r/BeAmazed • u/CrunchyNapkin917 • Feb 12 '25

History same driver, 26 years apart in China

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u/garth54 Feb 12 '25

I think the most impressive bit is that China still used such steam locomotives in 1996

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u/Vincinuge Feb 12 '25

They still use them now lol. Checkout some Chinese coal trains.

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u/chebster99 Feb 12 '25

Using steam trains to transport coal? Talk about getting high on your own supply.

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u/crappercreeper Feb 12 '25

It takes coal to mine coal. It takes coal to transport coat. It takes coal to make electricity. When people use coal as fuel the guy that sells it make a lot of money.

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u/onefst250r Feb 13 '25

Coalception

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u/dgradius Feb 13 '25

Just add water

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u/Few-Guarantee2850 Feb 13 '25

About 40% of all ocean shipping is oil, too.

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u/Tymareta Feb 13 '25

https://www.trains.com/trn/steam-operation-ends-in-china/

No they don't, they were largely out of use in 2002/3 and stopped being used altogether in early 2024.

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u/Uellerstone Feb 13 '25

Ohhhh. Stopped in 2024. Really got him there 

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u/MaYAL_terEgo Feb 13 '25

Did not read the article.

>Sandaoling used a fleet of JS class 2-8-2 locomotives, with more than 20 in daily service as recently as 2015.

This was out of the 5000~ that used to be in service. Throughout the entire country prior to 1988. They had rapidly decreased the use of these steam engines and replaced them in that time.

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u/Tymareta Feb 13 '25

Largely out of use in 2002/3

Reading is hard when you're trying to get reddit points, I know.

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u/ApartFarmer9564 Feb 13 '25

so the original comment is still right, very few doesnt mean none

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u/todayswinner Feb 13 '25

Large Li is out of use, but Jet Li is still in use.

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u/Maleficent_Net_3668 Feb 13 '25

Your information is incorrect. All steam locomotives were phased out in 2005. There is not a single one left.

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u/antpile11 Feb 13 '25

I enjoyed that article. It's neat that they were still built through the 90s and used so recently!

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u/ComradeFrogger Feb 13 '25

if it aint broke dont fix it

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u/Theron3206 Feb 13 '25

Do you have any idea how much pollution a steam locomotive puts out?

They are very much broken.

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u/pandariotinprague Feb 13 '25

The U.S. has about 150 steam locomotives operating just doing tourist rides and stuff. Not even useful work.

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u/garth54 Feb 13 '25

Someone needs to make a fission powered steam locomotive, much less pollution, provided nothing goes wrong.

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u/sibips Feb 13 '25

They made fission powered rockets in the 60s, why can't they make trains??!?1

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u/garth54 Feb 13 '25

Happy Cake Day!

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u/sibips Feb 13 '25

Oh. How time flies.

Thank you, kind stranger!

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u/atom138 Feb 13 '25

I wish we still used coal trains if it meant we had bullet trains.