Steam through the poppy fields

A photo freight steams along nicely, passing by fields of opium poppies, from where comes much of the world's legal supply of medical opiates.

Steam in the backyard

I'm sure the locals paid no attention to the passing parade of big steam on the Jitong Railway in the early 2000's. They probably had no idea that the for... (more)

Steam, sun, snow A weak winter sun does its best to penetrate the steam emanating from the stacks of a pair of QJ's being readied for work on a bitterly cold day. Known to those few r... (more)

A pair of QJ's drift past the lower quadrant semaphores into Xiakengzi station, while another pair leave a trail of steam and smoke as the labor uphill with a maximum 2300 tonne train towards the ... (more)

Derived from the famous Prussian P8 4-6-0, this surviving Romanian 230 class put on a great show for the patrons of a week-long photo charter in Romania in 2005.

Asembagus Sugar Mill ran trains hauling not only unprocessed sugar cane, but also boxcar trains containing finished sugar in 50kg bags. Here is one such train, hauled by No. 11 along track that ... (more)

Railfans who were fortunate enough to witness the last years of steam on the Jitong Railway will never forget the experience, particularly if they braved the sub-freezing temperatures to capture t... (more)

A chartered steam mixed operated by the Dzherelo company puts on a spectacular show in the chill of an autumn morning. Most of the work is being done by three massive diesels shoving at the rear ... (more)

Venerable 1909-built 2-8-0 "Thor" at full speed, all of 25 mph (40 km/h) on the quirky Swedish gauge of 891 mm.

Slowly but surely the jungle returns to take over what man has made. Watawala station looks even more venerable than usual with the arrival of a steam-hauled mixed, recreating pre-diesel days on ... (more)

The barely audible gurgle of flowing water in Roundtop Creek is momentarily interrupted by the sound and fury of Hammond Lumber 17, re-enacting a scene typical of the Pacific coast forests 50 or m... (more)

Molten slag fills a cauldron car while the standard light Mikado goes about some switching chores in the giant Anshan mill, which, at the time, had steam, diesel and electric power. I was given f... (more)

A tired looking FL-9 pauses at Springfield on an intermodal freight. Photo by the late H.A.Smith, negative and copyright owned by myself.

A carload of brass, including the Premier of the Province of British Columbia and high-ranking railroad officials, near the end of their Vancouver-Mission-Vancouver inspection jaunt. The purpose ... (more)

This is not a museum but a working railroad shop, powered by belts and a stationary steam engine. While the attraction of Java sugar mills was, until recently, the presence of working steam, some... (more)