Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Some of this video has already been uploaded to YouTube. Due to upload size restrictions at the time, most clips were only a few minutes long. This video has been re-edited and includes shots previously excluded.
The 2007 visit included standard and narrow (720mm) gauge lines.
Part 1 covers the Hegang Coal Railway in the SE corner of Heilongjiang Province in the far north east of the country not far from the Russian border.
Music: Lau Tzu Ehru by Doug Maxwell downloaded from the YouTube Audio Library