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The end of steam is near in China. Mainline steam is all but gone now and branchline steam is fast disapearing. The one bright spot is the mining railroad which still have quite a large fleet of active steam locomotives. During our two week tour we will visit and photograph the steam operated mining railroads in Jalianur, Haerbin, Huanan, Hegang, Jiamusi, Teifa, and Shenyang. The latest report has some 100 steam locomotives in operation at these seven locations. This tour will start in Beijing on March 25 and return back to Beijing on April 7.
MARCH 25 SUNDAY: Independant arrivals. Met at the airport in Beijing and transfered to your hotel. Relax for the eveing and overnight at the first class Sino-Swiss Hotel which is near the airport. MARCH 26 MONDAY: (B-L-D) Morning flight Beijing to Hailar. Transfer by charter bus to the Jalainur open pit coal mine. 33 SY class steam locomotives are on the roster of this mining line and work the open coal pit. Overnight in Manzhouli. MARCH 27 TUESDAY: (B-L-D) All day at the Jalainur open pit coal mine. Plenty of steam action to keep us busy all day. Workshop visit today. Overnight Manzhouli. MARCH 28 WEDNESDAY: (B-L-D) Morning and early afternoon trackside on the Jalainur coal mine railroad. At 6:55pm we board train N92 in soft sleeper class for the overnight journey to Haerbin. Soft sleeper class is the best that China has to offer. You will have a private compartment that sleeps four persons. Everyone in your compartment will be members of our tour group. Couples will receive a compartment to themselves. Single room supplement does not include a single compartment on the trains. If you want a single compartment we will have to buy 4 first class sleeping tickets for you and this will be an extra expense. MARCH 29 THURSDAY: (B-L-D) We arrive on the train in Haerbin Main at 7:09am. Morning sightseeing tour of Haerbin. We then return to the train station and catch train N7 departing atr 1:00pm and arriving in Jiamusi at 6:15pm. Overnight in Huanan. MARCH 30 FRIDAY: (B-L-D) Full day on the Huanan narrow gauge line with our own private charter train with steam power. This railroad is running the C-2 class 0-8-0 steam locomotives. Photo run-bys will be made. Overnight in Ji'xi. MARCH 31 SATURDAY: (B-L-D) Full day on the Ji'xi Coal Mine Railroad which has a fleet of 25 operating SY steam locomotives. APRIL 1 SUNDAY: (B-L-D) 2nd full day on the Ji'xi Coal Mine Railroad. Workshop visit. Late afternoon transfer by charter bus to Hegang. Overnight in Hegang. APRIL 2 MONDAY: (B-L-D) Full day on the Hegang branchline which has 14 SY steam locomotives assigned to this line. In the evening we will catch train T2008 departing Jiamusi at 9:20pm. Everyone will again be in solf sleeper class. APRIL 3 TUESDAY: (B-L-D) Arrive on the train at Changchun at 7:43am. In the morning we will board our charter tram for a journey over most of this system in the city of Changchun. Also we will visit the steam workshops and will have a lite engine fired up for our photo enjoyment and requirements including trying your hand at the throttle. In the afternoon we will transfer by charter bus to Tiefa. Overnight in Tiefa. APRIL 4 WEDNESAY: (B-L-D) Full day trackside on the Tiefa Coal Mine Railroad. This railroad has perhaps the best variety of smaller Chinese steam in operation including the popular 2-8-2's plus a 2-8-0, 2-6-2 and a rare 0-6-0T. Overnight in Tiefa. APRIL 5 THURSDAY: (B-L-D) We spend a 2nd full day on the Tiefa Coal Mine Railroad including a workshop visit. Early evening we transfer by charter bus to Shenyang to board train K54 in soft sleeper class departing at 9:25pm for the overnight journey to Beijing. APRIL 6 FRIDAY: (B-L-D) Arrive back in Beijing at 7:25am. Today we will visit the Great Wall and Forbidden City and other points of interest in and around Beijing. Overnight in Beijing.
APRIL 7 SATURDAY: (B) Independant departures from Beijing. Hotel to airport
transfers included in the tour package.
PRICES ALL PRICES ARE PER PERSON DOUBLE ROOM OCCUPANCY.........$2995 SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT........$ 395 DEPOSIT TO HOLD SPACE.........$1500 NOTICE: PASSPORT REQUIRED TOUR INCLUDES *ALL MEALS *ALL LODGING *FULLY ESCORTED *WORKSHOP VISITS *AIRPORT TRANSFERS *TRACKSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY |
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