Loud and rude sirens, narrow and one-inch wide rails, slow speed and rickety carriages are a unique scenery in the eyes of foreign tourists who are used to comfortable buses, luxury motor trains and high-speed planes. Surprise, shock and admiration became the most common expressions in their whole journey. On this remote railway line, some foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes and bags are often found. They lamented: "Antiques that were invisible decades ago are still running. In Europe, such trains can only be seen in museums. This is the giant panda in the train. "
A retired worker said that when the railway was built, all the tracks were transferred from all over the country. Almost every component is a cultural relic. "The railroad tracks in Guangxu period, the turnouts in the Republic of China period, and the telephones and signal lights in the Cultural Revolution period all belonged to the whole railway line." It's like the China Railway Museum.
Most of the passengers on the small train are residents of villages along the railway, either shopping in the city or visiting relatives and friends. Small trains have become the means of transportation for ordinary people in villages along the railway. Xu Dan small train is known as a very humanized small train in China. The reason for humanization is that this passenger train is equipped with an open carriage according to the needs of passengers in addition to the normal three passenger carriages and a luggage carriage. Bicycles, motorcycles, horses, cows and sheep can be carried by passengers. Stop if there are passengers, and leave if there are no passengers.