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/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.