鉄法煤業集団公司鉄路といえば、「鉄法」「調兵山」などと呼ばれ、知る人ぞ知る世界の蒸気機関車マニアの聖地であります。「他が全滅してもここだけは残る」と言われていましたが、どうもこのところ雲行きが怪しくなってきたようで、ジワジワと蒸気機関車による運転本数が減ってきているようです。
他の目的地（鉄オタの、ですが）がウヤや陥落などの理由で訪問する意味がなくなり、旅行直前、または旅行中に目的地を変更せざるを得なくなった際の、最後の逃げ場でもあったわけですが、全く残念なことです。
他の目的地（鉄オタの、ですが）がウヤや陥落などの理由で訪問する意味がなくなり、旅行直前、または旅行中に目的地を変更せざるを得なくなった際の、最後の逃げ場でもあったわけですが、全く残念なことです。
私も三回しか訪問していませんが（うち一回は新婚旅行だったりします）、完全になくならないうちに、本腰を入れて撮影した方がいいかもしれません。
というわけで、本来ならば調兵山駅の紹介から始めるべきなんでしょうが、とりあえず最近蒸気機関車による運行がなくなったと言われている南線の王千駅周辺の夕景です。
今回の記事の撮影場所は、こちらになります。（Google Mapの地図と写真がずれていますので、航空写真の方に合わせてあります。）
Tiefa Coal Industry Group Corporation Railway is known as the last sanctuary of steam locomotive and it was said that this place would be the last line operating steam train in China. The steam trains, however, are getting decreasing and their territory are getting narrow among the four lines of Tiefa Coal Line recently.
Other destinations in China for steam locomotive freaks (Most of them are industrial railways) often stop operating steam trains temporally due to accidents at mine or technical problems. Tiefa was always an alternative of the tour to China since everyday they are operating passenger train pulled by steam locomotives adhering to their time schedule.
I have visited here only three times (One of the trip was my honeymoon!). Before they completely take off the steam locomotives, we should visit here and take pictures seriously.
So, here I introduce the pictures around Wangqian station where firstly the steam trains stop coming to regularly.
The pictures were taken here. (The map and Google Aerial Photo is not adjusted precisely. Please see the aerial photo.)
Steam locomotives at Diaobingshan, Tieling city, Liaoning province in China (1) Wangqian station
January 2009
というわけで、本来ならば調兵山駅の紹介から始めるべきなんでしょうが、とりあえず最近蒸気機関車による運行がなくなったと言われている南線の王千駅周辺の夕景です。
今回の記事の撮影場所は、こちらになります。（Google Mapの地図と写真がずれていますので、航空写真の方に合わせてあります。）
Tiefa Coal Industry Group Corporation Railway is known as the last sanctuary of steam locomotive and it was said that this place would be the last line operating steam train in China. The steam trains, however, are getting decreasing and their territory are getting narrow among the four lines of Tiefa Coal Line recently.
Other destinations in China for steam locomotive freaks (Most of them are industrial railways) often stop operating steam trains temporally due to accidents at mine or technical problems. Tiefa was always an alternative of the tour to China since everyday they are operating passenger train pulled by steam locomotives adhering to their time schedule.
I have visited here only three times (One of the trip was my honeymoon!). Before they completely take off the steam locomotives, we should visit here and take pictures seriously.
So, here I introduce the pictures around Wangqian station where firstly the steam trains stop coming to regularly.
The pictures were taken here. (The map and Google Aerial Photo is not adjusted precisely. Please see the aerial photo.)
中国遼寧省鉄嶺市調兵山市の蒸気機関車（１） 王千駅
2009年1月
Steam locomotives at Diaobingshan, Tieling city, Liaoning province in China (1) Wangqian station
January 2009
Translated in English in May 2015.
