Steam in China 2007 Narrow Gauge Part 3 of 4 -Yinghao Coal Railway

[@LukeLovesTrains-Mr.RailYard]

Love seeing the little engines at work

[@balmesh]

Very nice, George. You don't often see large women in China but those two chatting were quite plump!

[@chillerfrigotek9121]

Çok seviyorum bu hurda Çin Lokomotif videolarını seyretmeyi..Nereye kadar çalışacak bunlar.. Kazanı patlayıncaya kadar galiba...

[@randyc8171]

Amazing ! Thank you.

[@jeremyasher297]

3:14. The C2’s whistle is squeaky.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

What ever happened to this railway and the locomotives that ran it? I can't find much information online.

[@blackthorne57]

This line closed soon after my visit, the locos were almost certainly scrapped, the fate of most other NG lines in China.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

@@blackthorne57 Shame. I quite enjoyed the videos of this railway. And I quite like the C2 locomotives, they're an interesting breed of locomotive, for sure.

[@cliftondean4333]

The resolution here is not the best, but I did not see any chunks of coal, either in the cars or in the shot of the cars being loaded at the mine. My impression of the quality of the coal is pretty poor, and poor quality is also indicated by the ash shown being cleaned from the front of the boiler. Good video, but mighty poor product being mined!

[@blackthorne57]

I am not sure if coal quality is indicated by the size of the product. Most coal mined in China is used to fuel electricity power stations. Most (?all) use pulverised coal as fuel. This is 'sprayed' into the furnace in a similar manner to bunker oil. I think the days of stokers heaving shovels full of coal through a fire-door are long gone. Powder coal is not the best fuel for steam locomotives but it is almost free for the mines so it would not make sense to buy the equivalent to Welsh Nuts for fuel. As for smokebox ash I would be very surprised to see anything else there.