tarboat's photos with the keyword: mudanjiang

QJ 2785 at Modaoshi curve with freight for Suifenhe. The rails here climbed around the horseshoe curve as trains climbed hard out of the valley on this line towards the Russian border. Uphill workings were visible for almost half an hour.

QJ 2785 at Modaoshi curve with freight for Suifenhe. I spent a day here watching trains running around the horseshoe curve as they climbed hard out of the valley on this line towards the Russian border. Uphill workings were visible for almost half an hour.

QJ 2785 enters the Modaoshi horseshoe curve on the line from Mudanjiang towards Xiachengzi and on to the Russian border at Suifenhe.

QJ2973 negotiating the Modaoshi horseshoe curve on the line from Mudanjiang towards Xiachengzi and on to the Russian border at Suifenhe with a long freight.

QJ 2973 climbing hard after negotiating the Modaoshi horseshoe curve on the line from Mudanjiang towards Xiachengzi and on to the Russian border at Suifenhe

The Modaoshi horseshoe curve was a favourite photgraphic spot in the days of steam with plenty of trains heading for Suifenhe and the Russian border. You could watch trains for twenty minutes from when they first appeared to when they finally topped the summit. A short uphill freight is seen here making steady progress up the hill. In the fields in front of the train are racks of timber which were used by the locals for growing edible fungi on the wood.