20th October 1992
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| QJ No.2973 heads uphill with a short freight. |
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| QJ No.2973 climbs above Shandichun having turned through 180 degrees in the last mile. |
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| QJ No.2973 continues the long climb towards Muling.. |
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| QJ No.6838 descends around the horseshoe curve in the early afternoon with a passenger train to Mudanjiang. |
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| The locals at Shandichun were particularly welcoming and we were given tea at this house where the children were photographed alongside a sheet of drying sunflower seeds. |