Overnight Train from Beijing to Nanjing -

Train from Beijing Station to Nanjing - 2008

Fire Extinguishers - 20

Two fire extinguishers were hung at the end of each car. In the 1980s while we were teaching in China a peasant got aboard a train with an open bucket of gasoline. It ignited and before it was over, 12 cars were ablaze, The engineer didn't realize it until they pulled into a station and were alerted by the station people.

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