Level crossing capers

A short time before the city level crossings were replaced by road underpasses, a JS class loco heads up the branch to Mine 1 on the Pingdingshan Coal Railway.

We nearly missed this shot and the locals are all looking back down the road to see the westerners rushing about to try to get their photographs! We hoped another train might come and the local people brought out chairs for us to sit on whilst we waited. This sort of kindness is quite common in such places.