In the last of the light, a JS Class 2-8-2 tender steam locomotive (JianShe construction) laden with coal leaves the loading point at the western part of the open pit at SandaoLing destined for the wash plant. Xinjiang Province, North-west China.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
