The weather at Jingpeng wasn't as good as it could have been in December 2003. We often had to resort to the unconventional to salvage something from an unpromising situation such as here on the approach to Shangdian after a veil of thin cloud obscured the sun.
QJ 7041 and QJ 6876 worked the 12:10 freight from Haoluku towards the summit on 15 December 2003.