March 25th, Sunday
Independant arrivals. Meet at the airport in Beijing and transfer your hotel. Relax for the evening and overnight at the first class Sino-Swiss Hotel which is near the airport.
March 26th, Monday (B-L-D)
Morning flight Beijing to Hailar. Transfer by charter bus to the Jalainur open pit coal mine. 33 SY class steam locomotives are on the roster of this mining line and work the open coal pit. Overnight in Manzhouli.
March 27th, Tuesday (B-L-D)
All day at the Jalainur open pit coal mine. Plenty of steam action to keep us busy all day. Workshop visit today. Overnight Manzhouli.
March 28th, Wednesday (B-L-D)
Morning and early afternoon trackside on the Jalainur coal mine railroad. At 6:55pm we board train N92 in soft sleeper class for the overnight journey to Haerbin. Soft sleeper class is the best that China has to offer. You will have a private compartment that sleeps four persons. Everyone in your compartment will be members of our tour group. Couples will receive a compartment to themselves. Single room supplement does not include a single compartment on the trains. If you want a single compartment we will have to buy 4 first class sleeping tickets for you and this will be an extra expense.
March 29th, Thursday (B-L-D)
We arrive on the train in Haerbin Main at 7:09am. Morning sightseeing tour of Haerbin. We then return to the train station and catch train N7 departing atr 1:00pm and arriving in Jiamusi at 6:15pm. Overnight in Huanan.
March 30th, Friday (B-L-D)
Full day on the Huanan narrow gauge line with our own private charter train with steam power. This railroad is running the C-2 class 0-8-0 steam locomotives. Photo run-bys will be made. Overnight in Ji'xi.
March 31st, Saturday (B-L-D)
Full day on the Ji'xi Coal Mine Railroad which has a fleet of 25 operating SY steam locomotives.
April 1st, Sunday (B-L-D)
2nd full day on the Ji'xi Coal Mine Railroad. Workshop visit. Late afternoon transfer by charter bus to Hegang. Overnight in Hegang.
April 2nd, Monday (B-L-D)
Full day on the Hegang branchline which has 14 SY steam locomotives assigned to this line. In the evening we will catch train T2008 departing Jiamusi at 9:20pm. Everyone will again be in solf sleeper class.
April 3rd, Tuesday (B-L-D)
Arrive on the train at Changchun at 7:43am. In the morning we will board our charter tram for a journey over most of this system in the city of Changchun. Also we will visit the steam workshops and will have a lite engine fired up for our photo enjoyment and requirements including trying your hand at the throttle. In the afternoon we will transfer by charter bus to Tiefa. Overnight in Tiefa.
April 4th, Wednesay (B-L-D)
Full day trackside on the Tiefa Coal Mine Railroad. This railroad has perhaps the best variety of smaller Chinese steam in operation including the popular 2-8-2's plus a 2-8-0, 2-6-2 and a rare 0-6-0T. Overnight in Tiefa.
April 5th, Thursday (B-L-D)
We spend a 2nd full day on the Tiefa Coal Mine Railroad including a workshop visit. Early evening we transfer by charter bus to Shenyang to board train K54 in soft sleeper class departing at 9:25pm for the overnight journey to Beijing.
April 6th, Friday (B-L-D) Arrive back in Beijing at 7:25am. Today we will visit the Great Wall and Forbidden City and other points of interest in and around Beijing. Overnight in Beijing.
April 7th, Saturday (B)
Independent departures from Beijing. Hotel to airport transfers included in the tour package.
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