China - Jan 2007

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Pics page 1 : Baiyin
Pics page 2 : Baotou ****
Pics page 3 : Huludao
Pics page 4 : Factory 701
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Sunrise at the loco depot
The coaling conveyor
Love those cooling towers!
Little chimney and big chimney
Awaiting her turn
Greasing up
Ouch! Watch out for homicidal forklift drivers
Fitter in the shops
Welding between the frames of an SY
There are a number of decorated locos at Baotou
The second one we saw
Simmering in the cold
Fill 'er up!
Coaling facilities
Three SYs heading out to the mill
Loco duty list
On the move
The steelworks was an amazing place
You could go almost anywhere
The slag pouring building
Bringing in empties
Loading a crucible car
Better than the 4th of July
Or Guy Fawkes
Please don't park your bike too close
Shuffling around the works
Pulling out a string of wagons
An incredibly shiny Mazda 6 and an incredibly unshiny SY meet as centuries collide
Friendly locals taking the bus home
Crucible car train
All crossings are surprisingly well protected, but the SYs really move
Towering towers
And incredibly ducty ducts. I'm not sure if these are the finest captions ever
Warming ourselves beside loaded crucible cars
The thermometer says: its cold
Well trained electricians putting years of training into practice
The Two Ronnies (Barker has his glasses in his overalls)
"Out with the good,... and in with the bad".
Slagbreaker
Breaking up cold slag pours. Cripes, what a way to earn a yuan
Slag train
Tipping a crucible on the slag dump
A slag train unloading
Tipping metal
Slag train portrait
The shop beside the bus stop
A sea of bicycles at the shift change
Mmmmm, Mongolian Hotpot
The Diary
Pics page 1 : Baiyin
Pics page 2 : Baotou ****
Pics page 3 : Huludao
Pics page 4 : Factory 701
Pics page 5 : Jixi and Tiefa
Pics page 6 : JalaiNur
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