On July 1,2006,trains departed from Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhouand Chengduon their first iourney to Lhasa.The enclosed streamlinedtrains sped at more than 100km/hon the 5.000-m-high Qinghai-TibetPlateau. The vast Hoh Xil Grassland flashed across thetrainwindows,with occasional Tibetan ante-lope or Chiru nibbling at theverdant grass and Tibetan wild ass running after thetrains.Far-away snow-capped mountaias radiated under the goldenSun.