because of their investment in this shop they extended the life of the trains indefinitely they will keep running them as long as the price of diesel is high. this shop gave them the capability to fully rebuild these locomotives from the ground up
The China national railways ended steam officially in 1997 but some still ran into the early 2000's. The last major industrial operation at Sandaoling ended last month. There may be one or two SY type operating in coal mines in the far north east near Hailaer.
Sandaoling is still running steam, mostly likely until early 2020. I believe Jiutai shut last year and Fuxin 2 years ago. There may still be a single SY running in the far north east near Hailaer. I believe Tianjin also still operates an SY but they've bastardised the loco and run it on compressed air stored in a container on the back of a flat car - a steamer not in steam. There are numerous tourist railways, but many have been heavily modified for tourists and runs a bit too theme park-style for my liking.
If they retired the engines I hope they have 1 cleaned up for a museum display and then have another in as is condition to show the contrast between restored and daily use, kimd of like how they have some locomtoives from Barry scrapyard, most have been restored but some have been preserved as is to show what some use to look like
The Chinese are only just starting to find the monetary value in these machines. A few have already been moved for display a few hundred kilometers away at Urumqi. I suspect the others will be stored until a buyer can be found. The good news is they are stored in the middle of the desert which should see them last longer than usual. Preservation is a very loose term in China. Often they are dolled up only to start rapidly disintegrating mere months afterwards, like most things in China.
@@petesworldrailwayvideos I hate to tell you this, but 'preservation' is a very loose term *everywhere.* All dolled-up steam engines start rapidly disintegrating - mere months after being "stored" outside. I've seen 'parked' engines rusting before their "dolled up" paint job was even finished! Steam locos were never designed to sit cold outdoors, especially with their lagging and jacket on. That will destroy an engine faster than anything - except maybe being "stored" in the ocean...or getting sandblasted. :-)
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The Chinese are real hard workers,bravo to them.
Beautiful mikados😩‼️
because of their investment in this shop they extended the life of the trains indefinitely they will keep running them as long as the price of diesel is high. this shop gave them the capability to fully rebuild these locomotives from the ground up
Our world TV program recorded chineese locomotive building in the 80s, I haven't seen this problem on UA-cam
Another top notch video.
So does china still use main line steam locomotives?
The China national railways ended steam officially in 1997 but some still ran into the early 2000's. The last major industrial operation at Sandaoling ended last month. There may be one or two SY type operating in coal mines in the far north east near Hailaer.
Pretty cool video how many steam Railways are there left in China?
Sandaoling is still running steam, mostly likely until early 2020. I believe Jiutai shut last year and Fuxin 2 years ago. There may still be a single SY running in the far north east near Hailaer. I believe Tianjin also still operates an SY but they've bastardised the loco and run it on compressed air stored in a container on the back of a flat car - a steamer not in steam. There are numerous tourist railways, but many have been heavily modified for tourists and runs a bit too theme park-style for my liking.
If they retired the engines I hope they have 1 cleaned up for a museum display and then have another in as is condition to show the contrast between restored and daily use, kimd of like how they have some locomtoives from Barry scrapyard, most have been restored but some have been preserved as is to show what some use to look like
The Chinese are only just starting to find the monetary value in these machines. A few have already been moved for display a few hundred kilometers away at Urumqi. I suspect the others will be stored until a buyer can be found. The good news is they are stored in the middle of the desert which should see them last longer than usual. Preservation is a very loose term in China. Often they are dolled up only to start rapidly disintegrating mere months afterwards, like most things in China.
@@petesworldrailwayvideos I hate to tell you this, but 'preservation' is a very loose term *everywhere.* All dolled-up steam engines start rapidly disintegrating - mere months after being "stored" outside. I've seen 'parked' engines rusting before their "dolled up" paint job was even finished! Steam locos were never designed to sit cold outdoors, especially with their lagging and jacket on. That will destroy an engine faster than anything - except maybe being "stored" in the ocean...or getting sandblasted. :-)
I think railway modernization took effect in late 90s early 2000s
Have the Chinese retired these veterans? Or are they still running them?
The last ones most likely will retire early 2020.
@@petesworldrailwayvideos yea right China will run them till they break completely that’s why they are still around
@@charlesuplifted5216 they were retired last month due to economic reasons of the mine.
Well it’s 2020.