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our china correspondent adrian brown takes us on a road through gansu province. >> it is a sound that reverberates around the mountains of southwest china. puffs of nostalgia transporting you back to a new era. one of china's last surviving steam trains. a country that was still making them until 16 years ago. it's a sight that still stirs is imagination. >> these steam ploak motives have real character. it is like a live engine in the 2015. >> like those mines this train is close to extinction. and it's not clear what will finish first. >> this train will be eliminated sooner or later. as for my future i think the factory will be shut down. >> i don't see any advantages to this steam train. a daily commute that's it. >> modernity is on the fast track in china. relying on coal and diesel and the pollution that cost with it. there is also, a more pressing issue. the days of the steam train are clearly numbered here in china. retired trains like this are often the only source for those spare parts. the train depends on parts cannibalized from two other veterans. once those parts will be

adrian brown al jazeera, in gansu province. >> of course, as us you can find much more on our website all the top stories including the latest from kenya. www.aljazeera.com. >>> very few people get up in evil. what evil can i do today? >> he wrote the epic novel, a song of fire and ice, the basis for the hbo series "game of thrones" now in its fourth season, george r.r. martin is working fotin issue the series. >> there are days i wonder if i bit off more than i could chew. did it have dotcoms? >> his characters are often consumed with power struggles making them blind to the greater

adrian brown al jazeera, in gansu province. >> of course, as us you can find much more on our website all the top stories including the latest from kenya. www.aljazeera.com. >>> very few people get up in evil. what evil can i do today? >> he wrote the epic novel, a song of fire and ice, the basis for the hbo series "game of thrones" now in its fourth season, george r.r. martin is working fotin issue the series. >> there are days i wonder if i bit off more than i could chew. did it have dotcoms? >> his characters are often consumed with power struggles making them blind to the greater threats to their kingdom did. found. >> we have things going on our world right now like climate change that's, you know, ultimately a threat to the entire world. >> the author who first wrote for television decades agoing talks about the script feedback he received back then. >> would you please cut these 107 characters down to 6? and, you know, this giant battle you have at the evened with 100,000 me. >> could you make that a dual between a hero and a villain. >> he teamed up with two fans of his work t