An immaculate SL 681 crossed a frozen river near Kouqian, south of Jilin on the line to Meihekou, on the morning of 24 February 1989. The train was 512/513, the 10:02 Jilin to Tonghua slow passenger. The SL would haul the train to Meihekou, 218 km and 6 hours 6 minutes from Jilin. The description "slow passenger" is particularly apt in this case. Today's equivalent, train 6844 is slightly faster, taking 5 hours 12 minutes for the same journey. Unfortunately, it's not quite as photogenic.