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China's only existing steam train

Updated: 2012-11-18 09:44

(China Daily)

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China's only existing steam train

Pets are welcome on the train. [Photo by Wang Bin / for China Daily]

 

China's only existing steam train

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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