China's only existing steam train
Updated: 2012-11-18 09:44
(China Daily)
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Pets are welcome on the train. [Photo by Wang Bin / for China Daily] |
Built in 1958 and opened in 1959 for coal transportation, the train is known as a "living fossil of the 18th century industrial revolution". [Photo by Wang Bin / for China Daily] |
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