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在2003年的农历年假中，我和朋友一同出发往河南省的平顶山去探访仍在运作中的蒸汽机车。 我们在2月2日出发，而我在2月6日回程，2月7日到港。 我的友人(Kelvin) 则继续其行程去郑州，到了2月11日才回港。

在国内很多人都知道平顶山是一个大煤矿。 今天，仍有大量的蒸汽机车在这里是可以看见的。 他们主要用作运煤送去其它附近大城市，然后再转送其它地区。

平顶山市这名字，我相信跟这里有座山，而顶部是平平的有关，从而得名。蒸汽机车就往返这座煤山，把煤从山里运出来。

今次的行程，我们有懒一位当地的朋友----赵先生。 他是一位标准的蒸汽机车迷。 因此我们好容易地就找到不同类形的蒸汽机车，如「前进」､「建设」及「上游」除了参观当地的机车外，我们亦进了车库。

它吸引的活动有乘坐蒸汽机车由一处去另一处。 幸运地，我们亦被邀请进入驾驶室乘坐，不同型号机车，有前进，建设及上游。 司机们亦很有善地讲解很多驾驶技巧给我们听。

当地的温度约由 -5°C至5°C。 而天空蔚蓝清澈，特别在2月4日当天。 真是一个拍照片的好日子。

第一天

乘T68次从深圳出发去武昌，第二天早上到达。

第二天

早上在武昌拍照，下午我们乘火车去漯河，后在那里过夜。

第三天

早上我们乘8:30的火车去平顶山。约10:00到达平顶山，然后去酒店安顿。下午，我们去了车库拍照及沿铁路走，去找寻蒸汽机车。

第四天

一整天都在拍照。

第五天

早上，我独个儿乘T89(由石家庄至广州)去广州，但Kelvin则继续去郑州。

第六天

因火车误点3小时，我在早上11:00才到达广州。

In this Chinese New Holiday, my friend and I started our trip to visit Steam Locomotives in Pingdingshan in Henan Province.  We began on 2 Feb and I finished my trip on 6 Feb, and on 7 Feb I arrived at HK.  However, my friend continued his trip to Zhengzhou until 10 Feb and he returned back to HK on 11 Feb.

As most people know that Pingdingshan is one of the biggest coal mining ore in China.  Nowadays, a lot of steam locomotives can still be seen in this city.  The steam locomotives are used to transport the coal from the ore to the nearby main stations and then delivery it to other cities.

Pingdingshan in Chinese is “平顶山”, and the mountain is flatter on the top.  It contains many many coals inside the mountain.  Steam locomotives are traveling to and fro the mountain and the cities to carry the coals.

During my trip in Pingdingshan, our friend – Mr. Chiu showed us around there.  Mr. Chiu is a local, who is also a specialist on Steam locomotives in China.  Therefore, we can easily find different types of Steam locomotives, like QJ, JS and SY.  Besides, we can also visit the depot in this area.  Another attractive activity was traveling on the Steam locos from one point to another.  Luckily, we were invited to get on the cab of QJ, JS and SY respectively.  The drivers were very friendly and they explained a lot to us about the driving techniques.  

The temperature in that region is varied ranging from 5°C to –5°C.  Also, the weather was fine with clear blue sky, especially on the 4 Feb.  It was extremely suitable for taking photos under such conditions.  

Day 1

We travelled the train T68 from Shenzhen to Wuchang, and arrived at Wuchang on the next day morning.

Day 2

Took photos in Wuchang in the morning and went to Louhe in the afternoon, stayed at Louhe until next day.

Day 3

This morning, we took the train at 8:30am to Pingdingshan.   At about 10:00am, we reached Pingdingshan and went to a Hotel.  In the afternoon, we took photos in the depot and we walked along the railway track to find the Steam engines.

Day 4

Took photos whole day.

Day 5

That morning, we went to Xuchang to see the narrow gauge (762mm) railway.  I travelled T89 (from Shijiazhuang to Guangzhou) to Guangzhou at 4:30pm.  But Kelvin continued his trip to Zhengzhou.

Day 6

As the train was delayed for 3 hours, I arrived at Guangzhou at 11:00am!