Daban exchange

In 2005 the depot at Daban was the point where the newly introduced diesels that were working the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway handed over their trains to steam locomotives for the run eastwards to Chabuga. On this very windy morning a pair of QJ class locomotives prepare to set back onto their train. The water tower supplied the last fully operating main line steam depot in the world which saw out the steam services on the line at the end of that year.