Goodbye to steam trains
蒸汽火车通过,拉出的白烟与铁轨构成一幅美丽的画卷。新疆哈密地区三道岭煤矿是西北最大的露天煤矿。目前,这里有中国最后一批尚在服役的6台蒸汽火车,是以运输煤炭、开采剥离为主。随着时代发展,新的动力机车逐渐代替蒸汽火车,全国最后的蒸汽火车今年也将在哈密三道岭完美谢幕。据悉,开蒸汽火车至少需要三个人:一名司机、一名副司机和一名司炉。蒸汽火车设计时速为70公里,现在实际运行速度是每小时20公里,年运量达800万吨。[中国网] Steam trains cross an opencast coal mine at Sandaoling in Hami Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan 13, 2016. Six steam trains are still used at Sandaoling, however, they will be gradually replaced by new electric engines this year. Three people - an engineer, an assistant engineer and a stoker - are needed to operate the trains. The designed speed is 70 km per hour, but they run at 20 km per hour, and the annual traffic volume is 8 million tons. [Photo/China.org.cn] |
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