Before Sunrise- Of all the photography trips in my life, nothing matched the fall 2004 tour in Inner Mongolia, China. Every morning before dawn, in this case at 05:47 cutting through the crisp aut... (more)
QJ 2-10-2s 6828 and 7137 wait at Galadesitai for a westbound which showed up powered by a DF4 diesel and QJ 6773.
QJs 6905 & 7143 head a westbound train upgrade in the morning.
Two QJ 2-10-2s slog upgrade with an eastbound freight on a rainy afternoon.
The local westbound passenger train is stopped at Galadesitai at 10:38 PM. The operator has cleared the semaphore which shows green for the train to leave his station. It was eerily quiet and dark... (more)
Iowa Interstate QJ 7081 sits in BNSF's Lower Yard in Rock Island.
Two QJ 2-10-2s pull upgrade with a westbound freight towards Galadesitai.
All three tracks at Jingpeng are occupied at 8.10 AM with westbound freights. Five 2-10-2s are on the trains on this cold, windy morning.
QJ 2-10-2 6631 is the power today on tr. 6051 eastbound just east of Gulumanhan
QJ 6984 leaves Gulumanhan westbound with a load of logs.
6735 & 6998 exit tunnel 2 above the village of ErDi . This area was known as Happy Valley by some enthusiasts.
6891 & 6925 have just left tunnel 6 on the third level above Reshui with a westbound freight late in the day.
It's 4.02 PM as 6981 & 7002 battle upgrade with a westbound just before tunnel 5.
6981 & 7002 storm westbound out of Linxi after stopping to take water.
The crews of QJs 7002 & 6981 chat just before the locomotives doublehead with a westbound freight from Daban. Our group was able to follow them and their train all the way to Jingpeng with multipl... (more)
