Back in 2002, a narrow gauge electric loco is at work in interesting surroundings at Hegang coal mine.

Local men wait to unload coal from wagons which are being positioned by loco number 10 at Fuli Mine. I have just noticed that the pantograph doesn`t seem to be contacting the live wire!

2 tiny electric locos are at work at Fuli mine, Hegang, with various loads including wooden pit props.

"Not much room in here!". The driver (engineer) of a 4 wheel electric loco looks quite cramped as it passes by at Fuli Mine at Hegang.

Health and safety at work! Riding on the bonnet of an electric loco doesn`t seem such a good idea. Narrow gauge No1 propels wagons past 2 of it`s sister locos at Fuli mine.

A tiny 4 wheeled electric loco goes about it`s business at Fuli mine.

A 4 wheeled electric loco shunts wagons at a mine at Hegang. Many Chinese mines use this type of loco. They are fascinating to watch as the driver (engineer) controls the power by raising and drop... (more)

One of the steam hauled local trains on this coal railway has cleared the busy road crossing and is descending towards Jipei. The barriers have lifted allowing the incessant and varied road traffi... (more)

A Hegang-Harbin passenger train climbs away from Hegang. The foreground two electrified tracks belong to the Hegang Coal Railway which operates coal and local passenger trains in this area. The ra... (more)

One of the Hegang Coal Railway's extensive fleet of electric locos marshalls coal cars in Hegang City's Jipei Yard.

An early morning workers train manages to break through the polluting smog into sunlight on this fascinating system.

One of the steam-worked suburban passenger trains on this interesting network descends against a rising sun. Some steam services run wholly under the wires, the reason for continued steam haulage ... (more)

Two woman scavenge for usable lumps of coal, discarded from passing steam locos, as a Df5 road switcher runs light up the hill. The foreground 2 tracks (wired) belong to the Hegang Coal Railway - ... (more)