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Item ID: 297193108771
eBay Seller ID: britishfareasttraders
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Category: Collectables:Photographic Images:Photographs
Condition: In good condition. Please check our images.
📝 Description
SY0894 Steam Train Photo 18 Nov 2002 Nr Qitaihe Longhu Passenger Snow Scene
Authentic 8×5″ winter photo — steam locomotive journeying through frozen fields.
Photo: approx. 8 x 5 inches
Texts: please see images
Condition: In good condition. Please check our images.
Internal notes: QC passed
The landscape stretches endlessly before you, a sea of soft white snow punctuated by tufts of golden hay, stacked neatly across the open fields. The SY0894 steam locomotive pulls steadily through this frozen world, its dark silhouette cutting a sharp line against the muted winter sky. You can hear the distant, steady chuff-chuff of the engine, each beat sending little puffs of steam into the crisp air, a living heartbeat in an otherwise silent countryside.
You feel the dry crunch of snow beneath your boots, and the cold air brushes your face, carrying with it the faint metallic scent of coal and steam. The Longhu passenger carriages sway gently behind the engine, their emerald green frames a soft contrast to the icy white landscape. The trainâs passage feels timeless — a small but determined force moving through a world held still by winter’s quiet hand. You are not just looking at this moment — you are inside it, standing on the edge of the tracks, heart pounding in rhythm with the locomotiveâs advance.
This rare, original 8×5 inch colour photograph captures the power and poetry of winter railways, bringing you face-to-face with a moment where man, machine, and nature meet in silent conversation. Ideal for steam train enthusiasts, nostalgia collectors, and anyone who longs for the honest, breathtaking beauty of a winterâs journey.
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