第二天，我去铁道边拍摄一些中国的柴油机车。看到铁路上有这么多行人，真叫人担心。更神奇的是–我发现许多住宅只能从铁路到达。

The next day it was trackside to meet some of china’s diesels. It was bewildering to see so many pedestrians on the right away. I discovered that many residences were only accessible from the railway.

闲逛到车场，这是我在中国第一个被赶出去的地方，我发现了罗马尼亚制造的ND2柴油机车和中国制造的DF4柴油机车

Wandering into the coach yard, which would be the first place in china i got tossed out of, I found romanian built ND2 class and chinese built DF4 class diesels.

后来在车站我才知道，在其他讲英语的国家，排队被称为“queue”。在中国，嗯，我对中文真的知之甚少。但我肯定他们根本就没有这个词。在排队或排队到火车站售票窗口时，你似乎没有得到任何尊重。

Later at the depot i learned that lines are called ques in the rest of the english-speaking world. In china, well, I really know little about the chinese language. But I’m sure they have no word for it at all.There doesn’t seem to be any respect for your place in a line or queue to get to the ticket window at the train station.

我发现你必须非常强硬才能排到售票窗口。即使有一次我站在窗前，我也得用胳膊肘来防止别人把我推开。

I discovered you actually had to be very forceful to get there. Even once I was in front of the window I had to use elbows to keep people from pushing me out of the way.

直到我走到窗口，才知道外国人的火车票只有在几个街区外的一个特殊办公室才能买到。我还没有下一步的计划，但向西去昆明似乎是有意义的。其他外国人建议我在桂林停留。我决定听从这个建议。

After forcing my way to the window, I learned that train tickets for foreigners were only available at a special office a few blocks away. I didn’t have a plan for my next move but it seemed to make sense to head west for Kunming. Other travelers had recommended a stop in Guilin. I decided to follow that advice.

晚上，我在火车上醒来。列车停在了一个车站，我仍然记得–一辆蒸汽机的烟囱在黑暗中沸腾。

That night from the train i woke up at a station stop and saw my first steam engine simmering in the dark. I still remember how good it smelled.

在中国有两种主要的蒸汽机车类型。有些是基于美国Elko蒸汽机车设计的，有的是基于德国Kriegslock蒸汽机车设计的。

There were two types of steam-locomotives common in china. Several classes of chinese built Mikado 282s based on a U.S. Elko design and Chinese built QJ class based on a russian design which was derived from the german class 42 Kriegslock 210.

第二天，我租了一辆自行车四处闲逛。那天下午，火车站不愿向外国人出售当晚火车上的座位。但是我在车站前发现了一个穿着很得体的本地老乡，他为我买了一张票。

The next day I rented a bike and wandered. That afternoon the railroad would not sell foreigners space on that evening’s train. But i found a nicely dressed chinese man in front of the depot who offered to buy a ticket for me.

那天晚上，我登上了去昆明的火车。西南地区几乎没有蒸汽机车，铁路的电气化建设正在如火如荼的进行中。

That night I boarded a train for Kunming. There was very little steam here in the southwest and electrification construction was evident.