Does china still use steam locomotives to carry cargo as revenue?

Two centuries after the world's first steam locomotive came into being, the gigantic machines are still puffing and carrying cargo in China's old industrial base.





';This is one of the few places in the world where tourists can see roaring steam locomotives,'; said Richard Tower, an American steam locomotive fan at Diaobingshan in northeast China's LiaoningProvince.





The city, unknown in China, is well known among overseas steam locomotive lovers for its 20 steam locomotives still in operation.





';They are alive and you can see, hear and smell them. I've seenmany steam locomotives in other countries, but they are lying in museums and dead,'; said a British photographer on steam locomotives, who said his name was Tony.





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http://english.sina.com/life/1/2005/0216鈥?/a>Does china still use steam locomotives to carry cargo as revenue?
yes, I have seen them way up north, it is pretty cool, check out sites below for great picsDoes china still use steam locomotives to carry cargo as revenue?
admittedly, chinese ppl do use coal powered locomotives to carry cargo now.