What a difference a year makes

The billhoarding by the level crossing at Dongchang on the Jixi Coal Railway has seen a change between the dates of the two images. That at the top was taken in December 2008 and the lower shot in December 2009. The double unit main line electric locomotive and coal hoppers has been replaced with and army of railway staff marching in front of two of the DC electric locomotives that Jixi has bought from the Pingzhuang opencast mine in the Mongolian Autonomous Region. Somebody has repainted the hut and wall too.

Of course there is no sign yet of the electric infrastructure to allow these locos to take to the tracks and they remain in a fenced compound at the nearby Nancheng yard. As for the message on the posters, I don't know, but perhaps others can assist with a translation.