The train was very clean and not crowded. The landscape is mostly flat with a lot of poor villages. The stations up to Yi'an have no good loading facilities. Near Bei'an possible photopositions are not existing. All freights and passengers are QJ-hauled, the Fasts and F.T. have DFH3.
Traffic is good.
Shunting in Bei'an is done by QJ, most times two locos were seen. Visiting the depot Bei'an is no problem, but the locoshed could not be visited, anyway no locos were seen there. The depot is very busy and in the morning some nice photo-possibilities are offered. Likewise the pedestrian-bridge across the platforms and a bridge near the depot will also do. Longzhen has a triangle to turn round the locos.