Small train supplies water to mountain for 44 years

Updated: Apr 8, 2019 Xinhua Print

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The small train. [Photo provided by Shenyang railway bureau]

For residents in Huojugou village in China's Changbai Mountains, a train whistle is a euphonious sound that will bring gurgling water to their kitchen and bathhouse.

For 44 years, the mountainous village and several others in northeast China's Jilin Province have relied on a train, which only has one locomotive and one tank car, to provide their water supply.

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