T 111 09:30 SY 0126 (tf) to Xinqiu

Qinghemen (14:00-18:30, freight trains only) :
 
G 15:10 QJ 6750 sb, 43 wagons
light engine 15:15 DF4 1525 nb
G 16:10 QJ 6707 sb, 22 wagons
G 17:20 QJ 6480 sb, 30 wagons
G 18:25 QJ ? nb

Sept 12th, Tuesday   To the  Report

Haituozi (07:00-12:30) :
 
G 07:30 DF4 3281 sb, 45 wagons
G 09:20 DF4 3316 nb, 30 wagons
G 09:50 DF4 3317 sb, 42 wagons
G 10:35 QJ 6143 sb, 25 wagons
G 10:45 QJ 7119 nb, 50 wagons
G 11:20 QJ 6368 nb, 45 wagons
G 11:45 DF4 3987 sb
G 11:50 QJ 6435 nb, 49 wagons
G 12:30 QJ 3251 sb, 44 wagons

Da`an Bei yard, southern end (14:10-17:20, all line movements !) :
 
G 14:05 QJ ? to Taipingchuan
light engine 14:15 QJ 6435 to Taipingchuan
T 647 14:30 DFH3 0085 to Baicheng
G 14:45 DF4 3986 from Taipingchuan
G 15:15 DF4 3989 from Taipingchuan
light engine 16:05 DF4 3282+QJ 7086 to Taipingchuan
T 545 16:45 DF4 1699 to Baicheng

Sept 13th, Wednesday  To the  Report

Da`an Bei yard, southern end (06:00-06:15) :
 
T 952 06:05 QJ 3251 to Taipingchuan
G 06:10 QJ 6284 to Baicheng

Da`an Bei yard, northern end (06:45-08:00) :
 
G 06:45 DF4 3284 from Ranghulu
G 06:50 QJ 7081 to Ranghulu, 56 wagons
G 07:00 QJ 6435 to Qianguo, 43 wagons
G 07:30 QJ 6926 from Qianguo, parallel to QJ 6112
G 07:30 QJ 6112 from Ranghulu, parallel to QJ 6926
G 07:35 QJ 6847 to Ranghulu
T Y267 07:45 / 08:15 QJ 6848 from Qianguo/ to Baicheng

Changshantun (09:00-12:00) :
 
G 09:10 JS 6096 (tf) wb
G 09:50 QJ 6435 eb, 39 wagons
light engine 10:35 JS 6096 eb
T 825 11:00 DFH3 0224 wb

Da`an Bei yard, southern end (13:30-15:40) :
 
G 13:50 DF4 3316 from Taipingchuan, 42 wagons
T 826 14:00 DF4 1699 from Baicheng
G 14:25 DF4 3988 from Taipingchuan, 37 wagons
light engine 14:30 DF4 3987 to Taipingchuan
T 647 14:35 DFH3 0246 to Baicheng
G 15:00 DF4 3986 from Taipingchuan
G 15:15 QJ 7119 to Taipingchuan, 41 wagons
G 15:35 DF4 1701 from Baicheng

Da`an Bei yard, northern end (16:30-18:00) :
 
G 16:35 QJ 3287 to Ranghulu
G 17:10 DF4 1098 from Ranghulu
T 211 17:15 DFH3 0010+DFH3 0072 from Qianguo
G 17:25 QJ 6280 to Ranghulu
G 18:00 JS 6096 to Qianguo, 40 wagons

Sept 14th, Thursday   To the  Report

Da`an Bei yard, southern end (05:50-06:10) :
 
T 952 06:05 QJ 7086 to Taipingchuan, 3YZ+19 G

Da`an Bei, northern end (06:30-08:45) :
 
G 07:10 QJ 6112 from Ranghulu
G 07:15 QJ 6809 to Ranghulu, 54 wagons
G 07:25 JS 6096 from Qianguo
T Y267 07:45 QJ 6848 from Qianguo
G 07:50 QJ 6484 from Ranghulu
G 08:05 QJ 6886 from Qianguo
G 08:25 QJ 6889 from Ranghulu
G 08:30 QJ 3230 to Ranghulu, 46 wagons

Around Lizhi (10:30-19:10, two times indicate a longer stop at Lizhi) :
 
T 704 10:40 DF4 1543 sb
G 11:50 QJ 6484 nb, 51w
G 12:35 QJ 6889 nb, 45w
G 13:05 QJ 6852 sb, 49w
G 13:20 DF4 1098 nb
G 13:35 QJ 6773 sb, 41w
G 14:05 /15:35 QJ 6112 nb, 49w
G 14:40 QJ 7173 sb
T 703 15:00 DF4 1543 nb
G 15:05 QJ 6367 sb, 47w
G 15:25 /16:15 QJ 3287 nb, 44w
T 545 15:30 DF4 1472 sb
G 15:50 /16:50 DF4 3283 nb
G 16:15 QJ 7081 sb
G 16:45 /17:45 QJ 6143 nb
G 16:50 DF4 3283 sb
G 17:30 /18:30 QJ 3179 nb
G 17:40 QJ 6809 sb
G 18:15 /19:15 QJ 6886 nb
G 18:30 QJ 6887 sb
G 19:05 QJ ? nb

Sept 15th, Friday    See  Report
Sept 16th, Saturday  See  Report
Sept 17th, Sunday   See Report
Sept 18th, Monday   To the  Report

Dongtonghua (08:00-14:15, freight trains and steam passengers only) :
 
T 808 09:25 JS 5855 sb
G 09:55 DF5 sb
G 10:05 JS ? nb, 34w
G 10:20 JS 6021 (tf) nb, 4w
G 11:15 DF4 4158 sb, 21w
G 11:40 JS 5855 nb, 24w
G 12:15 DF4 4125 sb, 33w
G 12:35 JS 5480 sb, 10w
G 12:45 DF5 nb, 50w (!!)
G 13:15 DF4 4158 nb
G 14:10 JS 6021 sb

Tonghua yard, northern end (14:30-16:45) :
 
G 14:30 JS 5480 nb
G 16:05 DF4 4125 nb
light engine 16:35 JS 6021 nb

Sept 19th, Tuesday   To the  Report

Dayangcha (08:00-18:00, freights and steam passengers only) :
 
G 08:05 DF4 4125 eb
special train 08:50 pink 2-coach railcar eb
G 10:00 JS 8201 eb, 12w
G 12:00 DF5 1695 wb, 11w
G 14:05 JS 6366 eb, 18w
G 15:10 DF5 1695+JS 6021 eb, 23w
G 15:15 JS 8201 wb, 18w
T 955 16:45 JS 6315 eb
light engine 16:45 JS 6021 wb

Sept 20th, Wednesday  To the  Report

Dayangcha (08:00-18:00, freights and steam passengers only) :
 
G 08:00 DF4 4125 eb
G 09:05 JS 6021 eb, 15w
special train 10:30 pink railcar wb
G 11:55 JS 8201 wb, 13w
G 13:55 JS 6020 eb, 18w
G 15:20 JS 6021 wb
T 955 16:45 DF5 1695 eb
G 17:40 JS+JS eb

Sept 21st, Thursday   To the  Report

Between Hunjiang and Zazi (07:30-17:00, freights and steam passengers only) :
 
G 07:55 JS 6315 sb, 18w
G 08:05 DF5 1695 nb, 18w
T 956 09:10 DF4 4160 sb
G 09:35 JS 6315 nb, 35w
G 11:50 JS 6306 (tf) sb, 25w
G 12:25 JS 6021 sb, 5w
G 13:10 JS 6366 nb, 17w
G 13:25 JS 6306 nb, 15w
G 14:20 JS 6021 nb, 8w
G 14:55 JS 6315 (tf) sb, 5w
T 955 15:55 JS 6020 nb
G 16:50 DF5 1695 sb, 30w

Sept 22nd, Friday   To the  Report

Hunjiang river bridge (07:00-08:30, freights and steam passengers only) :
 
G 07:20 DF4 4125 nb
G 08:10 JS 6021 nb, 18w
G 08:30 JS 6020 nb, 35w
T 956 09:00 DF4 4158 sb

Between Hunjiang and Zazi (11:15-16:30, freights and steam passengers only) :
 
G 11:35 JS 6306 nb, 23w
G 11:50 JS 6020 (tf) sb, 21w
G 13:00 JS 6366 nb, 29w
G 13:20 DF5 1695 sb
G 14:10 JS 6020 nb, 20w
G 15:15 DF5 1695 nb
G 15:50 JS 6021 sb
T 955 16:05 JS 6315 nb

Sept 23rd, Saturday   To the  Report

Near Guyuan (07:00-17:15, freights and steam passengers only) :
 
G 08:25 JS 8198 nb, 35w
T 808 08:40 JS 6306 sb
G 09:00 DF4 sb
G 09:15 JS 8158 (tf) nb
G 10:35 DF4 4231 sb, 38w
G 10:45 DF4 4232 nb
G 12:10 JS 6306 nb
G 12:30 JS 8158 sb, 10w
G 13:30 JS 5480 nb, 15w
G 15:50 DF4 4232 sb
G 16:50 JS 8158 nb
G 17:15 DF4 4033 nb

Sept 24th, Sunday   See Report
Sept 25th, Monday   See Report
Sept 26th, Tuesday   To the  Report

Between Shenchi Nan and Shanggelao (10:00-15:20) :
 
G 10:20 DF4 6055+DF4 0180+DF4 3604 nb
G 12:20 QJ 6746(tf) + QJ 2950(tf) sb, 52w
G 12:50 DF4 3604+DF4 0180+DF4 6055 sb, 51w
G 13:30 QJ 6619 + QJ 6433 nb, 60w
G 14:00 DF4 1935+DF4 0257+DF4 3940 nb
G 14:20 DF4 7306+DF4 0256+DF4 7295 nb
G 15:15 QJ 6433(tf) + QJ 6619(tf) sb

Sept 27th, Wednesday    See  Report
Sept 28th, Thursday  See  Report
Sept 29th, Friday   To the  Report

North of Jinchengjiang Xi (09:30-17:30) :
 
T 998 10:30 JS 8287 sb, 11+5 w
G 11:45 JS 8290 sb, 17w
G 4325 12:35 JS 8285 nb, 34w
G 4306 13:00 JS 8376 sb, 17w
T 997 14:35 JS 8283 nb, 0+5 w
G 4309 15:30 JS 8287 nb, 30w

Sept 30th, Saturday   To the  Report

North of Wenping (09:00-17:30) :
 
T 998 10:05 JS 8376 sb, 4+5w
G 4309 14:35 JS 8283 nb, 25w
T 998 15:00 JS 8287 nb, 8+5w
G 4328 16:35 JS 8285 sb, 17w

Oct 1st, Sunday   To the  Report

Near Wenping
 
G 4323 06:10 JS ? nb

Around Puluo (07:30-11:00, 15:00-17:20) :
 
T 998 09:20 JS 8376 sb, 11+5w
G 4307 10:25 JS 8283 nb, to Pingzhai
T 997 15:30 JS 8287 nb
G 4308 17:15 JS 8283 sb, from Pingzhai, 18w

Oct 2th, Monday   To the  Report

North of Wenping (06:45-12:30) :
 
G 4304 06:40 JS sb
G 4323 06:40 JS 8287 nb
DMT 07:30 2 DMT sb
G 4326 07:55 JS 8288 sb, 17w
G 4307 09:25 JS 8290 nb, 3w
DMT 09:45 2 DMT nb
T 998 10:30 JS 8376 sb, 11+5w
G 4306 12:15 JS 8283 sb, 17w

Around Jinchengjiang Xi (13:30-18:00) :
 
T 997 14:25 JS 8288 nb, 3+5w
G 4309 15:10 JS 8283 nb, 22w
G 4328 15:40 JS 8287 sb, 14w
G 4327 17:00 JS 5706(tf) nb, arrival at Jinchengjiang Xi

Oct 3th, Tuesday    See   Report
Oct 4th, Wednesday   See  Report
Oct 5th, Thursday    See  Report
Oct 6th, Friday   To the  Report

Near PingNan / Riverbridges (06:50-10:00) :
 
G 06:50 JS ? wb
T 951 08:05 JS 6428 wb, JS+2 YZ+caboose, no goods wagons
G 09:25 JS 6460 wb, 26w

Oct 7th, Saturday    See  Report
Oct 8th, Sunday   To the  Report

Around Nankou (08:00-11:00) :
 
T Yxxx 08:25 DF4 1958 + DF4 5012 nb, Beijing Bei-Badaling tourist train
T 3 / 23 08:40 NY7 0026 + NY7 0016 nb, to Moskow or UlanBator
T 932 08:50 DF4 0315 sb, local passenger Nankou-Beijing Bei
T 564 09:35 NY7 0030 sb, AC-sleeper Baotou-Beijing
T 873 10:10 DF4 1861 (+DF4 1659/ banker) nb, passenger to Shacheng

Florian Menius, Thorge Bockholt
Dresden, October 2000


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