Pictured: Tibetans living along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway on June 26. For Tibetans living along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, its completion and opening to traffic will not only mean a powerful engine to drive Tibet's economic development, but also bring about profound social changes and make Tibetan herdsmen's life more colorful. 

Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest and longest railway on the plateau, will formally open to traffic on July 1. 

Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest and longest railway on the plateau, will formally open to traffic on July 1. 

(Chinanews.cn June 28, 2006)