On board one of the last surviving steam trains in China - SilverKris

"Once a busy coal‑mining hub established in the 1930s, this small town has been repurposed into a retro tourist shrine centered on a mining museum and a heavily staged Cultural Revolution atmosphere. Visitors encounter large propaganda slogans, faded posters and a main square that evokes the era’s pageantry (including a stage that once hosted public 'struggle sessions'), while curated museum displays and photo panels—such as archival images of pigs being herded onto trains—feed a nostalgic, theatrical experience; meanwhile the local population has fallen dramatically (from roughly 7,000 at the town’s mid‑20th‑century peak to about 1,000 today), leaving a hollowed, evocative backdrop to the tourist activity." - Jamie Fullerton