Logistics sector in Tongliao growing rapidly

       A last steam engine
          on the Tongliao railway

The logistics sector in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in China, witnessed rapid growth during the first three quarters of this year.

The coal logistics center in the city’s development zone is home to 26 firms, with coal throughput standing at 4.5 million tons from January to September.

Transactions amounted to RMB2.7 billion, or approximately US$394.3 million. The coal throughput is expected to reach 6 million tons this year.

The wonderful illustration is from Xinhua and is of a steam locomotive, which is one of China's last batch of out-of-date locomotives, passing a bridge in Inner Mongolia December 7.

The batch of out-of-date locomotives is, from the end of last year, out of service. The Jining-Tongliao railway in Inner Mongolia is the only railway in the world using steam locomotives. Since the railway was built in 1995, more than 100 steam locomotives have run along the railroad.
Source: ChinalRealNews