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第五天 : 2003年 2月6日
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今天是我们第三天在河南省，早上我们要离开平顶山了。
退房后，我们计划拍摄蒸汽机车爬坡的照片。
但是，呆了很久也不见蒸汽机车出现。
这时我们出发去许昌看窄轨铁路。
许昌是河南省的另一城市。
朋友的父亲驱车载我们去许昌，一小时后，我们到了许昌，车子就停在车库的前方。 进去后，看到3台窄轨内燃机。 这里窄轨的轨距是762mm。 我们花了一小时在这里拍照
约在正午时，我们想乘一乘窄轨，但由于列车误点，只好放弃了，我们只有去午膳罢，我们的「学习」就停在这里了。 午膳后，朋友们和我一同到许昌火车站买车票回广州。
但是所有去广州的车票也卖光了，我只好随意买张南下去信阳的车票。
待T89次(石家庄至广州)进站后，冲上火车。 在月台上，我们拍了一张合照在等候列车时，一列北行的双机韶8进站。
停在另一边月台T89次在4:30到站，而我亦开始回港的行程。 因我的车票不是往广州的，所以我补票了183元的车票钱呢。
在列车抵达武昌前，我询问列车长有否卧铺。
幸运地，找到了一张软卧铺票，我再多付239元(票在此!)
在卧铺上过了一晚。否则，我可能要站一整晚。 列车花了18小时从许昌去广州。
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Day 5 : 06-Feb-2003 |
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This
was the third day we stayed in Henan province and we decided to leave Pingdingshan.
After we checked out in the morning, we intended to take the photos
about the steam locos going uphill the coal mine.
However, no steam engines were seen on the way to the coal mine. Then we decided to go to Xuchang 许昌
and saw the
narrow gauge. Xuchang was
another city in Henan Province. My friend’s father drove us to Xuchang. After 1 hour,
we reached Xuchang and our car stopped in front of the depot of the narrow
gauge. We
walked inside and saw three narrow gauge diesel locos.
The narrow gauge track was a type of 762mm.
We spent almost 1 hour in the depot for photo-taking. (Click
here to see the photos!!) At noon, we wanted to travel on the narrow gauge but the train was
delayed!! So we gave up and
went to have our lunch. Our
trip was over here! After
lunch, my friends accompanied me to go to the Xuchang CNR station to buy a
ticket to Guangzhou. On the station platform, we took a photo together. While we were waiting for the train, a double head SS8 arrived at the station and it went northward. The T89 reached the station at 4:30pm, and I started my trip back to Hong Kong. As the ticket I bought was not to Guangzhou, so I needed to pay extra money to complete my journey to Guangzhou. I paid RMB 183 (ticket here!). Before the train arrived at Wuchang, I asked the chief whether there was a sleeping compartment of the train. Luckily, it was available at the soft sleeper. I paid RMB 239 (ticket here!) to sleep there for one night. Otherwise, I would stay awake and sit for whole night. It took 18 hours from Xuchang to Guangzhou by train.
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