On the misty morning of 25 February 1989, SL 679 climbed from Hadawan to Jiuzhan summit with train 528, the 06:56 Jilin to Changchun slow passenger. Jilin is famous for its frosted trees, several of which can be seen on the left of the picture. This phenomena is caused by mist forming above the river on still nights then freezing onto the trees.
After taking this picture, we left Jilin and its SLs behind and travelled north to Harbin.