A China-Europe freight train on Sept 19 departs Xi'an International Port Station in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. It's headed for Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, on a run that will take about 12 days. The freight train is loaded with agricultural machinery products, irrigation equipment and other related agricultural products. This is the first special train for the export of agricultural products in Shaanxi, since the establishment of the China Shaanxi Commodity Exchange Center of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Agricultural Base. [Photo/IC]

The China-Europe freight train gets underway on its marathon run to Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. [Photo/IC]

An aerial view of the China-Europe freight train. [Photo/IC]