The track-laying of the Qinghai-Tibet railway project comes into the suburbs of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region April 3, 2005.

 The photo taken on April 3, 2005 shows a train carrying tracks running on the north Tibetan plateau.

Linking Golmud in the northwestern Qinghai Province and Lhasa, the 1,142-kilometers railway is expected to open to traffic in 2007. (Xinhua Photo/Jue Guo) (lhn)