这里的车头主要是中国制造的DF1和DF3型柴油机车，它们是俄罗斯设计的复制品，而俄罗斯设计又是美国Fairbanks设计的复制品。

Power here was mostly chinese built DF1 and DF3 class diesels which were copies from a russian design which in turn were copies from a U.S. fairbanks morse design.

列车抵达贵阳时，宣布前方的线路因故关闭了。一位铁路代表把所有的外国人聚集到头等休息室，并告诉我们，由于山体滑坡，铁路将关闭几天。

On arrival in Guiyang it was announced the train would be terminated there. A railroad representative herded all the foreigners into the first class lounge and informed us that due to a landslide the line would be closed for several days.

他们让中国人承上了公交车，但外国人没有这个选择。他们给出的选择是乘火车走一条绕远的路线，但这需要三天时间–听起来不是个好选择。

They were putting the Chinese people on buses but that was not an option for foreigners. The option given was to travel by train on a securities route that would take three days. This didn’t sound like a good option.

另一位来自爱荷华州、学过中文的游客大卫(David)也不喜欢这个选项。我们觉得等着线路重新开放是个好主意。

Another traveler David from Iowa who had studied Chinese didn’t like that option either. We decided it would be a good idea to wait in for the line to open.

We tried but could not find a hotel that would allow foreigners to stay in their establishment. We sat in a cafe to figure out the next move and I spent some time studying the timetable.

我们一直在寻找，但找不到一家允许外国人入住的酒店。我们坐在咖啡馆里考虑下一步的行动，我花了一些时间研究铁路时刻表。

The local train section of the timetable was especially hard to read as it was completely in chinese script, as i figured there were local trains that operated on the line. These trains must be running at least as far as they could.

在时刻表上，我发现我们可以设法绕过关闭的线路（滑坡），从另一侧坐火车继续前进。回到车站后，我们发现这是真的。我买了一张去六盘水的硬卧车票，火车几小时后就出发了。

Then we could get around the slide somehow and continue by train on the other side. Back at the depot we found this was true, and they sold us hard sleeper space on an all stop local train to Liupanshui that was leaving in just a few hours.

第二天早上，我们下了火车，徒步走了一小段路来到小镇的边缘，试图搭便车。路上车辆不多，第二辆来的车恰好是警察的车子。

The next morning we got off the train and hiked a short distance to the edge of town and attempted to hitchhike. There wasn’t a lot of traffic and the second vehicle to show up just happened to be the police.

大卫解释了我们要做的事情，他们同意帮我们拦下下一辆车。摆脱我们比对付我们容易多了。

David explained what we were trying to do and they agreed to help us by flagging down the next vehicle. Getting rid of us was easier than dealing with us.

下一辆车刚好是一辆巴士，正好是我们要去的方向。我们在颠簸的土路上慢慢颠簸了大约四个小时，直到到达下一个城镇。我想外国人以前从来没有在城里出现过，到达几分钟后，几百人围住了我们，大张旗鼓地盯着我们看。

The next vehicle just happened to be a bus going part of our way. We bounced along slowly on windy bumpy dirt mountain road for about four hours until we arrived at the next town. I suppose foreigners had never been seen in town before and it was only moments before a crowd of several hundred people surrounded us mouths open and staring.

我们需要继续乘坐的公共汽车每天只开一趟，我们已经错过了今天的出发时间，所以我们再次尝试搭便车。

The bus we needed to continue on only ran once a day and we had already missed today’s departure so we attempted hitchhiking again.

幸运的是，我们很快搭上了一辆出租车式的皮卡，车上有几个人要去昆明采购物资。

We got lucky and got a ride quickly in a crew cab style pickup with several guys that were making a run into Kunming for supplies.

我们又在一条土路上颠簸了几个小时，他们让我们在宣威城外下车。我们还有几英里路要走，坐着牛车走完这段路程。在旅途中，大卫和马车主人聊了聊。我们出来后，我问大卫他们在说什么，他告诉我他不知道。他不懂他的方言。

For their unit again we bounced along for hours on a dirt mountain road they let us off just outside of Xuanwei. We still had several miles to go andfinish the trip in an ox cart. David chatted with the cart’s owner as we traveled. When we got out i asked David what they were talking about he told me he didn’t know.he didn’t understand his dialect.

那天晚上，我们找了一个很简单的住处，第二天一大早就到了，准备乘车去昆明。

We found sparse accommodation that night and showed up early the next morning for our ride to Kunming.

几天后，我来到了昆明北站，那里是法国建造的通往越南的米轨铁路的起点。

A few days later i found myself at the kunming north station where the french-built meter gauge railroad to vietnam originates.

然而，由于1979年与越南的战争，这条线只延伸到中越边境。它们在70年代末已经完全使用了柴油机车牵引。第二天我回来兜风。

However because of a war with vietnam in 1979 the line only went as far as the border. They had completely dieselized in the late 70s but the rusting remains of the consolidations were still on the property.I returned the next day to go for a ride.

我想走到最南端，看一看仍然使用蒸汽的60厘米轨距的铁路，但我被告知外国人不被允许。

I wanted to make it to the southern end to see a 60 centimeter gauge railroad that still used steam, but i was informed that foreigners were not permitted.

我买的火车票到达了-大概是从昆明往南走大约4小时的地方。这是一次壮观的，穿越1910年开通的铁路线的旅程。

I purchased the ticket as far south as they would allow about four hours from Kunming. It was a spectacular ride over the line that was opened in 1910.

在餐车里，我还吃了一顿丰富而美味的饭菜。

I was also treated to a varied and excellent meal in the dining car.

第二天，列车向北驶向四川省会成都。我们行驶在一条被视为工程奇迹的线路。

The following day it was north to chengdu the capital of the Sichuan province on a much anticipated ride across the Daliang mountains over a line regarded as an engineering marvel.