Sichuan: Delivering livestock or even babies, lifeline lifts Yi people

Passengers taking train No 5619 for the first time are often surprised to find that many other travelers take vegetables, chickens and pigs with them.

The line, which links Leshan, Sichuan province, with Yuexi county in the province's Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, is one of the two slow trains still operating in the province, running at speeds up to 40 kilometers per hour.

The slow train service starts from Yangang Railway Station in Leshan and ends up at the Puxiong station in Liangshan. The whole trip takes seven hours and 33 minutes, with stops at 26 stations, 14 of which are inside Liangshan, China's largest community of ethnic Yi people.