The old mountain North-South train rail 舊山線 runs from San-Yi station 三義站, passing through tunnels as long as 230 meter, climbing slopes with angles as high as 25.5/1000 degrees, going through Sun-Shing train station 勝興車站 402 meters above the sea level, and ending the journey at the Ho-Li station in Taichung county. This rail has not been in service since 1988. Despite that, places along the old mountain rail attract tourists like magnets. Tourists are mesmerized with the romance and stories of the old Mountain rail.
This part of the rail was very difficult to build because of its terrain of mountains and canyons. Japanese engineers and Taiwanese laborers completed this part of the rail in 1903. As the train goes out of the tunnel in the mountain, it presents itself as a post-card-like magnificient picture.
Photo on the top shows the map of the old and new mountain rail. The lower photo shows the picture when the train just goes out of the tunnel.
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