Mountain Railway Linked up
Adjust font size:
 |
| A local woman with her child looks at a train on the Yiwan Railway, which comes from Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province to Wanzhou District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, in Enshi City, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 18, 2010. As the most difficult project in China's railways because of the mountains along the way, the Yiwan Railway was completed Wednesday and will be open for traffic at the end of this year. In 1909, a Chinese eximious engineer Zhan Tianyou began to build the railway but had to gave up for short of fund later. [Xinhua] |
 |
| Workers lay the last track of the Yiwan Railway, which links Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province with Wanzhou District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, in Enshi City, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 18, 2010. As the most difficult project in China's railways because of the mountains along the way, the Yiwan Railway was completed Wednesday and will be open for traffic at the end of this year. In 1909, a Chinese eximious engineer Zhan Tianyou began to build the railway but had to gave up for short of fund later. [Xinhua] |
(Xinhua News Agency August 19, 2010)