How to become Kenya's first female train drivers?

Chinese teacher Li Yingming(R) discusses diesel engines with train driver trainees from Kenya in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 3, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Train driver trainee Caroline, 26, from Kenya reviews operating procedures with her Chinese teacher during a simulated driving exercise in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 3, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

A female train driver trainee from Kenya practices operating procedures during a simulated driving exercise in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 3, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese maintenance engineer Du Hanli (1st L) conducts training on diesel locomotive maintenance to female train driver trainees in Nairobi, Kenya, May 17, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Kenyan train driver trainees Concilia, Wendy, Caroline (left to right) review operating procedures with instructor Zhang Cheng during training in Nairobi, Kenya, May 17, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Train driver trainees Alice (front) and Concilia (back) review operating procedures in Nairobi, Kenya, May 17, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Train driver trainees Alice (L) and Concilia review operating procedures in Nairobi, Kenya, May 17, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Train driver trainees Caroline (L1), Alice (L2), Concilia(R2) and Wendy(R1) pose for a group photo with their Chinese teacher Zhang Cheng(middle) in Nairobi, Kenya, May 17, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese-trained train engineers Alice(L) and Concilia(R) give a thumbs up before departing on the maiden run of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line in Mombasa, Kenya, May 31, 2017. Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway connecting Mombasa, largest port in East Africa, with Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, was inaugurated on May 31 with the country's first female train drivers operating the first passenger train for their President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seven Kenyan women travelled to Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi province, in mid-January to undergo a 50-day course on train driving procedures, both theoretical and operational.[Photo: Xinhua]