When the American railroaders needed steam engines with good low-speed performance, they geared them down. When the Chinese did, they just used itty bitty driving wheels.
Keep your eyes open at the very end of the clip....
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Two cool! 4 mini drivers and a high speed train.
We have nothing like either one.
I was astonished at how many men they had working on that railroad. Three brakemen on the string of self-unloading hopper cars?
Also, did you note that they were using link-and-pin couplers? They couldn't go more mid-19th century if they added Wells Fargo express cars and armed robbers.
Reminds me of a picture of two Chinese men sitting to cut a railroad track with a hacksaw. They brought a pot of tea and packed a lunch. I expect they were going to be there all day.
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