This video shows Pyin Oo Lwin Station: Arrival, Shunting & Departure, in the Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The 132DN train, hauled by loco No. DF2078 arrives at Pyin Oo Lwin station from Lashio and passengers alight. Loco No. DF2079 travelles along the sidings, from the maintenance yard, to replace loco, No. DF2078, that had just arrived. DF2079 will haul the train for the remainder of the journey to Mandalay. In addition to the loco DF2078, two coaches are also removed, probably in preparation for the mountainous desent into Mandalay. See them coupling the new loco and people and their goods boarding the train.
All locomotives are Chinese CNR, manfactured by Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co. Ltd., which had 2000 hp CAT engines.
Filmed on the 4 and 5 October 2018
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